CARE Open Innovation programme combines physical events and curated digital tools to bring together individuals and organisations from different specialities, communities and geographies in knowledge exchange and cross-sectoral collaboration.
Our goal is to drive engagement across strategic research areas and to facilitate the generation of ideas to solve the challenges of CARE Missions.
Contact us
The simplest way to connect with new collaborators is via the CARE mailbox care@gimm.pt. Let us know i) which research topics you are interested in, ii) what you are looking for (advice, tools, facilities, samples) and/or iii) your expertise and what you are able to offer, and CARE team will facilitate the connections. Please also mention your affiliation(s) (e.g. which hospital and service, which institute).
CARE Science Rounds
Like medical rounds, CARE Science Rounds aim to act as a platform for information exchange and collaboration, in this case between healthcare professionals and researchers.
Events will take place monthly (second Tuesday of each month) at GIMM, inviting healthcare professionals and GIMM researchers to give an informal 15 min talk about their work or ideas for a collaborative research project. A light lunch is provided.
Event topics rotate through CARE’s five Mission areas: Pediatric and Rare diseases, Cancer, Inflammation and Infection, Aging and Brain diseases, and Cardiovascular diseases, ensuring that each topic is covered twice a year.
Next Science Rounds (no registration necessary):
- April 14, 2026 | 12:30 | Egas Moniz Building – Floor 0 – Room 7 (IFA)
Topic: Immunotherapy
“Regulatory T cells in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation”
João Lacerda, MD, PhD, Hematology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria, GIMM Group Leader
“Developing a novel adopted cell immunotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia”
Bruno Silva-Santos, PhD, GIMM Group Leader - May 12, 2026 | 12:30 | Egas Moniz Building – Floor 0 – Room 7 (IFA)
Topic: TBD - June 9, 2026 | 12:30 | Egas Moniz Building – Floor 0 – Room 7 (IFA)
Topic: TBD
2026:
- March 10, 2026
Topic: Cardiovascular Diseases
– M. Carmo-Fonseca, MD, PhD, GIMM Group Leader – “Cardiomyopathies: genes, environment, and RNA splicing”
– Beatriz Garcia, MD, Cardiology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Santa Maria – “Genotype-phenotype associations in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”
- February 10, 2026
Topic: Aging and Brain Diseases
– Leonor Correia Guedes, MD, Neurology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria – “Phenotype-driven translational research in genetic parkinsonism”
– Luísa Lopes, PhD, GIMM Group Leader – “Creating a non-Invasive Neuron-specific Neuromodulation”
2025:
- December 9, 2025
Topic: Pediatrics and Rare Diseases
– Patricia Costa Reis, MD, Pediatric Department, Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria – “Gut Permeability and the Pathophysiology of Immune-Mediated Diseases: Breaking the Barrier”
– Luís Graça, PhD, GIMM Group Leader – “Towards precision immunology in clinical studies”
- November 11, 2025
Topic: Inflammation and Infection
– Joana Martinho, MD, Rheumathology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria – “Clusters in giant cell arthritis”
– Marc Veldhoen, PhD, GIMM Group Leader – “Tissue T Cells”
- October 14, 2025
Topic: Cancer
– Gonçalo Costa, MD, Oncology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria – “BRIGHT Study: Polygenic risk for breast cancer”
– Sérgio de Almeida, PhD, GIMM Group Leader – “Replication Stress as a Gateway to Synthetic Lethality in Cancer”
In the future, hybrid participation will be facilitated via a dedicated Microsoft Teams channel.
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