On the 6th of January 2019, the 6th edition of the "Bolsa Rubina Barros" was held at the Núcleo Regional Madeira - Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro where Ana Nilsa Freitas, a researcher of the Madeira Chemistry Research Centre (CQM), was awarded for the project "Desenvolvimento de Nanopartículas baseadas em dendrímeros para imagiologia por tomografia computorizada de células cancerígenas". The aim of this project is to develop new nanoparticles that enable the earlier and more efficient detection of tumors.

News in the press:

Telejornal Madeira: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p85/e448721/telejornal-madeira (17:10)

"Madeira Viva":  https://www.rtp.pt/play/p6693/e448714/madeiraviva2020 (10:30)