Encontra-se aberto o período de manifestações de interesse para os “Estágios de Verão no CQM 2025”.

O Centro de Química da Madeira (CQM) recebe todos os anos, durante o período de Verão, estudantes universitários do 1º Ciclo (2º e 3º anos) e detentores de diploma (do 1º ou 2º Ciclos) para a realização de estágios de curta duração, a desenvolver no âmbito dos programas regionais para ocupação de jovens nas férias.

As manifestações de interesse são efetuadas através do preenchimento do formulário disponível aqui. Neste formulário, ser-te-á pedido para selecionares até duas áreas de investigação onde, preferencialmente, gostavas de desenvolver o teu estágio de verão no CQM, e para submeteres o teu Currículo vitae para fins de avaliação. 

Este ano, o CQM vai disponibilizar várias temáticas de estudo que visam proporcionar uma experiência enriquecedora numa das duas grandes áreas de investigação de investigação do CQM – Materiais e Produtos Naturais – sendo elas, especificamente:

- Biomateriais
- Bioquímica
- Electroquímica
- Química Alimentar
- Química Analítica
- Química Bioinorgânica
- Química Computacional
- Química Física 
- Química Orgânica

Os interessados selecionados serão contactados pelo CQM para formalizarem a candidatura junto das entidades regionais que promovem os programas de Estágios de Verão para Universitários e Ingress@.

Nota: Estes estágios não substituem quaisquer disciplinas curriculares realizadas em contexto académico.

A tua oportunidade está aqui, no CQM!

As part of the collaboration between research groups at the CQM and the Instituto Superior de Agronomia of the University of Lisbon (ISA), the CQM welcomed doctoral student Joana Soares in January for an internship specialising in techniques for extracting and analysing the volatile composition of various matrices, particularly foodstuffs, using solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC/MS).
Joana M. Granja Soares has a degree in Food Engineering and is a PhD student in Sustainable Land Use - specialising in Food Engineering, at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia of the University of Lisbon.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, CQM has the pleasure to announce that the PSE Meeting 2025 will take place in Madeira Island, Portugal, from 22^nd to 24^th October of 2025, at Meliá Madeira Mare Hotel.

The theme is “Phytochemicals as Drugs, Foods and Biocommunicators” and the meeting aims at bringing together expert scientists, young researchers and students working on exciting discoveries in all aspects of the world of Natural Products, from their biosynthesis, biotransformation and characterization, their use as drugs and prodrugs, their function as bioactive components of foodstuffs, to their role as biocommunicators between micro and/or macroorganisms. Regulation for the use and quality control of phytochemicals in foods and drugs will be addressed as well.

It is our goal to provide an excellent platform for exchanging ideas, discussing challenges, and setting up new research collaborations.

For more information visit the meeting website: https://cqm.uma.pt/pse2025.

The Madeira Chemistry Centre (CQM) is strengthening its collaboration with Chinese institutions, promoting the exchange of researchers and knowledge in the health field. In this context, Dr. Xiaodan Pan, a specialist in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Beijing Tongren Hospital, is at the CQM for a six-month internship. During this time, she will study the application of dendrimers as drug carriers in hearing rehabilitation.
With extensive experience in diagnosing and treating hearing pathologies and performing reconstructive surgeries, Dr. Xiaodan Pan will acquire knowledge and develop research in an area in which the CQM is internationally recognized, the synthesis and characterization of dendrimers for biomedical applications. With this internship, we will explore new applications for the nanomaterials developed at our research centre and strengthen international collaboration. Partnerships between the CQM and Chinese institutions aim to train human resources, and create and innovate in the area of new materials for biomedical applications, using the knowledge and experience in materials chemistry, nanomedicine and advanced analytical techniques produced at the CQM over the last 20 years.
This new collaboration is part of the activities of the joint China-Portugal Nanomedicine Innovation Laboratory and reinforces the CQM's commitment to transdisciplinary research and innovation in the health area. It will also project the scientific research carried out at the University of Madeira and in the Region internationally.