Rogério Pirraco, 2007
In September 2007, the researcher Rogério Pirraco was awarded with the prize “Outstanding Student Contribution” by the Students and Young Investigators Section of TERMIS (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society).
Stemmatters, a spin-off from the 3B’s Research Group, 2007
In July 13, 2007, the company Stemmatters, a spin-off from the 3B’s Research Group – University of Minho, was awarded the National Prize for Innovation START – promoted by the Portuguese bank BPI, Microsoft and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Stemmatters intends to capitalize all research activity developed in the last decade by the 3B’s Research Group, one of the European and Worldwide leaders in this field of research, making the pathway to apply the new regenerative therapies to clinic.
Prof. João Mano, 2007
In May 2007, the Executive Commission of the Federation of the European Societies of Materials decided, in their recent meeting in Milan, to attribute to Prof. João Mano the FEMS award in the field of Science and Technology of Materials. This distinction is attributed every two years by the Federation to those researchers that have distinguished themselves through their work on the field of Science and Technology of Materials.
"'Pessoal e... Transmissível', Interview to Rui L. Reis by Carlos Vaz Marques ", in TSF, 14 May 2007
"Cientistas descobrem nova fonte de células estaminais", in TSF, 08 Jan 2007
Ana L. Oliveira, 2006
Ana L. Oliveira, Student Travel Acheivement Recognition awarded by The Society for Biomaterials to the work “Studies on the Formation of Biomimetic Apatite Layers on 3D-Printed Biodegradable Polymeric Scaffolds: Effect of Different Dynamic Coating Routes”, presented on the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society from Biomaterials, Pittsburgh, US, 2006, “as an outstanding contribution to the Society For Biomaterials”.
