RNA in Disease - IX ptRNA meeting
January 26-27, 2023 - Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM)
The RNA in Disease - IX ptRNA meeting took place on 26-27 January 2023 and brought together around 100 researchers interested in RNA biology, who had the chance to discuss their work.
The meeting covered several aspects of RNA biology, from RNA structure and function to RNA-associated dysfunctions and implications in human health, and counted also with a roundtable on Research & Innovation.
The iMM Pre-Award Office organized a roundtable on Research & Innovation with representatives from the RiboMed partner institutions and relevant scientific community stakeholders, namely research funding agencies representatives from the national and international landscape, which included: Florin Zubascu, from The Widening – Science Business; Ritchie Head from Ceratium and Rui Munhá, COST Association, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, the Portuguese National Contact Point.
We had very exciting talks from featured speakers coming from Portugal, Spain and outside the Iberian Peninsula and selected oral presentations from submitted abstracts.
RiboMed Innovation Challenges | 2nd Edition
October 10-14, 2022 - Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM)
The programme aims to engage junior researchers in the development of opportunities for collaboration with Industry within RNA therapeutics.
This edition will count with two different programs:
- Industry Collaborations, where researchers will receive training on how to identify scientific projects or capacities that may be of interest to industry, and explore how to pursue and establish potential collaborations with industry;
- Business Ideas, where researchers will learn how to develop innovative ideas and how to explore them through the creation of a start-up company. If researchers do not identify real business ideas, they can participate with a fictitious one.
Both programs are dedicated to researchers working in the RNA biology field, and include a set of seminars and hands-on training sessions. Researchers can apply to both programs, individually or with a team.
Click here for more information.
The programme was designed for iMM young researchers to explore the value of their research beyond academia by learning about how to collaborate with industry and the processes involved in creating a start-up.
Check out what the participants said about the programme:
RiboMed Satellite Conference on RNA in Disease
July 12, 2022 - Lisbon Congress Centre
The conference was organized as a satellite to the Biochemistry Global Summit.
A new promising influential area in modern biology and medicine is ribonucleic acid (RNA) biology. It has revolutionised molecular biology and will have profound implications for future therapies. This session will illustrate it by hosting talks by distinguished researchers on RNA in biomedical contexts. The session will be extended with a poster session and two short talks selected from submitted abstracts.
Chairs:
- Maria Carmo-Fonseca | Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM), Portugal
- Nuno Barbosa-Morais | Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM), Portugal
Keynote:
- Michael Gotthardt | MDC Berlin, Germany
- Victor Badillo | MDC Berlin, Germany
Speakers:
- Bruno Silva | Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM), Portugal
- Simão Teixeira da Rocha | SCERG-iBB-IST, Portugal
- Filipa Simões | Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, University of Oxford, UK
Check the poster here for more informations.
Second RiboMed Summer School | Modelling Biological Data
June 20-24, 2022 - Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM)
The second edition of RiboMed Summer School brings together a group of enthusiastic instructors, with a great deal of experience both in doing biostatistics, as well as in teaching it. The participants will learn the fundamental concepts of probability and modelling, and will apply them in three different contexts: differential gene expression analysis, differential splicing analysis, and the dynamical modelling of physiological systems. The summer school will be heavily hands-on and teamwork based.
The participants were all early-stage researchers based at one of the four RiboMed partner institutions.
Speakers:
- Ruy Ribeiro | Los Alamos National Laboratory, US
- Benilton Carvalho | Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
- Mariana Ferreira | Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM), Portugal
- Nuno Morais | Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM), Portugal
- Alon Bar | Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- Christopher Burge | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US - Via Zoom
Check the poster here for detailed schedule.
The second RiboMed Summer School was organized by Rosina Savisaar (a senior postdoc at iMM).
RiboMed Advisory Board Meeting
October 25-26, 2021 - Lisbon
The RiboMed Advisory Board Meeting gathered internationally recognized leaders from industry with strong expertise in RNA biology.
The event was divided in two days, the first one with open sessions to the RiboMed community, and a second day with closed sessions only for iMM research groups working in the RNA field.
The open sessions includes the speakers: Melissa Moore (Moderna), Adrian Krainer (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Keith Blundy (STORM Therapeutics) and Zandy Forbes (MeiraGTx). The industry experts shared their experience in translational research, in starting new ventures and in establishing collaborations between academia and industry.
The discussions during the meeting provided guidance on the next steps of the projects, as well as the most suitable approaches in exploring the results already obtained.
RiboMed Advisory Board Meeting - Agenda here.
1st RiboMed Summer School on Single-cell RNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics
July 5-10, 2021 - Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM)
The RiboMed Summer School on Single cell RNA seq and and spatial transcriptomics was a practical hands-on course that required basic experience in bioinformatics.
Topics covered included the main steps of single-cell RNA-sequencing data analysis; a literature overview; recent trends in the single-cell field; and advanced analysis features.
The invited external organizer was Tomás Gomes (ETH Basel, Switzerland), and the local organizers were Nuno Barbosa-Morais and Rui Sousa-Luís. The invited speakers were Hagen Tilgner (Weill Cornell Medicine, USA) and Carlos Talavera-López (Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Germany).
RiboMed Innovation Challenges | 1st Edition
March 10, 2021
Online presentation of the programme
The programme aims to engage junior researchers in the development of opportunities for collaboration with Industry within RNA therapeutics.
The iMM Technology Transfer Office will help along the whole process, from the identification of collaboration opportunities to their presentation to Industry. The participants will have the opportunity to learn about the best practices and tips in successfully reaching out to industry, to pitch their idea to companies and external organisations, and to formalize collaborations with industry with potential financial rewards.
Innovation Challenges Programme here.
RiboMed Kickoff Meeting
October 14-16, 2019
Oeiras, Lisbon
