EU Missions 1 & 4 - Brokerage event and workshop

11–13 Jun 2025 | Ljubljana, Slovenia

Carla Cruz

University

Covilhã, Portugal

About

The University of Beira Interior (UBI) is one of the youngest public universities in Portugal and a member of the UNITA (Universitas Montium) Consortium. Fundamental and applied research activities are developed through national and international projects and consortia, in close collaboration with regional, national, and international industry partners and other organizations. The innovation and technology incubator/accelerator UBIMedical/UBIExecutive boosts the communication between research and business.

Health Sciences Research Center (CICS)-UBI is an interdisciplinary R&D unit at the crossroads of Biomedicine and Biotechnology that aims to: i) investigate the molecular basis of neurological, neurovascular, respiratory, infectious diseases, endocrine disorders, and cancer, and to ii) develop novel drugs, biopharmaceuticals, biomaterials, and new drug delivery systems. CICS-UBI has 63 PhD members allocated to 4 research groups: Biomedicinal Chemistry/Drug Research; Biopharmaceuticals/Biomaterials; Hormones/Metabolism; and Neurologic/Neurovascular Disorders. CICS-UBI infrastructures include animal facilities, Bioimaging and NMR infrastructures, genomics, proteomics, cell culture, flow cytometry, electrophysiology, microbiology, chromatography, organic synthesis, and pharmaceutical technology laboratories.

EU MIssion 4: 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030

HORIZON-MISS-2025-06-CIT-CANCER-01: Increasing walking and cycling: to reap health benefits, emission reductions and integrate active mobility and micro-mobility devices, with smart technologies and infrastructure

Representatives

Carla Cruz

Associate Professor

Carla Cruz