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We're moving the Henriques lab to ITQB NOVA

Posted on Tue 01 October 2024 in news • Tagged with news, lab

The Henriques lab is moving to Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB) in Universidade Nova de Lisboa.


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Ricardo Henriques elected as EMBO Member

Posted on Tue 09 July 2024 in news • Tagged with news, EMBO

Ricardo Henriques elected as EMBO Member in the EMBO's 60th anniversary celebration


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Henriques lab together receive funding for DL4MicEverywhere and ZeroCostDL4Mic

Posted on Thu 27 June 2024 in news • Tagged with news, funding, dl4miceverywhere

Henriques lab together with Guillaume Jacquemet and Caron Jacobs receive CZI, The Kavli Foundation, and The Wellcome Trust funding for Essential Open Source Software for Science (Cycle 6).


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Nuno P. Martins joins the lab

Posted on Sat 15 June 2024 in news • Tagged with news, labmember

Nuno P. Martins joins the Zita Carvalho-Santos and Ricardo Henriques Labs to work on the development of new tools for spatially mapping metabolomic processes in the oocyte.


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Recognition in "Mapping ERC Frontier Research - Artificial Intelligence" report

Posted on Tue 26 March 2024 in news • Tagged with research, ERC, AI, microscopy

The "Mapping ERC Frontier Research - Artificial Intelligence" 2024 ERC report has featured our project, SelfDriving4DSR, as a leading example of innovative AI research.


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Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal Featured in FocalPlane Interview

Posted on Tue 27 February 2024 in news • Tagged with news, interview

Estibaliz Gómez de Mariscal shares her insights on interdisciplinary research in a recent FocalPlane interview by Helen Zenner.


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Implementing a GitHub self-hosted runner on a Synology NAS

Posted on Tue 16 January 2024 in tutorials • Tagged with coding, tutorial

This tutorial provides detailed instructions on how to install and configure a GitHub self-hosted runner Docker container on a Synology NAS. By exposing the Docker socket and mounting volumes, Docker-in-Docker functionality can be achieved, enabling the building of GitHub Actions workflows.


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Behind the Preprint - The Rise of Data-Driven Microscopy powered by Machine Learning

Posted on Mon 15 January 2024 in behind the preprint • Tagged with behind the preprint, AI, microscopy

An overview on our recent preprint on data-driven microscopy powered by machine learning, published on arXiv.


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We have a new website, this one =)

Posted on Fri 12 January 2024 in news • Tagged with about, coding

A behind the scenes view of how we created our new website and automated a lot of its information.


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How we created the wordcloud for our research page

Posted on Mon 08 January 2024 in tutorials • Tagged with coding, tutorial

How we make the wordclouds about our research. Includes a how-to python guide.


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