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Victòria Brugada Ramentol, 17th Edition Thesis: Sense of ownership and sense of agency in social interaction Mentor: Gonzalo García de Polavieja; University of Porto, Porto, Portugal | Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Lisbon, Portugal Defence date: 2021-03-05

Francisca Soares da Silva, 19thEdition Thesis: Environmental Signals Driving the Onset of Hematopoiesis in the Fetal Liver Mentor: Perpétua Pinto-do-Ó & Ana Cumano; INEB/i3S, Porto, Portugal & Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Defence date: 2021-03-22

Joana Maia, 18th Edition Thesis: Extracellular Vesicles: new population analysis methods and their role as messengers in tumor-stroma communication Mentor: Bruno Costa-Silva; University of Porto, Porto, Portugal | Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal Defence date: 2021-05-25

Manuel Pinto, 18th Edition Defence date: 2021-07-08

Mariana Osswald, 18th Edition Thesis: Epithelial Organization at Mitotic Exi Mentor: Eurico Morais de Sá; ICBAS-UP, i3S, Porto, Portugal Defence date: 2021-07-16

Abel Sousa, 20th Edition Thesis: Study of control of protein abundance using multi-omics data from cancer samples Mentor: Pedro Ferreira, Pedro Beltrão and Carla Oliveira; ERiC Group, i3S, Porto, Portugal | Beltrao Group, Cambridge, UK Defence date: 2021-10-07

Joana Wilton, 19th Edition Thesis: Mechanisms of gene regulation in the cancer-immune system crosstalk Mentor: Alexandra Moreira and Maria Oliveira; Gene Regulation, IBMC/i3S, Porto, Portugal | Tumor Microenvironment Interactions, INEB/i3S, Porto Defence date: 2021-11-29

Rita Gomes, 19th Edition Thesis: Dissecting the role of MS4A4A in the context of tumor-associated macrophages Mentor: Alberto Mantovani; Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Milan, Italy Defence date: 2021-12-17

Maria de Sousa Award

The 1st edition of the Maria de Sousa Award was delivered on November 24th , 2021 to five Portuguese researchers, in a ceremony that took place at Teatro Thalia, in Lisbon, and was presided over by Prime Minister António Costa. Andreia Pereira (19th edition) and Mariana Osswald (18th edition) were selected by the jury and each won up to 25000€.

https://www.bial.com/com/bial-foundation/awards/premio-maria-de-sousa/ https://www.bial.com/com/bial-foundation/media/news/the-portuguese-medical-association-and-the-bial-foundationaward-maria-de-sousa-award/

A school without walls by Maria de Sousa

14th of April 2022, Biblioteca Almeida Garrett

11h: Opening

Associação ATG - All Time GABBAs IPATIMUP, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias s/n 11h15: The mentees Porto 4200-465 • Alexandra Manaia www.atg.up.pt – Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal • Ana Jovita Coito geral@atg.up.pt NIF: PT 513339434 – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA • Joana Maia – Champalimaud Foundation,Tel.: +351225570700 Portugal • Maria Mota – Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal Porto, 5th of April 2021

12h30: Lunch

Dear

14h: Science and beyond

• Ana Campos – i3S, Universidade do Porto, PortugalWe, the ATG, the alumni association of the Program on Basic and Applied Biology, are excited to announce • Anabela Mota Ribeiro – Journalist “A school without walls by Maria de Sousa”, our tribute to Maria de Sousa, Thursday, • David Lyden – Weill Cornell Medical College, USA April 14th, 2021, at Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garret, Porto, Portugal. The tribute • Graça Porto –will be a moment i3S, Universidade do Porto, Portugal to celebrate Maria de Sousa’s life and how she touched all of our lives. This • Rita Fior – Champalimaud Foundation, Portugalevent will be focused on her far-reaching impact in Portuguese science through education and training of an interdisciplinary group of researchers – a true “school without 15h30: Coffee Break borders” , as put in her own words. The event will include science, as well as music and

poetry, along with Maria de Sousa’s interests and contributions. 15h45: Music & Poetry 16h30: The GABBA School (roundtable)

To make this event complete, we need your help! We would like to invite you to be one of the speakers at this event. We were hoping you could share your memories and stories of special moments you have spent with Prof. Maria de Sousa. We plan that each presentation takes up to • 15 minutes. Alexandre do Carmo - i3s, Universidade do Porto, Portugal • André Sousa – Waisman Center, Madison, USAWe are currently fundraising for this tribute. As much as we would love to be able to support your • António Amorim - i3s, Universidade do Porto, Portugal participation and pay for all expenses, we fear that we might not be able to do so, given our very • Carla Sofia Cardosolimited financial resources. – Faculdade de Direito, Universidade do Porto, Portugal • Rui Costa – Zuckerman Institute, Columbia, USA We are hoping to conclude the program during May, and it would be great if you could confirm 18h: Video Messagesyour presence by the end of April. Kind Regards, 18h15: Closing and book presentation 18h30: Porto de honra Eurico Sá (on behalf of ATG) Event organized in partnership with

ATG - All Time GABBA The Alumni Association of the Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology University of Porto - Portugal

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