Cecília Roque, leader of the Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory at UCIBIO-NOVA FCT was distinguished with a European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant with the project UNMASK: Unraveling Parkinson ́s disease diagnostic.
This work was recently published in Nature Chemical Biology.
“Estamos atentos aos problemas da indústria e queremos que a investigação que fazemos na NOVA FCT tenha impacto nas várias vertentes, económica, social e ambiental. A seleção da solução proposta pela nossa equipa demonstra uma clara aposta da indústria farmacêutica em aplicações mais verdes e sustentáveis.”, afirma Ana Rita Duarte.
ALERT-PFAS will offer advanced technologies that will make it possible to detect and monitor toxic substances in real time, preventing their accumulation and dispersal in the environment.
