Partner for environmental studies

The i3S-AL (Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde - Associate Laboratory) is a private non-profit biomedical research unit, whose main asset is its multidisciplinarity and strategic collaborations with several UPorto schools, major hospitals in the Northern region and flagship companies of the health sector. The two latest national evaluations of Portuguese Research Units resulted in top scores (‘excellent’). It focuses on 3 research programs addressing major challenges as cancer, infectious diseases, neurologic disorders and regenerative medicine. The programs’ transdisciplinary nature allows to address questions on the molecular and cellular basis of living systems, mechanisms underlying disease and the development of novel tools for screening, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. i3S has 72 research groups, 850+ researchers, about 650 papers/year, 3 Clinical and Diagnostic platforms providing cancer, infectious and neurodegenerative diseases clinical services to the community, 30+ active patents, over 180 national and international ongoing projects, and 14 scientific platforms, which provide access to advanced equipment for research in many fields (www.i3s.up.pt/scientific-platforms). i3S has several transversal units ensuring all management, financial and communication aspects to successfully implement R&D projects. Furthermore, i3S fosters continuous advanced training, and annual educational and outreach activities to close the gap between science and society.

We conduct research studies on:
- microbiome evaluation and monitoring of environmental samples (soil, water, etc )
- microbial genetic diversity and functionality
- molecular biomarkers
- microbial interactions and plant growth

We are open to collaborations in any research field.

Microbiology; Microbiome; Molecular Biology; Nutrition;