i3S Master’s student awarded at the sPITCHless MED+ event

 At the sPITCHless MED+ event, which took place between the 26th and 28th of September at the University of Aveiro, PhD and Master’s students had the opportunity to show their projects and share knowledge of different topics within the medical field. 

Among the participants, Inês Castro Almeida’s presentation was awarded the “Grand Prize”, the highest recognition of the sPITCHless MED+ event.

Inês Castro Almeida’s master’s project is being developed in the “Immune Sensing and Signaling Dynamics” group at i3S, under the supervision of researcher Pedro Moura-Alves, holder of the ERA Chair ImmunoHUB. Inês project aims to explore the potential of various drugs in modulating the aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Additionally, the project endeavours to investigate the utility of this approach within the therapeutic domain.