Events

Upcoming Events

3–7/Nov/2025

PDBEB course: Experimental Research Design & Responsible Research Practices

Join us for a week-long course addressing key issues in experimental research design and responsible practices across the research lifecycle. Participants will gain insight into the latest advances in the scientific method, design of experiments (in vitro, in vivo, and clinical trials), the replication crisis, and principles of scientific integrity.

The course also explores best practices in open access to research results, methods, and data, alongside practical approaches to biostatistics, data management, data visualization, and reproducibility. Covering the full Research Project Life Cycle—from Design & Planning through Experimentation & Analysis to Dissemination & Data Archiving—this training provides both conceptual understanding and hands-on tools to strengthen research quality and transparency.
The programme will also feature an interactive session on Research Integrity led by Susana Magalhães (i3S)

Organisers: Ana Isabel Duarte, Elsa Henriques, Paulo Matafome, Teresa Cunha-Oliveira, Tracey Weissgerber, John Ioannidis.

Location: Casa Costa Alemão, Polo III, University of Coimbra. Friday seminar will take place at Polo I.

Full programme here.

19-23/Jan/2026

Love Methods Week

Join us for a series of online workshops designed to enhance the robustness, transparency, and reproducibility of research methods. Participants will explore why clear, reusable methods are critical for reproducibility, responsible data reuse, and overall research quality.

Hands-on sessions and webinars will cover how to:
– Write and share step-by-step protocols in public repositories
– Peer-review method sections
– Design and pre-register in vivo and in vitro study protocols
– Prepare methods for peer-reviewed publication
– Improve reproducibility through better methodological reporting

The workshops highlight that methods are among the most valuable research outputs—frequently reused and cited even more than data—and central to the FAIR data movement.

Location: online

Details on registration and the programme will be available soon.

29/Jan/2026

Quality Management Workshop

Reliable, transparent research starts with simple, well-designed habits. In this full-day interactive workshop, participants will explore how “quality thinking” can make their everyday work easier, more reproducible, and more collaborative. Through research-data “scary tales,” process mapping, and hands-on exercises, participants will learn how to avoid common mistakes and make their results much stronger. Everyone will leave with a personalized Quality Action Plan to implement in their own projects. Join us in constructing better scientific practice through managed quality.

Workshop date: January 29, 2026
Max number of participants: 25
When: January 29, 2026 | 9:00 – 17:30
Where: Auditorium 2 – Student Hub, Polo I
Registration: mandatory here
Deadline for registration: December 12, 2025

Coordinators: René Bernard (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin) & Tracey Weissgerber (CiBB-UC)
Contact info: excelscior@uc.pt / raquel.rodrigues@cnc.uc.pt

Full programme and more info here