The paper “Development and Characterization of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. Extract-Loaded Phytosomes for Enhanced Delivery of Antioxidant Compounds” was recently published in the journal Life. M. crystallinum (also called ice plant) is an edible halophytic succulent plant rich in phenolic compounds with potential applications Read more
From April 19 to 22, 2026, IBEB and FCUL will host a scientific event of excellence: the ESTRO course “Quantitative Methods in Radiation Oncology – Evidence Based Radiation Oncology in the 2020’s”.The initiative results from a partnership between ESTRO, the Read more
Ana Margarida Mota, researcher at IBEB and Assistant Professor at FCUL, has secured advanced computing resources as principal investigator for the project “Experimental Evaluation of GPU-Based Deep Learning Workflows for Mammography and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Analysis”, selected under the Advanced Read more
The paper “Targeting Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Special Focus on Phototherapy and Nanomaterials” was recently published in the journal Molecules. This work was developed by a PhD student under the supervision of IBEB full member João Coelho, in collaboration with Prof. Read more
In December 2025, the Soroptimist Club in Lisbon selected Raquel Conceição for the Award Dr. Maria de Lourdes Bettencourt – Edition 2025, for her scientific contribution to women’s healthcare, namely in the area of microwave imaging for breast cancer screening. Read more
Ana Margarida Mota, Professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and researcher at the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering (IBEB), has been awarded the Diagnostics Travel Award 2026, granted by the scientific journal Diagnostics (MDPI). Read more
PhD student João Mendes, and full members of IBEB Prof. Ana M. Mota and Prof. Nuno Matela have published new research on using AI to differentiate breast lesions with very similar radiological appearance. A key highlight of this work is Read more
Researcher Daniela Godinho has had her project “Multimodal Deep Learning Approaches for Predicting Treatment Response in Breast Cancer”, in collaboration with Inês Prata Machado from the University of Cambridge, approved under the 6th Advanced Computing Projects Call – A0 (Lot Read more
In the context of the “3BAtwin” project, coordinated by professor Raquel Conceição, the University of Galway (GALWAY) is organising a “Training school on management of technology transfer” for FCiências.ID/CIÊNCIAS-ULISBOA administration staff from 14th to 16th of January 2026. The school will take place at Read more
A new paper titled “Quantitative Evaluation of Repeatability in Medical Microwave Imaging: A Systematic Review” has just been published in the IEEE Access journal by PhD student Henrique Lopes, together with IBEB researchers and professors Daniela Godinho and Raquel Conceição. Read more