Ciência Viva - A project for science dissemination among civil society

July 2021 

Open EnzIL Meeting at Faculty of Pharmacy - Knowledge Transfer

9th March 2023

EnzIL Consortium Meeting at Faculty of Pharmacy

13th March 2023

EnzIL Invited Talk at Faculty of Pharmacy: 

Dr. Said Galai, National Institute of Neurology, Tunisia

21st March 2023

Transfer Knowledge & Training 

Dr. Janne Naapuri from University of Helsinki – Finland with the Portuguese Partners from Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Lisbon and the Military Laboratorial Unit of Biological and Chemical Defense (UMLDBQ) 

May 2023

Participation in Exercício ARTEX23 (ARmy Technological EXperimentation 2023) 

2nd June 2023

Visiting Researchers at University of Helsinki - Finland 

(from 1st to 6th of August 2023)

Portuguese Partners from Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Lisbon, 

Prof. Carlos Afonso, Dr. Andreia Rosatella and Dr. Rafaela Silva visited the laboratories of Finland Partners, Prof. Jan Deska and Dr. Janne Naapuri from University of Helsinki – Finland.

Participation in the Congress BMAT2023

(from 3rd to 5th of November 2023)

Tunisian partners participated in the international congress BMAT2023 (Biochemistry and Microbiology Applied Technology) organized by Euro-African Association for Environment in Yasmine-Hammamet, Tunisia.

In this event, Dr Sihem Haj Kacem received the Best Poster Award for her work in the EnzIL project. 

Congratulations to Dr Sihem Kacem and Dr Said Galai!

Participation in the V CBIOS Seminars

(10th of November 2023)

Portuguese partners, Dr A. Rosatella and Dr. R. Silva, participated in the V CBIOS Seminars at Auditório Professor José Araújo of Universidade Lusófona, Centro Universitário de Lisboa (Portugal) on November 10th 2023.

Participation in the ILMAT2023

(from 21st to 24th of November 2023)

EnzIL Portuguese team has participated in ILMAT2023, 7th International Conference on Ionic Liquid-Based Materials. ILMAT2023 was organized by Faculty of Science of the University of Porto in partnership with the Portuguese Society of Chemistry (SPQ), from 21th-24th November 2023.

EnzIL Invited Talk at Faculty of Pharmacy: 

Dr. Andreia Rosatella, Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias

Dr. A. Rosatella presented her current research area, including the EnzIL Project, at the conference with Professor Paulo Salbego from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria on 11th December 2023 at Faculty of Pharmacy -  University of Lisbon.

Scientific Day in Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, 12th February 2024 

Project EnzIL collaborators, Prof Carlos Afonso and Prof Jan Deska participated in the Scientific Day in Faculty of Sciences in Tunisia.

A sincere appreciation to Prof Adnane Abdelghani for sharing his expertise and for EnzIL project collaborator, Dr Said Galai, for the event organization.

Transfer Knowledge & Training, 18th-27th March 2024 

Project EnzIL Tunisian collaborators, Dr. Said Galai and Dr. Sihem H. Kacem visited the Portuguese Partners from Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Lisbon, Universidade Lusófona and the Military Laboratorial Unit of Biological and Chemical Defense (UMLDBQ).

Congratulations to all for a successful knowledge transfer & training between team members!

Visiting Researcher at University of Helsinki - Finland 

(from 15th to 18th of May 2024) 

Dr. Said Galai, Project EnzIL Tunisian collaborator from National Institute of Neurology at Tunis, visited the laboratories of Finland Partner Prof. Jan Deska from University of Helsinki - Finland.

Dr. Said Galai also presented his work in a guest lecture entitled "Laccase: Blue Enzymes for Green Chemistry". It was a great opportunity to discuss some technical aspects of Laccase catalysis and and application and to share experiences in this field.

Congratulations to all for a successful knowledge transfer between team members!

Participation in the BNCM2024

(from 26th to 29th of May 2024)

Finland’s partners have participated in BNCM2024, 7th International Conference on Biocatalysis in Non-conventional media, in Trondheim, Norway (26th-29th May 2024).

Prof. Jan Deska presented his work titled “Amphiphile-stabilized emulsions & ionic liquids as media in haloperoxidase biocatalysis” and Dr Janne Naapuri presented a poster titled “Haloperoxidases in ionic liquids for degradation of sulfur mustard”.

Congratulations for the great work!

Participation in the AuxDefense2024

(from 20th to 22nd of June 2024)

Prof. Carlos Afonso has participated in AuxDefense2024 — 4th World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense – Beyond Boundaries, sponsored by the Portuguese Ministry of National Defense and organized by the University of Minho, Fibrenamics and Sciencentris. 

The conference took place in Braga from 20th to 22nd June where EnzIL project work was presented as an oral communication entitled “Ionic Liquids: A Promising Decontamination Method for Chemical Warfare Agents”.

EnzIL project has officially come to an end!

Timeframe: [2021 - 2024]

It was a great journey with an exceptional team and outstanding results.

Congratulations to everyone involved in this successful project!

Looking forward to future collaborations on our new endeavors.