Maria de Sousa Award 2024

Winners

The Maria de Sousa Award 4th edition—2024 was delivered on October 9, 2024, to five Portuguese researchers in a ceremony at the Aula Magna da Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa, chaired by Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro.

“A New Approach to Correct Genomic Imprinting Defects during iPSC Reprogramming”
Dr. Maria Arez

“Tailored neurotransmitter circuits modulation of stroke patients”
Dr. Pedro Nascimento Alves

“BOOST-Age: Boosting the prOliferative capacity within aged tiSsues to sustain youThful organ function”
Dr. Ana Rita Araújo

“Regulation of antifungal immunity by cholesterol metabolism in respiratory fungal disease”
Dr. Samuel Gonçalves

“Feeding immunity: glycans as nutritional players in host-microbiome dynamics in IBD”
Dr. Joana Gaifem

 

Applications received
62

Jury

President
Rui Costa

Members
Maria do Carmo Fonseca
Miguel Castelo-Branco
Joana Palha
João Relvas