This Thursday (9 Jan), the project Activ4Brain studying the effect of exercise on cognition will be featured on TV! Happy to see our work triggering a growing interest from the public.
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We are proud to announce that our Activ4Brain Program, integrating cognitive training with aerobic exercise, was awarded second place in the category Knowledge+ of the award for Good Practices in Active and Healthy Ageing of CCDRC.
Menção Honrosa 2024.

PhD students Hicran Beşikci and Kaan Akalp presented the Activ4Brain cognitive training games at the University of Coimbra Sports Week.

My interview for the Open Science Accelerator of the University of Turku was published on their website. We discussed the benefits and challenges of open data in scientific research.
Open data and open code advance scientific progress but must be rewarded in researchers’ careers

Open applications for PhD fellowship at the Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research - CIBIT, on the integration of cognitive and physical exercise to enhance brain arousal in older people, in collaboration with the Faculty of Sports Science, combines neuroimaging, brain and body physiology and cognitive testing.
Deadline: 30 June 2022 See here for requirements.

Glad to see our report featured in a Nature Career's article "Low pay, exclusivity requirements and lack of support plague postdocs across Europe".
Postdoc X-ray in Europe 2017 Work conditions, productivity, institutional support and career outlooks
Maria José Ribeiro, Ana Fonseca, Mariana Moura Ramos, Marta Costa, Konstantina Kilteni, Lau Møller Andersen, Lisa Harber-Aschan, Joana A. Moscoso, Sonchita Bagchi, European Network of Postdoctoral Associations
bioRxiv 523621; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/523621