Communication to the general public
MSCA European Researcher Night 2024
Oeiras, 27 September 2024
Hands-on Activities with our PhD students Tomás Frazão and Tiago Lopes 
In the ITQB NOVA European Corner, our MSCA Post Doc Elena Potocká from Slovak talked about the application process for Marie Curie and her professional path and participated in activities for all ages. 
VISITS:)
Students from the Carlucci American International School of Lisbon CAISL visit our lab, where we have tried to leave students with an understanding and newfound appreciation for the intricate world of research and the various techniques employed in your laboratory. We have prepared hands-on experiences and real-life applications to provide insight into the practical aspects of scientific investigation and complement what is taught within a Biology / Chemistry and Physics classroom setting.
Oeiras, 16 March 2024
Hands-on-Activities in the ITQB Open Day 2023
Vânia Brissos was part of the Organizing Committee of the ITQB Open Day 2023
Oeiras, 13 May 2023
Lígia Martins at 4ª Edição da Feira Química Sob(re) Investigação FCT-NOVA
Monte da Caparica 2 November 2022
Lígia Martins and Diogo Silva at NOVA SUSTAINABILITY WEEK
Round table on the Sustainable Development Goals. We have discussed the importance of research on Biocatalysts as new tools for converting renewable biomass feedstocks in Bio-Products, Bio-Materials, and Bio-Fuels towards a Bio- and Knowledge-Based Society.
Lisbon, 14 September 2022
ITQB NOVA 2021 Virtual Open Day
Science will Move us Forward!
May 30 from 10 AM to 5 PM (Lisbon time - GMT+1 - See the Agenda).
Virtual visits to spaces never opened to the public with the latest news about the work developed by our researchers and dedicated areas with on-demand content will allow you to discover exhibitions in a 3D environment, learn more about our laboratories and discover scientific equipment.
MET Lab released a video with a virtual visit to our lab and to meet our investigators:
Speed Dating about Sustainable Chemistry with Lígia O. Martins (Chemical Biology) and PI Beatriz Royo (Chemistry)
Carolina Rodrigues talks about SUMMER SCIENCE 2021 at ITQB
VISIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3slFIWKd694
Diogo Silva participated in the 54th PubhD on May 26, 2021
SMARTBOX Project Video available
Enjoy the journey and discover, on the way, products in the supermarket, problems with fossil fuel, “lignin mortar,” the three pillars of the project, some technical background on the terms “Reductive Catalytic Fractionation,” “Oxidative biocatalysis,” and the advantages of a handy enzyme toolbox.
More info: www.smartbox-project.eu
Smartbox is a European project funded by the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking under grant agreement 837890 of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.
Hands-on Activities in the ITQB Open Day 2019
Dissemination of the B-Ligzymes and SMARTBOX projects. Activity: “Biorefinery for the XXI century.”
Hands-on Activities in the MSCA European Researcher Night 2019
Dissemination of the B-Ligzymes project. Activity: “Biorefinery for the XXI century”.
Lígia O Martins participation in the radio project “90 segundos de ciência”
This program runs twice daily in Antena 1 at 11 am and 7 pm.
This project is coordinated by ITQB-NOVA, FCSH-NOVA, and Antena 1 (RDP) with the support of Novartis and Santander Universidades. 2019.https://www.90segundosdeciencia.pt/episodes/ep-616-ligia-martins/
Lígia O Martins wrote in the “Prémio Nobel da Química 2018” that one half was awarded to Frances H. Arnold "for the directed evolution of enzymes," and the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter "for the phage display of peptides and antibodies" at
Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
Please read here: https://www.spq.pt/magazines/BSPQuimica/686/article/30002163/pdf
Hands-on-Activities in the MSCA European Researcher Night 2018
Dissemination of the B-Ligzymes project. Activity: “Bactérias para um Planeta mais Limpo”.
Lígia O Martins wrote a newspaper article “Sobre a origem das proteínas através da seleção laboratorial”, Jornal Público, 3 Oct 2018
Lígia O Martins wrote on “Biodegradação e valorização de lenhina, o mais abundante polímero aromática na natureza” for Renováveis Magazine.
Revista técnico-profissional de energias renováveis. 33, 1º trimestre de 2018. Pg 28-31
https://issuu.com/cie-comunicacao/docs/30-33
DECON project was performed during practical classes in the Curricular Unit Biocatalysis for the Ph.D. Programme Sustainable Chemistry.
ITQB Day, July 2015
Hands-on activities at the Festival de Biotecnologia, World Biotech Tour 2015
Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Lisboa.
Lígia O. Martins on “Biocatálise na despolimerização e valorização da lenhina”.
Boletim de Biotecnologia. Sociedade Portuguesa de Biotecnologia. Série 2, Número 3, Abr 2013.
https://www.spbt.pt/#bulletins
EUROSKILLS Lisboa 2010, Ciência ao Vivo, talks with visitors.
Pavilhão do Conhecimento
Hands-on-activities at the Fórum Ciência Viva, FIL, Lisboa, Nov 2008
Part of the Organizing Committee “ITQB Open Day” Feb 2008
