6th OCTOBER
9h00-9h45 | Registration
9h45-10h00 | Opening session (João Conde, Vice-Dean for Research at NOVA Medical School)
- Session 1 - Stem cells, development and neuromuscular (dys)function
10h00-11h00 | Keynote session 1 - Leonor Saúde, GIMM (45min + 15min Q&A): "Swimming towards healing: zebrafish as a model for spinal repair"
11h00-11h30 | Coffee break
11h30-12h30 | Selected oral communications from abstracts & discussion (4 oral presentations 10min + 5min Q&A)
12h30-13h00 | Presentation of NOVA Doctoral School - Catarina Ruivo, NOVA Doctoral School
13h00-14h00 | Lunch break
- Session 2 - Brain, Vision, and Neurological (dys)function
14h00-15h00 | Keynote session 2 - Patrícia Monteiro, FMUP (45min + 15min Q&A): "Turning Discovery into Therapy: Lessons from Autism Preclinical Research"
15h00-16h00 | Selected oral communications from abstracts & discussion (4 oral presentations 10min + 5min Q&A)
16h00-16h30 | Coffee break
16h30-18h00 | Poster Session
7th OCTOBER
9h30-10h00 | Registration
- Session 3 - Cardiometabolic and systemic health (dys)function
10h00-11h00 | Keynote session 3 - Paulo Oliveira, CNC (45min + 15min Q&A): "Mitochondrial Follies in Cardiac Aging and Dysfunction"
11h00-11h30 | Coffee break
11h30-12h30 | Selected oral communications from abstracts & discussion (4 oral presentations 10min + 5min Q&A)
12h30-13h30 | Lunch break
- Session 4 - Cancer and Health Promotion
13h30-14h30 | Keynote session 4 - Ana Luísa Correia, Champalimaud Foundation (45min + 15min Q&A): "Can we keep cancer asleep?"
14h30-15h30 | Selected oral communications from abstracts & discussion (4 oral presentations 10min + 5min Q&A)
15h30-16h00 | Coffee break
16h00-17h30 | Poster Session
17h30-18h00 | Best Oral and Poster Prize Award & Closing session - Miguel Seabra, Coordinator of the PhD in Health Sciences; Paula Macedo, Coordinator of the PhD in Biomedicine, NOVA Medical School