What we did

11 June 2025

The event is part of the global Falling Walls initiative, a renowned competition that gives early-career researchers, innovators, and visionaries the opportunity to present their work in just three minutes, in a dynamic and high-impact format.

4-6 June 2025

The workshop addressed central themes in the FoQaCiA project, which is funded by Horizon Europe, UKRI, and Canada’s NSERC, with the goal of exploring the fundamental principles behind quantum computational advantage. Lectures and discussions covered a range of topics, including contextuality and non-classicality, simulation complexity, arithmetic of quantum circuits, and methods for improving fault tolerance in quantum computing.

31 May 2025

More than 800 of you walked through our doors with open hearts and curious minds, and you filled our spaces with questions, laughter, wonder, and joy.

13-15 May 2025

The 5th International Workshop of In situ Electron Microscopy highlights the latest advancements in in situ and in operando electron microscopy, where materials and processes are observed in real-time under controlled conditions at the atomic or nanoscale.

8 April 2025

Co-funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) and the Chips Joint Undertaking – European Union, POEMS is set to become one of 27 European semiconductor competence centres. These centres aim to empower companies to advance semiconductor development, a critical component in the global technology landscape.

17 March 2025

This high-profile event featured multiple panel discussions, a demo exhibition, and a poster session showcasing contributions from industries, academia, and research institutions across the country. The 26 research posters—presented by 15 entities—along with an exhibition of R&D-driven products and solutions provided a comprehensive overview of the sector’s progress and challenges.

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).

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.

19-20 November 2024

The INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory buzzed with energy as it hosted the inaugural ESRA Symposium, organised by the Early-Stage Researchers Association (ESRA). This groundbreaking event welcomed over 160 participants, including master’s students, PhD candidates, junior researchers, and early-career scientists, offering a vibrant platform to connect, share, and celebrate their innovative research conducted at INL.

18 May 2024

The INL Open Day 2024 was a testament to the power of science to inspire and connect people from diverse backgrounds. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who joined us on this exceptional and enriching day. Your presence and enthusiasm made the event truly memorable.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

5-7 July 2022
Braga, Portugal

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.