REDOX SIGNALLING AND REDOX SYSTEMS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Overview
Advanced PhD courses aim to develop the knowledge acquired in the different PhD specialties. They are short courses, with a variable format, made up of curricular units or training modules specific to third cycle study programs.
This course aims to provide PhD students with the knowledge of oxidative stress and redox signaling to enable them to understand health and disease-related results and create opportunities for the design and development of new therapeutic strategies.
This course is aimed at PhD students from FFUL and other institutions.
The course will also be open to other participants, including professionals in the areas of pharmaceutical sciences, medicine, biology and other related areas, master’s and doctoral students or PhD researchers working in related areas.
Coordination:
Vasco Rui Veloso Neves Branco, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon.
Collaborations/Speakers:
Cristina Maria Leitão de Carvalho, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon.
Susana Zeferino Solá da Cruz, Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon.
Andreia Margarida Gonçalves Neves Carvalho, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon.
Lucia Coppo, Researcher Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
João António Nave Laranjinha, Full Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra.
Fernando José Nunes Antunes, Full Professor, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon.
Ana Sofia Gregório Fernandes, Associate Professor, Lusófona University.
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Legislation:
Programme
This course will run from September 15, 2025 to September 19, 2025, from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (GMT time), and will be taught entirely in person.
The course has a total of 28 training hours, which are equivalent to a total of 6 ECTS.
The training hours are distributed as follows:
- Theoretical training hours: 28 hours
The deadline for submitting the project proposal for assessment will be October 3, 2025.
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COURSE PROGRAM
Teaching Methodologies
TEACHING METHODOLOGIES
This course will consist of lectures presenting by experts the field of redox biology open classes on specific topics and peer evaluation of student proposals (see evaluation for more details).
LEARNING AND SKILLS TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE STUDENT:
It is intended that by the end of the course students will have acquired knowledge and concepts such as:
– Recognize the biological significance of redox reactions;
– Understand the process of oxidative species formation and distinguish between redox signaling and oxidative stress;
– Recognize the therapeutic opportunities available to modulate the activity of redox elements;
– Understand the functional redundancy and backups between redox elements and the implications for disease progression and treatment;
– Design a research plan using the knowledge acquired to address a relevant question in their PhD work;
EVALUATION METHODOLOGY:
Students must design a mini-project aimed at integrating topics related to ROS and redox signaling into their PhD work.
Before submission, students will present and discuss their project idea with their colleagues and lecturers to receive feedback on their proposal. The aim is to promote student learning.
After the projects have been presented, they will be randomly assigned to other students for an anonymous peer review.
Whoever reviews the project should identify the strengths of the proposal and highlight the parts that could be improved.
The review will be sent back to the author, who may or may not include the suggestions
In either case, a response to the comments made in the review must be submitted with the final version of the proposal.
The final assessment by the course coordinator will include the evaluation of the written proposal, including the response of the members who reviewed the project (70%) and the relevance of the written feedback given to colleagues during the peer review phase (30%).
The deadline for submitting the project proposal for evaluation will be October 3, 2025.
Application
Application period: from June 1, 2025 to September 10, 2025
Course start and end date: September 15, 2025 to September 19, 2025
Admission requirements:
Bachelor’s degree or Integrated Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicine, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Biology and related areas.
Scientific areas or specialization:
Food and Health;
Clinical and Pharmacological Biochemistry;
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology;
Pharmaceutical Engineering;
Pharmacogenomics;
Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacology;
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology;
Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy;
Physiology and Pathophysiology;
Pharmaceutical Immunology;
Cellular and Molecular Pharmaceutical Microbiology;
Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology;
Neurotoxicology and Neuropharmacology;
Biological Chemistry;
Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Chemistry;
Molecular and Cellular Therapies and Technologies;
Toxicology.
Selection and ranking criteria:
For selection and ranking criteria, the order of application will be taken into consideration, up to a limit of the number of places.
Minimum number of trainees: 08
Maximum number of trainees: 20
Documents to attach to the application:
Certificate of qualifications.
Fees and tuition:
Application fee: 10€ (Note: the application fee will not be refunded if the candidate is excluded or not selected).
Course fee: 250€
School Insurance: 2,10€
Note: FFUL PhD students who wish to take the course as part of their 1st year curricular component are excused from paying the application fee and the course fee.
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Application Process:
Applications for the course are made exclusively through the FenixEdu Platform of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon (FFUL).
Access to the FenixEdu Platform:
- If you have never been a student at FFUL you must pre-register on the FenixEdu Platform.
- If you are a former student of FFULisboa and have already had an account campus@ulisboa or @edu.ulisboa.pt you should access the FenixEdu Platform and authenticate yourself with your account data. If you have lost access to your account, you can recover your password in the ULisboa users area.
- If you are a former student of FFULisboa and have never had an account campus@ulisboa or @edu.ulisboa.pt you must send an email to cncg@ff.ulisboa.pt indicating your full name and ID document number.
Access the FenixEdu Platform.
- On the tab “Candidate”, choose the type of application: “Advanced Training Courses”, select the desired course.
- Fill out the online form and attach all the required documents in digital format. In the application process you can indicate whether you want the invoice to be issued in the name of another entity/company/institution.
- Select the “Submit” option.
Applications will only be validated by the Academic Services once the applicant has paid the Application Fee.
Contacts
For information regarding the application process and the course organization, please contact the Academic Office: doutoramentos@ff.ulisboa.pt
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