MAIN AREAS

The Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon is a R&D Unit funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology. Our main research areas are:

SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT

IBEB has a strong track record of publications in respected international journals and conferences. IBEB’s scientific output has been increasing steeply in the last years.

COLLABORATIONS

DATABASES & REPOSITORIES

“Data Repository of tissue mimicking materials” (https://www.um.edu.mt/projects/mywave/data-repository/tmms, 2023)

“Data Repository of Dielectric and Thermal Properties of Biological Tissues” (https://www.um.edu.mt/projects/mywave/data-repository/dielectric-thermal-properties, 2023)

“Blueprints with all fabrication instructions and required source files” (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7695700, 2023)

“E-Field Calculator for CCoupled Systems with a layered cylindrical geometry” (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5897226, 2022)

“Breast Models Repository for Electromagnetic Applications” (https://github.com/acpelicano/breast_models_repository, 2021)

“Axillary Region Models Repository for Electromagnetic Applications” (https://github.com/dmgodinho/axillary-region-models-repository, 2021)

PATENTS

Research carried out in IBEB has a strong applied component, and it has resulted in the register of patents.

INTERNATIONAL PATENTS

Coil for magnetic stimulation
EP1326681, AU200229129, WO200232504, CA2425276, US2004078056, HK1056849.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation system and methods
US2006287566, WO2006134598, AU2006257210

Tomography by Emission of Positrons (PET) System
WO2006049523

NATIONAL PATENTS

Sistema de Tomografia por Emissão de Positrões
PT20040103200

INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

IBEB has developed close interactions with national and international industry partners to facilitate innovation. These connections consist in scientific partnerships, non-disclosure agreements, research contracts and patent submissions.

Our main partners are:

FINANCED PROJECTS

IBEB participates in several research projects funded by national and international agencies.

The latter give rise to several publications, patents and scholarship opportunities for researchers in different stages of their scientific careers.

We particularly acknowledge funding from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia: UIDB/00645/2020 e UIDP/00645/2020.