Biophysical Mechanisms of Development 25 - 27 May, 2009 Organisers: Ana Teresa Tavares, Catarina Certal, Susana Lopes, Beatriz Fernandez, Filipa Alves and Sofia Rodrigues (IGC) This event brought together twelve outstanding invited speakers and more than sixty other participants from seven different countries. The aim of the workshop was to encourage discussion among different scientists and to promote future collaborations. This was definitely achieved as many new collaborative projects were streamlined between IGC scientists, IMM and FCUL and various speakers of this workshop. Developmental processes such as dorsal closure, tissue regeneration, collective cell migration and left-right determination were discussed. 4th European Workshop on Immune mediated inflammatory diseases 18 - 20 November, 2009 Organisers: Miguel Soares and João Eurico Fonseca (Workshop chairs), Dominique Baeten and Martin van Hagen (Workshop organising committee) The 4th European Workshop on Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMID) held in Lisbon (Cascais), Portugal used as a guideline the intrinsic biologic processes involved in recognition, signaling, effector function and regulation of innate and adaptive immunity and how these processes impact on the pathogenesis and outcome of IMID. Scientific sessions included, in a balanced manner, recent advances on basic, translational and clinical research related to the understanding and potential therapeutic intervention on IMID. Each session included two keynote speakers covering basic, translational and/or clinical implications of the biologic process under each scientific session. Career Paths Workshop 6 - 9 July, 2009 Organisers: Margarida Prado, David Cristina and Jorge Carneiro (IGC) The Career Paths Workshop promoted an open discussion amongst PhD students, post-docs, and several internationally successful professionals with very different and exciting career paths. It offered insights into a broad array of careers ranging from science communication to technology entrepreneurship. It was organised as part of the PhD Programme in Computational Biology. GAMeets - Gulbenkian Alumni Meetings, 5th Edition 28 December, 2009 Organisers: Maria João Leão and Greta Martins (IGC) GAMeets is the annual meeting of Gulbenkian Alumni, aimed at discussing key issues in research and science policy, and at being a forum for the Gulbenkian Alumni to meet regularly and network amongst themselves and with current IGC graduate students and researchers. The 2009 meeting was dedicated to the Role of Private Foundations in Science Funding. Representatives of Portuguese foundations that have been playing a crucial role in funding science in Portugal - the Gulbenkian Foundation and the Champalimaud Foundation - and of the Volkswagen Foundation in Germany presented and discussed experiences, strategies and the special role of foundations in funding research and innovating in this funding. Introduction to Flow Cytometry 23 - 26 March, 4-8 May, 15-18 June, 9-12 November, 15-18 December, 2009 Organisers: Cell Imaging Unit at the IGC Bi-monthly internal basic courses for widefield and confocal microscopy Embo Course on Light microscopy in Living Cells June, 2009 Organisers: Cell Imaging Unit at the IGC Basic Techniques in Multiphoton & Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy July, 2009 Organisers: Cell Imaging Unit at the IGC Advanced Optical Sectioning Microscopy Course September, 2009 Organisers: Cell Imaging Unit at the IGC Introduction to the SOLID sequencing system 28 April 2009 Organisers: Genomics Unit at the IGC A series of presentations on the application of a massive sequencing platform.
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