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INL researchers win NANO.IL.2018 “Best Poster Award”

A team of INL researchers from different groups was awarded the “Best Poster Award” during NANO.IL.2018, the leading international nanotechnology conference in Israel, which gathered over 900 participants from the 9th to the 11th of October, in Jerusalem. The award was handed over to Pedro Alpuim, from INL and University of Minho (Department of Physics), the leader of the research team and group leader of 2D Materials and Devices at INL, representing also Joana Rafaela Guerreiro, Rui Campos (now at the University of Antwerp), Marco Martins, Andrey Ipatov, Fátima Cerqueira and Jérôme Borme. The awarded poster with the title “Lab-on-a-chip platform based on graphene field-effect transistors for DNA sensing” was developed within INL Departments of Quantum & Energy Materials, Nanoelectronics Engineering, Micro and Nanofabrication, and Life Sciences. Lab-on-a-chip systems for the detection of complex diseases are growing in importance, normally requiring the detection of multiple targets in an autonomous and portable fashion. For the creative use of sensors, combining different areas of expertise, INL is in the forefront of new diagnostic tools development, which aims to provide quicker and more accurate information to support a medical decision on the best therapeutics.

INL Researcher awarded with IAAM Scientist Medal

Oleksandr Bondarchuk, INL Facility Manager (PhD) at the Department of Advanced Electron Microscopy, Imaging and Spectroscopy (AEMIS), received the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) Scientist Medal, at its 20th Award Ceremony of the European Advanced Materials Congress, recently held in Stockholm, Sweden. The distinction was given to Oleksandr Bondarchuk for his research on “Materials for Electrical Energy Storage: ionic liquid thin films on HOPG and VN surfaces”. The jury considered this work relevant due to the increasing global demand for better alternatives to fossil fuels, leading to research on more effective, affordable and environmentally friendly energy storage technologies, which are one of the main lines of research at INL, proving that nanotechnology plays a relevant role in offering better and more efficient solutions for today’s energy needs while preserving the planet for future generations.

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INL research gets Best Poster Award in USA

At the World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7) held last month from June 10-15 in Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, Sascha Sadewasser, INL Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Nanostructured Solar Cells, presented the most recent results of a collaborative work between his group and the group of Prof. Philip Dale from the University of Luxembourg. The poster presentation with the title “Area-selective electrodeposition of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 micro-islands for micro-concentrator solar cells” was awarded a Best Poster Award by the organizers. The work shows a proof-of-concept demonstration of a photovoltaic technology which is capable of reaching higher power conversion efficiencies with lower materials consumption of the Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorber layer.

PhD’s students from INL awarded at the 40th International Conference on Environmental & Food Monitoring

INLers Soraia Fernandes and Monisha Elumalai were awarded at the 40th International Conferences on Environmental & Food Monitoring, held this month in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Soraia Fernandes, a PhD student, working with our Nanochemistry and Water Quality Research Groups, won the “Roland W. Frei” Poster Award for “Novel magnetic covalent organic framework composites for the absorption of diarrheic shellfish poisoning toxins.” Monisha Elumalai, a PhD students, working with INL’s Food Quality and Safety Research Group, won the best young researcher oral presentation by the ISEAC-40 organisation for “Early detection of zebra mussel assisted by modified gold nanoparticle amplification”. Congratulations to both, it is with great pride that we testimony INLers achievements!

INL Researcher Marta Prado interview to “Faro de Vigo”

An interview of Marta Prado (Food Quality and Safety Research Group leader) was published by Faro de Vigo, the main newspaper of Vigo (Spain) and one of the most important newspapers in Galicia, last Sunday, May 20th. The article is part of a series of interviews with Galicians working on prominent institutions abroad. Marta talked about her career and the work of her research group with interesting applications for the food industry. She highlighted the impact that research made at INL can have on society, the international nature of INL and the importance of articulating research in nanotechnology for society and industry. Marta Prado also mentioned the different programs running at INL for artistic residences, school visits, the Scientific Social Responsibility initiative “Mission Nerd” and INL as a startup incubator among others. Read the interview here.

FODIAC Kick-Off Meeting April 13

FODIAC – Food for Diabetes and Cognition, a scientific research project funded by the European Union, kicked-off at INL last April 13 with the presence of all the entities that form the consortium. In the next four years, several organisations from Portugal, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom and Sweden will develop an integrative dietary solution to tackle type 2 diabetes and mitigate the cognitive dysfunction among the elderly population. Funded by European Funds under the Marie Curie Actions, the project comprises a total of 15 academic and business partners: – INL; – University of Minho; – Universidade Católica Portuguesa; – Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy); – University of Reading (Reading, UK); – Lunds Universitet (Lund, Sweden); – CSIC – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain); – SONAE, Anfaco, A&R House, Bioinicia, Casa Emma, Decorgel, DomusVi and Evra). Lorenzo Pastrana, Head Department of Life Sciences at INL, describes the project as “a program that aims to help improve the quality of life of people over 60 years of age, who are often affected by various diseases, diabetes and cognitive dysfunctions among the most prevalent.“

KET4CleanProduction Kick-Off Meeting

KET4CleanProduction is a three-year project funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The project kicked-off January 22-23 in Stuttgart, Germany, under the coordination of Steinbeis 2i GmbH in partnership with 12 premier KET Technology Centers and 7 partners of the Enterprise Europe Network from 18 different European countries. INL is part of one of this networks of premier KET Technology Centers aiming at promoting the access of manufacturing SMEs to advanced manufacturing technologies and related key enabling technologies (KET) towards a resource and energy efficiency. The KET4CleanProduction consortium has already started working on the creation of an open innovation ecosystem with a one-stop-shop for access to innovative services for SME through a network of superior KET Technology Centres providing access to clean production technologies.

INL researcher wins award for best thesis

Jose Lado has received the award from the Solid State Physics Group (GEFES) of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics for the best PhD thesis in condensed matter physics presented in Spain during the academic year 2015-16. His doctoral thesis Topological electronic phases in graphene were developed at INL, within the Marie-Curie ITN SPINOGRAPH, under the supervision of Joaquín Fernandez Rossier (director) and Victor Pardo (tutor). As a result, José Lado will be an invited speaker in the upcoming symposium organised by GEFES in the Summer 2017. Congratulations, Jose Lado!

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