Speaker: António Salgado
Location: Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Galway
Date: Thursday, 6th March 2025
Discover the latest advancements in CNS repair with António Salgado (University of Minho, Portugal).
António Salgado is a biologist with a PhD in Tissue Engineering and Hybrid Materials, and a Habilitation (DSc) in Health Sciences. Currently, he is a Coordinating Investigator at the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), President of the Center for Health Innovation and Vice-Dean for Research at the School of Medicine – University of Minho.
His research interests are focused on the development of innovative therapies for CNS repair, namely on Spinal Cord Injury and Parkinson’s Disease, using stem cells secretome.
His main areas of research are:
1) Development of ECM like hydrogels for the transplantation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells into the injured CNS;
2) Role of the secretome of MSCs in neuroprotection and repair, particularly the establishment of novel therapies based on the sole use of MSCs secretome.
He has previously served as the President of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies (2019-2023) and was also on the board of the European Society for Peripheral Nerve Repair. He has received several distinctions for his work including the Gulbenkian Award on Cutting Edge Research in Life Sciences, the Prize Melo e Castro for Spinal Cord Injury Research, the University of Minho Prize for Scientific Merit and the Grünenthal Prize in Basic Research.
The event is hosted by Abhay Pandit and Siobhan McMahon.
