Translational Biology Lab led by Regina Menezes CBIOS - Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies

Lisbon, Portugal
Joined December 2022
Are you interested in knowing more about emerging areas of #nutrition and #health, in particular personalised nutrition? 🗓️Participate in the postgraduate course that will take place at #CBIOS on July 2023. ℹ️Info: personalizednutrition-cbios.… @CBIOS_
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📢Congratulations to Doctor Ana Raimundo for defending her #PhDThesis in #Bioengineering @MIT Portugal! Her #research work, “Unraveling the action of urolithin B against islet amyloid polypeptide toxicity”, was supervised by Regina Menezes Echaniz & Cláudia Santos. Best wishes!
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A special thank you to the members of the jury @phisquarelab, Paulo Matafome, Ana Marta Matos and Rosário Bronze for the great discussion!
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Our very own Maria Inês Farrim, PhD student at Alcalá University – #ULusofona #CBIOS, won a Fulbright Scholarship for Research. She will visit Prof. Dragan Milenkovic at the University of California-Davis. Congratulations Maria Inês! #diabetes #multiomics #polyphenols @cbios
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Maria Inês will investigate the molecular pathways governing α- to β-cell-like transdifferentiation as a therapeutic strategy for #diabetes. #FulbrightPortugal #FulbrightScholars #FulbrightProgram
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It is a great privilege to be part of this team!!
Scientists from @CNSantos_lab, @nova_medschool and @itqbnova identify Genipin as a small iridoid able to prevent aSyn aggregation and toxicity by affecting endocytosis, metabolism and lipid storage. @ritajramos2 @goncampocas @pedromndomingos @HorizonEU nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Another talk from our lab at the Portuguese Diabetes Congress. @AfdGomes13 presented “Integration analysis of transcriptomic changes associated with diabetes: new insights of alpha to beta cell transdiferentiation” @CBIOS_ @SPDiabetologia
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Happy to share our latest work at Portuguese Diabetes Congress! @MenezesE_Regina presented: Urolithins as inhibitor agents of IAPP proteotoxicity in diabetes! @CBIOS_ @SPDiabetologia
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Thanks to our sponsors A. Menarini diagnostics and Enzymatic
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Did you know that urolithin B modulates toxic aggregation of IAPP? Read our most recent study in Frontiers in Endocrinology: doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.1… #diabetes #iapp #amylin #polyphenols #yeast
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Proud of our students Maria Inês and José Costa who won the 7th Edition of Ciência Viva in the Laboratory by All time GABBAS Award! Their work was entitled "Uma Viagem ao Reino das Plantas para Prevenir a Diabetes". Congratulations! @cienciaviva @CBIOS_ #diabetes – at Lisbon, Portugal
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Thanks to João Costa, Ana Fernandes, Cíntia Almeida, Inês Farrim, Sofia Ferreira, Regina Menezes, Andreia Rosatella, Patrícia Rijo and Catarina Cipriano for be great mentors!
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Another great day at #IDF2022! We had the opportunity to share our work entitled "A glimpse into the potential impact of diabetes care on mental health and wellness" in collaboration with @apdpdiabetes. @CBIOS_ @IntDiabetesFed #diabetes #IDF2022 #IDF #mentalhealth
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Regina Menezes Lab retweeted
Today we are at 4th National Congress of @apdpdiabetes! Hoje marcamos presença no 4º Congresso Nacional da @apdpdiabetes! #diabetes
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Regina Menezes Lab retweeted
Neste Dia Mundial da #diabetes, o @CBIOS promove a consciencialização para a Diabetes. #WorldDiabetesDay #diabetes #diabetesAwareness #nutrition #EducationToProtect @ulusofona
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