What we did

11 Dec 2023
Braga, Portugal

As part of Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), INL actively contributes to the NGS - New Generation Storage Agenda, engaging in various research initiatives spanning the entire battery value chain.

Under this endeavour, INL hosted the NGS Networking Day, organised by dstgroup.

17 Nov 2023
Braga, Portugal

INL celebrated the Iberian Science Day: “An ode to the long years of scientific cooperation between Spain and Portugal”. The event joined high-level representatives of the European Commission and leading experts from Research and Technology Organisations to explore the forward position of both countries in the semiconductor industry.

13-14 Nov 2023
Braga, Portugal

INL joined the global initiative Photonics Online Meetup (POM) as a POM-hub, bringing together 100 photonics enthusiasts from 24 organizations across Northwestern Iberia for two days of insightful discussions and engaging sessions.

30 Sep 2023
Braga, Portugal

An exciting event where the Laboratory opened its doors to the community. With the participation of almost 900 enthusiastic visitors, participants met researchers and visited our unique facilities.

27-29 Sep 2023
Braga, Portugal

International Conference Microscopy at the Frontiers of Science: Three days of an engaging international event focused on electron microscopy and its impact on life sciences, material sciences and structural biology.

18-20 Sep 2023
Braga, Portugal

An event on Tools and Tests for Safer-by-Design Nanomaterials that brought together researchers, policy-makers and industry in a full programme with insightful plenaries, invited talks, and networking opportunities.

7-8 Sep 2023
Braga, Portugal

First International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture. The event fostered collaborative development in the field of cellular agriculture and explored the latest advancements in cellular agriculture products.

14 June 2023
Lund, Sweden

This Workshop was held at the Lund University as a satellite event of the EURONANOFORUM 2023. Participants discussed the crucial issues that are unfolding during the OITB projects’ implementation and explored future actions that can strengthen the community.

4 May 2023
Braga, Portugal

INL in collaboration with ANI - Agência Nacional de Inovação hosted the session Horizon Europe BATT4EU Funding Opportunities focused on presenting the BATT4EU partnership and funding opportunities in Horizon Europe for energy storage solutions.

2 Feb 2023
Braga, Portugal

The CryoEM-PT initiative comprises a central node at INL - where a state-of-the-art Cryo-Electron Microscope has just been installed - and several other nodes distributed throughout the country, from North to South.

4 Nov 2022

The President of the Government of Spain and the Portuguese Prime Minister, together with Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, and the Minister of Science and Innovation of Spain, visited INL under the opening of the 33rd Portuguese-Spanish Summit.

21-22 Sep 2022
Brussels, Belgium

The EC-funded project Inno4cov-19 - led by INL - joined forces with Covidx to showcase the novel medical technologies developed by companies supported over the last 2 years by both projects.

5-7 July 2022
Braga, Portugal

The H2020 projects SUSNANOFAB and NanoFabNet joined forces to host a networking event on Sustainable Nanofabrication.

27-29 June 2022
Grenoble, France

The H2020 projects FlexFunction2Sustain and SAFE-N-MEDTECH joined forces to create an OITB Village at IndTech2022 in Grenoble, France.

20-23 June 2022
Braga, Portugal

ETPN2022 was a unique in-person conference bringing together scientists, technology providers, entrepreneurs, industry and clinicians, all of them developing great medical applications of Nanotechnologies and emerging MedTech.

20-21 June 2022
Braga, Portugal

Counting on a multidisciplinary group of 30 experts sharing ground-breaking viewpoints, the two-day journey of the conference took us around six central topics that sparked insightful discussions and laid considerable foundations to strengthen a world in transition.

7-9 Apr 2022
Braga, Portugal

In Bioiberoamerica 2022, the most recent advances and challenges of Biotechnology and its impact on the various application sectors, from medicine to industry, including the sea, food, and the environment, were addressed.

11-12 Nov 2021
Braga, Portugal [hybrid event]

The event aimed to get a broad overview of the state of the art in the different aspects of nanosafety, to increase the interactions among the community of experts, providing the chance of sharing new ideas and generating new collaborations.

29 Sep – 1 Oct 2021
[online event]

Three days of a powerful programme focused on electron microscopy and its impact on life sciences, material sciences and structural biology.

April - Dec 2021

The QPI Lectures are a series of freely accessible live webinars organized by INL, to track the rapid progress of research and development in quantum science and technology.

26 Jan 2024

The Nano Circus was an extraordinary event that combined nanotechnology and circus arts, in a dazzling show of creativity and collaboration. The event showcased the culmination of a transformative artistic residency by the Equilibrium Social Circus team at INL.

24 Jan 2024

Paulo Freitas has been a pivotal figure since the beginning of INL, leaving an undeniable imprint on the core of the Laboratory. Colleagues, friends, and well-wishers gathered to express their appreciation for his impact during the last 15 years.

4 Mar 2024

INL partnered up with the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the National Agency of Innovation (ANI) to promote an Information Session dedicated to the European Partnership Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU).