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Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica

O Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa é financiado pela FCT.

The Institute of Biophyisics and Biomedical Engineering in the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon is funded by FCT. Ensino
No âmbito do ensino, o IBEB tem vindo a assegurar, desde 1992, o Mestrado (e Programa Doutoral desde 1996) em biofísica e engenharia biomédica, e a orientar estudantes de doutoramento em áreas ligadas à biofísica. Desta actividade resultaram 56 teses de mestrado e 29 teses de doutoramento. O IBEB formou grande parte dos recursos humanos em Portugal nestas áreas, que têm sido contratados por numerosas instituições nacionais e estrangeiras. O IBEB está actualmente envolvido no ensino de Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica a todos os niveis de formação universitária:
Na Licenciatura e no Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica, da responsabilidade do Departamento de Física da FCUL. No Doutoramento (3º ciclo segundo o acordo de Bolonha) em Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica. Investigação
A investigação no IBEB explora a interface da Engenharia Biomédica com a Biofísica e com a Medicina, com especial destaque para as seguintes áreas:
-imagem molecular e reconstrução de imagem
-aquisição e processamento de sinais electrofisiológicos (electroencefalografia, magnetoencefalografia, electrocardiografia)
-imagens por ressonância magnética nuclear
-estimulação magnética transcraniana
-processamento de imagens médicas
-dinâmica da actividade cerebral e cardíaca
-interface homem-computador

Somos financiados pela Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/00645/2020 e UIDP/00645/2020.

28/11/2025

✨ On 21 November, several researchers from IBEB attended the 19º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI, whose theme this year was “Novas Fronteiras da Inovação Tecnológica para a Saúde”.

🗣️ The keynote speaker was Professor and IBEB researcher Raquel Conceição, who is also Vice-President of URSI’s National Scientific Commission K. In the first panel, dedicated to “New frontiers of technological innovation for health,” the discussion was moderated by Professor Raquel and included several presentations, among them one by Professor Hugo Ferreira on brain-imaging technologies. The second panel, moderated by Professor Nuno Matela, focused on “Healthcare outside the clinical setting.”

👏 In the afternoon, the presentations competing for the various awards took place. PhD students Henrique Lopes and Leonor Pires competed for the Best Student Paper Award, while IBEB researcher and professor Daniela Godinho competed for the ANACOM–URSI Portugal Prize. The day concluded with the awarding of 3rd place in the Best Student Paper Award to Henrique Lopes for his PhD work.

27/11/2025

👏 On November 11th, IMAGI Health, an innovative project based on IBEB, won the "Pitch Competition" in the "Student" category of the UniVerse - Entrepreneurial Academy event.

✨ Developed by PhD students Mariana de Oliveira and Leonor Pires, and alumni Inês Castro de Lima and Raquel Rebordão, IMAGI Health is a groundbreaking solution that combines virtual reality with hypnotherapy to manage pediatric chronic pain. The UniVerse - Entrepreneurial Academy, held at Pavilhão de Portugal as a side event of Web Summit 2025, focused on the impact of academia on the Portuguese entrepreneurship ecosystem.

✨ Also featured in the university project showcase was TranquilBite. Developed by Master's students Inês Correia and Afonso Simões, the project introduces a system for detecting and mitigating bruxism effects, embedded in a sleep eye mask.

🔗 Read more at https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/noticia/18-11-2025/investigadoras-de-ciencias-ganham-competi%C3%A7ao-do-evento-universe-com-solu%C3%A7ao-para

19/11/2025

👏 The paper “Acute Invasive Dorso-Ventral DCS Applied With a Ball Electrode Does Not Alter Spinal Motoneurons' Firing Characteristics in the SOD-1 G93A Mouse Model of ALS” was recently published in the European Journal of Neuroscinece. This work was co-authored by PhD student Leonor de Oliveira Pires and IBEB researcher and professor Sofia Rita Fernandes.

✨ This work investigates the effects of invasive spinal direct-current stimulation (DCS) in the animal model of ALS (SOD1 mouse) on spinal motoneuron excitability. The computational model developed by the IBEB researchers confirmed the distribution of the electric field produced by the stimulation, which supports the experimental results obtained.

🔗 Read more at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.70314

18/11/2025

👏 The IBEB full member and researcher, Tiago Atalaia, has published a new article "Equivalence Between Land and Water Countermovement Jump for Physical Performance Testing" in the Journal of Aquatic Physical Therapy.

✨ In this paper, the team proposes the adaptation of a global physical fitness test — the countermovement jump — to the aquatic environment. This adaptation is expected to allow its application in populations with conditions that lead to reduced functional capacity, such as chronic low back pain, frailty, and others. The properties of water, including cushioning and user engagement, may offer beneficial conditions for assessing functional capacity in a global and easy-to-administer way.

