The Consortium of Agricultural Science Schools (CECA), comprising the Higher Institute of Agronomy (ISA) of the University of Lisbon, the University of Évora (UE), the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) and the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), announces a call for the award of 20 Doctoral Research Grants in the area of Agricultural Sciences.The call is open between 00h00...
CIMO collaborates with the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and the Portuguese Forest Science Society to organize the Seminar on Rural Fires on January 23 and 24, in Bragança and Valpaços.
CIMO-IPB will organize the next CA17128 LignoCOST Co-located joint Working Groups + 3rd MC meeting that will be held in Hotel Régua Douro, Régua, Portugal in November 13-14. The main objective of LignoCOST is to establish a sound network covering the entire value chain in which relevant information can be produced with a focus on lignin valorisation towards sustainable industrial applications.
CIMO vice-coordinator João Azevedo participated, in representation of the Iberian Mountain Research Network (RIIM), at a round table on International Cooperation in Mountain Areas and Climate Change during the “3er Coloquio internacional sobre cambio climático en zonas de montaña OPCC2 2019” that took place Jaca, Spain, on october 22-23.
Within the context of the project TRANSCOLAB – Cross-Border Collaborative Laboratory for Sustainability and Innovation in the Agro-Food and Agro-Industrial Sectors, Paralab and CIMO-IPB have organized the workshop “Fat and proteins determination in food matrices” where the application of innovative methods (RMN and DUMAS) versus traditional ones was discussed. The workshop, which ocured on 2...
CIMO researcher João Brandão Rodrigues was elected President of the European Federation for the Promotion of Draught Horses (FECTU) during the General Assembly of the Federation that took place in Szreniawa, Poland, on April 27-28.
Mónia Martins won the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) Excellence Award for the best doctoral thesis in the area of Thermodynamics and Transport Properties.
On April 2nd 2019, through its research unit CIMO, IPB became an Associate Member of ARCP (Associação Rede de Competência em Polímeros). ARCP promotes research between academy and industry enhancing the use of emerging knowledge in the field of polymeric materials. Currently ARCP integrates academic members (UA, FCUC, FEUP, IPB and IPV), and i...
The Portuguese Animal Traction Association (APTRAN), Aldeia Association,
CIMO and School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança,
and the Municipality of Vimioso, with the support of the Portuguese
Society of Forest Science (SPCF), organize the III Sustainable
Agroforestry Management Week Vimioso 2019.