PhD student João Mendes took part in the “90 segundos de Ciência” program of Antena 1, where he spoke about his work to predict risk of developing breast cancer. Click here You can also listen to previous episodes of the show where other IBEB’s researchers talk about their work: Diana Read more…
On September 25th, the Physics Day took place — a day of lectures promoted by the Department of Physics that brought together PhD students from various fields (Physics, Physics and Astrophysics, and Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics) and companies. IBEB was represented by several PhD students in Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics Read more…
The paper “Deep learning in breast cancer risk prediction: a review of recent applications in full-field digital mammography”, recently published in Frontiers in Oncology, reviews state-of-the-art techniques for Breast Cancer Risk Prediction using Deep Learning. This work, developed by IBEB’s PhD student João Mendes and undergraduate students Bernardo Oliveira, Carolina Read more…
Professors and PhD students from IBEB participated in the 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), which took place from July 14–17 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Professor Sofia Fernandes contributed to the organisation of a symposium dedicated the most up-to-date research on magnetic stimulation Read more…
In the last few months, the Department of Physics of the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa and the Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica (IBEB) have been welcoming high school students who came to learn about our educational offerings — namely the Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics degree — Read more…
A new paper has just been published on “Computers in Biology and Medicine”. The research focuses on using AI to predict Breast Cancer risk. This work was done by our PhD student João Mendes and by our undergraduates Bernardo Oliveira, Carolina Araújo, and Joana Galrão; under the guidance of IBEB’s Read more…
On November 22nd, six IBEB PhD students —Ana Catarina Pelicano, Henrique Lopes, João Mendes, Leonor de Oliveira Pires, Maria Gonçalves, and Tânia Gonçalves—participated in the 8th Annual RedeSaúde Conference in Lisbon. They showcased their work in a poster session and took on the challenge of delivering 1-minute pitches about their Read more…
Our PhD student João Mendes and our professor Nuno Matela were awarded the “Prémio Sociedade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa” for best poster in the first forum “Innovation in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering”.
On May 8th, the undergraduate students in Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bernardo Oliveira, Carolina Araujo, and Joana Galrão, participated in “Ciências Open Day 2024”. Under the supervision of our PhD student, João Mendes, they conducted activities measuring muscle electrical activity for high school students, while also sharing the research being Read more…
Today we had the visit from students of the Colégio Internacional de Vilamoura and our researchers João Mendes and Duarte Saraiva participated in the “speed-dating” with scientists. We hope the students have liked to hear about our degree in Biomedical Engineering and Biophyisics at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Read more…