🔗 Read more at https://journals.lww.com/japt/fulltext/2025/09000/equivalence_between_land_and_water_countermovement.3.aspx

14/11/2025

🎗️ Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Research that Makes a Difference

Breast cancer is not the same for every woman – understanding its differences is essential for more effective treatment.
Ana Margarida Mota, researcher at the IBEB and professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, has published a review article in Cancers on the use of artificial intelligence in breast imaging to identify the biological characteristics of each tumor without the need for invasive biopsies.
This work highlights the role of AI in personalizing diagnosis and promoting a more precise and humane medicine.

AI models can predict key tumor characteristics directly from MM and BT, showing promise as non-invasive tools to complement or even replace biopsy. However, challenges remain in terms of generalizability, external validation, and clinical integration. Future work should prioritize standardized annotations, larger multicentric datasets, and integration of histological or transcriptomic validation to ensure robustness and real-world applicability.

🔗 Read mora at https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/20/3387

13/11/2025

✨ In this year's Society for Social Neuroscience conference, researcher and full member of IBEB Diana Prata and 5 PhD students of her lab at IBEB (Vasco Diogo, Sonja Graf, Rafael Esteves, Miguel da Silva and Gonçalo Cosme) have presented their very exciting recent results of a robust role of oxytocin in how we respond psychophysiologically to social cues and dilemmas, including in the context of social dance and of psychosis. This work used a range of techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, eye-tracking, pupillometry and electroencephalography.

30/10/2025

✨ From October 8th to 11th, students from IBEB/FCUL participated in the 41st Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB 2025) in Marseille, France.

The following research projects were presented:

🗣️ "MRI-Based 3D Modelling of the SOD1 Mouse": Presented by PhD student Leonor de Oliveira Pires (Supervisor: Professor Sofia Fernandes).

🗣️ "Tackling the challenge of improving the automated diagnosis of Autism spectrum disorders: assessing the potential of non-standard brain connectivity metrics, deconvolution approaches and machine learning classifiers for the analysis of intrinsic fMRI data": Presented by PhD student Lucianna Lopes do Couto (Supervisor: Professor Alexandre Andrade).

🗣️ "Partial Volume Effects across Tumor Regions in ASL Perfusion Imaging of Glioblastoma": Presented by Master's student Afonso Simões (developed under the "Bolsas Gulbenkian Novos Talentos" program, with LaSEEB).

22/10/2025

👏 A new paper has been published as a result of the Master's dissertation work by student Tiago Silva, supervised by IBEB's researchers Daniela Godinho and Raquel Conceição.

✨ The paper, titled "Machine and deep learning applied to medical microwave imaging: a scoping review from reconstruction to classification", was published in Progress in Biomedical Engineering by IOP Science. It presents a state-of-the-art review of the use of machine and deep learning for medical microwave imaging. By analysing the latest studies and methodologies, the review addresses the current state of machine learning-enhanced medical microwave imaging and sheds light on its potential for clinical applications.

🔗 Read more at https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2516-1091/ae0bd3

21/10/2025

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.

📢https://www.90segundosdeciencia.pt/episodes/ep-2083-joao-mendes/

20/10/2025

✨ IBEB’s PhD student Leonor de Oliveira Pires attended the 8th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG 2025) on 25-26 September 2025 in Aveiro, Portugal.

Leonor de Oliveira Pires presented her poster and contributed paper “Screening the Effects of Tissue Electric Conductivity and Anatomical Variability on Computer Models of tsDCS in SOD1 Mice“, co-authored by IBEB's professor and full member Sofia R. Fernandes.

17/10/2025

✨ PhD student Ana Catarina Pelicano and IBEB's researcher Raquel Conceição were interviewed for "Podcast da Radiociência" at 18º Congresso do Comitê Português da URSI. Ana Catarina Pelicano talked about her work which earned her the 2nd place in the Best Student Paper Award and professor Raquel Conceição, as Vice-President of Comission K of URSI Portuguese Commitee, talked about student participation in the congress.

🎤 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LPntX7yrcPFaUJc2IzELz?si=4d7ee1f9cf324114&nd=1&dlsi=d40d2d67a2e4417b

16/10/2025

✨ On October 3rd, IBEB welcomed the first-year students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics.

👥 The visit began with an introduction to IBEB’s three main research lines, presented by coordinators and integrated members Alexandre Andrade, João Coelho, and Hugo Ferreira. Students then had the opportunity to explore the institute’s laboratories and research spaces, gaining a closer look at the technologies and methods used in ongoing projects. The event concluded with engaging presentations by professors and integrated members Nuno Matela, Raquel Conceição, Sofia Fernandes, and Tânia Gonçalves, who shared insights into their research and the exciting work being developed at IBEB.

✨ It was a pleasure to welcome the new students and share with them the research being carried out at IBEB!

Endereço

Instituto De Biofísica E Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade De Ciências Da Universidade De Lisboa. Campo Grande
Lisbon
1749-016

Telefone

+351 217 500 177

Website

http://ibeb.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/

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