by diogo.santos | Feb 16, 2018 | Projects
Duration: 2018 – 2020 Abstract: Several studies have been done to determine which genes related with the Central Nervous System (CNS) could be involved in obesity. These studies have managed to point out a series of relevant genes such as: FTO, MC4R, BDNF, NEGR1,...
by diogo.santos | Jan 17, 2018 | Projects
Duration: 2018 Abstract: Neutron diffraction techniques are applied to the study of burned human skeletal remains, for assessing heat-induced changes associated to alterations in bone´s microcrystallinity. The results, coupled to vibrational spectroscopy data...
by CIAS Gestão | Jun 28, 2017 | Projects
Duration: 10/2017-07/2022 Abstract: This project aimed to test the effectiveness of a psychological intervention focused on compassion in promoting the psychological well-being and mental health of primary and secondary school teachers and students in...
by diogo.santos | May 17, 2017 | Projects
Duration: 2017-2020 Abstract: The explorations of aspects related to the health of human populations of the past in Southern Patagonia from an ecological-evolutionary and biocultural point of view were initiated during the last decades. The general objective of...
by diogo.santos | Mar 23, 2017 | Projects
Duration: 2017 – 2019 Abstract: Coordinator: Participants: Partner institutions: Financial support: Collaborative Research Fund Grant, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, HK$6,626,216 (>€800,000EUR) Reference: RGC CRF HKU...
by diogo.santos | Feb 16, 2017 | Projects
Duration: 2017-2019 Abstract: The main objective of this study is to describe low frequency alleles and copy number variations (CNVs) associated with higher obesity susceptibility risk, as it has not been previously detected, neither with GWAS nor with indirect...