Madeira Chemistry Research Centre's (CQM) researcher Gonçalo Martins was at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) Lisboa, to take part in the course "Modern Methods of Structure Elucidation (MMSE)" which took place from 21 to 25 October and whose main objective was to train participants in modern analytical spectroscopic techniques. As part of this participation, the CQM junior researcher also presented an oral communication related to his research work at CQM entitled: "Characterization of oligosaccharides from plants".