COVID-19 AND SARS-CoV-2 AWARENESS AND INFORMATION:
- 28th February 2020 – Interviewed by Sic Notícias on the topic of influenza versus SARS-CoV-2. https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/coronavirus/2020-02-28-Coronavirus-como-Portugal-esta-preparado.
- Participation in the documentary – the art of cure, episode X – recorded on 03rd of March 2020.
- 11th March 2020 – Interviewed by Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Centro Ciência Viva concerning viral epidemics and pandemics.
- 14th March 2020 – Interviewed by Journal DN on the topic of COVID-19: https://www.dn.pt/edicao-do-dia/14-mar-2020/maria-joao-amorim-como-virologista-acho-que-e-muito-importante-a-prevencao-para-conter-o-virus-11928813.html
- 15th March 2020 -Interviewed for podcast 45 GRAUS (45 degrees) on the COVID19 – What is this new virus and how does it spread. https://45graus.parafuso.net/2020/03/15/especial-covid-19-maria-joo-amorim-que-vrus-este-e-como-se-comporta/
- 22nd March 2020 – interview on the news TV show 360º, RTP3, for awareness of COVID19, https://www.rtp.pt/play/p6656/e463096/360/815034-
- 02nd April 2020 – speaker on webinar about “COVID19” to the public, with Diana Lousa ITQB, Thiago Carvalho Champalimaud Foundation, Vasco Barreto CEDOC and Pedro Simas IMM, António Roldão, iBET. buff.ly/3dIuul5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvRBKm_NM30&feature=youtu.be
- 04th April 2020 – Interview for DN journal about how the vaccine BCG could confer protection to SARS-CoV-2 infection. https://www.dn.pt/vida-e-futuro/vacina-contra-a-tuberculose-pode-dar-alguma-protecao-12030508.html?fbclid=IwAR3YVVeIsCuWv56mNZYt0sV_0v4MpFO_zQhxnmozwH4s1d0uzAWXeaxaVz0
- 5th April 2020 – Interview for a special TV show on COVID19 broadcasted live by TV channel SIC Notícias
- 20th April 2020 – COVID webinar for Harvard Club Portugal with Maria João Amorim and Sean Whelan.
- 1st May 2020 – Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. Assim fala a Ciência. O que sabemos e ainda não sabemos sobre este vírus? Interview by David Marçal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnQFJvy62-E
- 1st May 2020 - Interviewed by Filipa Basílio da Silva for Fronteiras XXI a program by RTP3 and Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. Written piece: https://fronteirasxxi.pt/coronavirus/
- 10th May 2020 -Interviewed for the documentary on a possible link between COVID and BCG vaccine for the J8 show in TVI.https://tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/vacina-bcg/alexandra-borges-vacina-da-bcg-pode-ser-a-nova-arma-contra-a-covid-19
- 8th May 2020 – Why vaccines take a long time to be developed. RTP Notícias interviewed by radio station Antena 1,https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/investigadora-maria-joao-amorim-acredita-que-vacina-so-surgira-em-2021_a1227097
- 12th May 2020 – Interviewed for the documentary on serology tests for the J8 show in TVI.
- 31th May 2020 interviewed for the journal “Observador” on a piece about vaccines by Vera Novais.
- 28th February 2020 – Interviewed by Sic Notícias on the topic of influenza versus SARS-CoV-2. https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/coronavirus/2020-02-28-Coronavirus-como-Portugal-esta-preparado.
- Participation in the documentary – the art of cure, episode X – recorded on 03rd of March 2020.
- 11th March 2020 – Interviewed by Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Centro Ciência Viva concerning viral epidemics and pandemics.
- 14th March 2020 – Interviewed by Journal DN on the topic of COVID-19: https://www.dn.pt/edicao-do-dia/14-mar-2020/maria-joao-amorim-como-virologista-acho-que-e-muito-importante-a-prevencao-para-conter-o-virus-11928813.html
- 15th March 2020 -Interviewed for podcast 45 GRAUS (45 degrees) on the COVID19 – What is this new virus and how does it spread. https://45graus.parafuso.net/2020/03/15/especial-covid-19-maria-joo-amorim-que-vrus-este-e-como-se-comporta/
- 22nd March 2020 – interview on the news TV show 360º, RTP3, for awareness of COVID19, https://www.rtp.pt/play/p6656/e463096/360/815034-
- 02nd April 2020 – speaker on webinar about “COVID19” to the public, with Diana Lousa ITQB, Thiago Carvalho Champalimaud Foundation, Vasco Barreto CEDOC and Pedro Simas IMM, António Roldão, iBET. buff.ly/3dIuul5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvRBKm_NM30&feature=youtu.be
- 04th April 2020 – Interview for DN journal about how the vaccine BCG could confer protection to SARS-CoV-2 infection. https://www.dn.pt/vida-e-futuro/vacina-contra-a-tuberculose-pode-dar-alguma-protecao-12030508.html?fbclid=IwAR3YVVeIsCuWv56mNZYt0sV_0v4MpFO_zQhxnmozwH4s1d0uzAWXeaxaVz0
- 5th April 2020 – Interview for a special TV show on COVID19 broadcasted live by TV channel SIC Notícias
- 20th April 2020 – COVID webinar for Harvard Club Portugal with Maria João Amorim and Sean Whelan.
