The SmarText project, developed by a team of Atlântica researchers, will prevent nearly 85% of food oils and fats originating from wastewater treatment plants from reaching rivers and the sea. The Smartext Project, developed by a team of researchers from Atlântica – Instituto Universitário in Oeiras will allow 85% of food oils and fats present […]
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The IGC and ITQB-NOVA study oral vaccine against Covid-19
Research carried out by the IGC and ITQB-NOVA research institutes, in Oeiras, reveals promising data that may result in a new oral vaccine against Covid-19. A group of researchers from the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) and Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology António Xavier of the NOVA University of Lisbon (ITQB-NOVA), based in the Municipality of […]
Find out how the Municipality of Oeiras protects your data
The General Data Protection Regulation came into force on 25 May 2018, establishing the mandatory appointment of a Data Protection Officer in public bodies. Oeiras Valley spoke with the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of Oeiras, Rui Matias Várzea, who explained how the Municipality of Oeiras guarantees the protection and processing of the data of all […]
“The Oeiras Council is providing conditions to break the cycle of poverty, in an effort to transform everyone’s lives”
The Vice Mayor of Oeiras, Francisco Rocha Gonçalves, explains the Municipality’s priorities and tells us, in an interview with Oeiras Valley, why he believes he is part of a new revolution in Oeiras. The Vice Mayor of Oeiras, Francisco Rocha Gonçalves, talked with Oeiras Valley and addressed some of the main projects that are being […]
Raquel Gomes, the Face of Science at the head of the Ciência + Cidadã programme
Raquel Gomes is the coordinator of Ciência + Cidadã, a programme that aims to empower citizens through scientific knowledge, so they can use it to build a more resilient, healthy and sustainable world. Ciência + Cidadã is a programme that promotes active citizenship stimulated by science. The initiative is the result of a partnership between […]
Oeiras researchers selected to join the European Molecular Biology Organization
Inês Cardoso Pereira, vice-director of ITQB NOVA, and Karina Xavier, principal investigator of the IGC, were chosen to join EMBO – the European Molecular Biology Organization. The researchers are the only scientists in Portugal to join the list of new EMBO members. EMBO – excellence in life sciences has selected researchers Inês Cardoso Pereira and Karina […]
