Modelling Biological Data: the Second RiboMed Summer School
June 20-24, 2022
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.
Registration here.
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.
RiboMed Advisory Board Meeting
October 25-26, 2021
The RiboMed Advisory Board Meeting gathered internationally recognized leaders from industry with strong expertise in RNA biology.
The open sessions includes the speakers: Melissa Moore (Moderna), Adrian Krainer (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Keith Blundy (STORM Therapeutics) and Zandy Forbes (MeiraGTx).
RiboMed Advisory Board Meeting - Agenda here.
RiboMed Summer School on Single-cell RNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics
July 5-10, 2021
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.







RiboMed Innovation Challenges
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


June 28, 2021 | 14h30
“Chromosome Dynamics during Mitosis”
Raquel Oliveira – Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Host: Sérgio de Almeida
May 31, 2021 | 14h30
"Keeping in touch - systematic identification of contact site residents"
Maya Schuldiner – Weizmann Institute of Science
Host: PhD Students Committee
May 10, 2021 | 14h30
"The structure of cell fate decisions in the neural crest lineage"
Igor Adameyko – Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna & Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Host: Nuno Morais
May 3, 2021 | 14h30
"Cell-type specialization in the brain is encoded by specific long-range chromatin topologies"
Ana Pombo– MDC Berlin
Host: Domingos Henrique
April 12, 2021 | 14h30
"The evolution of mammalian organ development"
Margarida Cardoso Moreira – The Francis Crick Institute
Host: Nuno Morais
November 2, 2020 | 14h30
"Telomere driven regulation of proliferative boundaries"
Jan Karlseder – Salk Institute of Biological Studies
Host: Claus Azzalin
October 26, 2020 | 14h30
"Harnessing Direct Cell Reprogramming for Cancer Immunotherapy"
Filipe Pereira – Lund University
Host: Sérgio de Almeida
July 20, 2020 | 14h30
"Mechanisms and dynamics of the nucleus"
Megan King – Yale School of Medicine
Host: Claus Azzalin
June 15, 2020 | 14h30
"RNA & Infection"
Ana Eulálio – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra
Host: Sérgio de Almeida
May 18, 2020 | 14h30
"Spatial transcriptomics of mammalian tissues"
Shalev Itzkovitz – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Host: Maria Mota
May 4, 2020 | 14h30
"Sphingolipids in health and disease"
Tony Futerman – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Host: M. Carmo-Fonseca Lab
December 12, 2019 | 12h30
"Dysregulation of alternative splicing in cancer and its modulation for therapy"
Rotem Karni – Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Israel
Host: M. Carmo-Fonseca Lab
September 4, 2019 | 12h30
"Coupling of transcription and alternative splicing in a whole organism: the plant response to light"
Alberto Kornblightt - Buenos Aires University
Host: M. Carmo-Fonseca Lab

April 16, 2021
Reaching Out to Industry Workshop
In the context of RiboMed Innovation Challenges, the "Reaching Out to Industry Workshop" was an opportunity to learn more about the best practices and tips in successfully reaching out to industry.
By: Joachim Vogt (Abbvie) and Pascale Redig (Janssen)
Organization: Technology Transfer Office, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes
December 16, 2020
What and How to Patent? Biotechnological Inventions
Participants in this workshop had a first deep dive in the world of patents in the biotech world and learned how their inventions can be protected and licensed.
For Maria Carmo-Fonseca, coordinator of the RiboMed “this workshop was a great opportunity to learn more about the requirements for patenting our inventions, which is one of the pillars of our Widening project. The partnership with Clarke Modet is a good example of the possible interactions with the biotech industry that can be very beneficial for us, as researchers”.
By: Miguel Duarte, IP Consultant and Portuguese Patent Attorney at Clarke Modet
Organization: Bárbara Gomes, Technology Transfer Office, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes
October 24, 2019
Workshop on the classification and interpretation of DNA sequence variants found in patients with genetic disease, focusing on the impact of variants on RNA splicing.
By: Dr. Ahmad Abou Tayoun, Director at the Al Jalila Genomics Center (Dubai).
Organization: Catarina Silveira, PhD Student at Maria Carmo-Fonseca Lab
Credits: João Solano
Credits: João Solano

School Visits
December 10, 2019
Laboratories: Sérgio de Almeida Lab
School: Escola Secundária Matias Aires (Cacém, Portugal)
Students: 38
December 3, 2019
Laboratories: M. Carmo-Fonseca Lab and Nuno Morais Lab
School: Escola Secundária Cacilhas Tejo (Almada, Portugal)
Students: 20