- 1st May 2020 – Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. Assim fala a Ciência. O que sabemos e ainda não sabemos sobre este vírus? Interview by David Marçal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnQFJvy62-E
- 1st May 2020 - Interviewed by Filipa Basílio da Silva for Fronteiras XXI a program by RTP3 and Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. Written piece: https://fronteirasxxi.pt/coronavirus/
- 10th May 2020 -Interviewed for the documentary on a possible link between COVID and BCG vaccine for the J8 show in TVI.https://tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/vacina-bcg/alexandra-borges-vacina-da-bcg-pode-ser-a-nova-arma-contra-a-covid-19
- 8th May 2020 – Why vaccines take a long time to be developed. RTP Notícias interviewed by radio station Antena 1,https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/investigadora-maria-joao-amorim-acredita-que-vacina-so-surgira-em-2021_a1227097
- 12th May 2020 – Interviewed for the documentary on serology tests for the J8 show in TVI.
- 31th May 2020 interviewed for the journal “Observador” on a piece about vaccines by Vera Novais.
May 2019
Os cérebros da Ciência - da ideia às descobertas
Fotographic exhibition
Jardim da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian 31 de maio a 28 de julho 2019
Os cérebros da Ciência - da ideia às descobertas
Fotographic exhibition
Jardim da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian 31 de maio a 28 de julho 2019
Scientist: Maria João Amorim
Laboratory: Cellular Biology of Viral Infection
Education: Biochemistry, PhD in Virology, University of Cambridge, UK.
Every year flu makes the news headlines because of the impact it has on the population and on health services. At the origin of this infectious disease is a virus with unique particularities.
Maria João Amorim studies the secrets of influenza virus to understand how this virus interacts with infected cells and our immune system.
During a lecture, she showed us an image of an infected human cell, obtained simultaneously by fluorescence and electron microscopy, and shared the latest discovery of her lab: that the virus establishes sites dedicated to the assembly of influenza A virus genome - a first step in the formation of viral particles that will later infect other people.
These advances are crucial to define strategies to mitigate, prevent and combat new strains of the flu virus.
Outside the laboratory Maria João expresses her creativity dedicating herself to crafts.
Laboratory: Cellular Biology of Viral Infection
Education: Biochemistry, PhD in Virology, University of Cambridge, UK.
Every year flu makes the news headlines because of the impact it has on the population and on health services. At the origin of this infectious disease is a virus with unique particularities.
Maria João Amorim studies the secrets of influenza virus to understand how this virus interacts with infected cells and our immune system.
During a lecture, she showed us an image of an infected human cell, obtained simultaneously by fluorescence and electron microscopy, and shared the latest discovery of her lab: that the virus establishes sites dedicated to the assembly of influenza A virus genome - a first step in the formation of viral particles that will later infect other people.
These advances are crucial to define strategies to mitigate, prevent and combat new strains of the flu virus.
Outside the laboratory Maria João expresses her creativity dedicating herself to crafts.
April 2019
Our paper published in Nature Communications was mentioned in several Portuguese and international media.
Press release - NATIONAL:
Our paper published in Nature Communications was mentioned in several Portuguese and international media.
Press release - NATIONAL:
- https://www.publico.pt/2019/04/09/ciencia/noticia/equipa-portuguesa-descobre-mecanismo-onde-forma-virus-gripe-1868533
- https://tvi24.iol.pt/tecnologia/gulbenkian/cientistas-portugueses-descobrem-mecanismo-que-forma-o-virus-da-gripe-a
- https://www.dn.pt/vida-e-futuro/interior/descoberto-mecanismo-que-forma-virus-da-gripe-a-10776262.html
Lunch and lab walk Azenhas do Mar, April 2019
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IGC Retreat Vimeiro, January 2019 |
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XMAS Lunch 2014Lovely walk by the beach after a great pizza lunch
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LAB INSTITUTIONAL PHOTOS
From left to right -
The lab composition in 2015 and 2013
From left to right -
The lab composition in 2015 and 2013
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IN "CIÊNCIA VIVA" IN FARO
EVENT: Ciência a 4 Tempos PUBLIC: General Public |
XMAS LUNCH 2016
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LAB NEWS - NEWS FEED:
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CONGRATS TO:
Débora Cruz Who was accepted in the Master: "Biologia Celular e Molecular com especialização em Neurobiologia, from the "Universidade de Coimbra". |
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26th July 2015
CBV lab welcomes: Megan Milarski Undergraduate student of the University of Oxford for an 8 week internship in our lab. |
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17th November 2015
We congratulate Ana Nascimento for her MSc! She defended her thesis brilliantly! |
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31st December 2015
We say goodbye to Bárbara Kellen after being in the lab for 2.5 years. You will be missed. |
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9th September 2016
We congratulate Inês Veríssimo on her MSc. |
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8th September 2017
We congratulate Joana Perdigão on her MSc. |
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27th February 2018
We congratulate Zoé Enderlin Silva for completing her PhD. She defended her thesis brilliantly! |
March 2018
We say goodbye to Luka after an internship in the lab.
We say goodbye to Luka after an internship in the lab.
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March 2018
We say goodbye to Zoé, she'll be missed. Next step: travel in Asia for 1 year! Safe travels!! |