CONGENTO is a Portuguese Research Infrastructure synergizing 4 prominent biomedical research institutions, oriented to the needs of the academic and non-academic, public and private R&D+I communities requiring the three main non-human animal models – rodents, zebrafish and fruit fly – to generate knowledge and value in the biomedical field.
Members
Governance
CONGENTO governance structure assures a good connection between all the nodes, guaranteeing that all goals are met, through mechanisms that combine a clear definition of roles, participation, and flexibility. Being a distributed infrastructure, it is strategically led by a Steering Committee and implemented by a structure that includes 2 representatives of each member institute and the executive manager.
Operational Structure
CONGENTO has defined Working-Groups dedicated to each of its areas of action. This is a dynamic structure, that involves people from all the nodes, and that is adjustable as needed. In fact, since the beginning of the infrastructure, several new Working-Groups have been created, as new ideas and challenges have arisen.
Zebrafish
Ana C. Borges, IGC
Catarina Certal, CF
Joana Monteiro, CF
Lara Carvalho, iMM
Leonor Saúde, iMM
Petra Pintado, CEDOC
Susana Lopes, CEDOC
Rodents
Manuel Rebelo, IGC
Iolanda Moreira, iMM
Isabel Campos, CF
José Belo, CEDOC
Pedro Simas, iMM
Sara Marques, CEDOC
Drosophila
Gastón Guilgur, IGC
Catarina Homem, CEDOC
Isabel Campos, CF
Molecular Biology
Vasco Barreto, CEDOC
Catarina Certal, CF
Gastón Guilgur, IGC
Moises Mallo, IGC
Histopathology
Pedro Faísca, IGC
Tânia Carvalho, CF
Education and Training
Ana Isabel Santos, NMS
Dolores Bonaparte, CF
Ana C. Borges, IGC
Iolanda Moreira, iMM
Lara Carvalho, iMM
Sofia Leocádio, IGC
ORBEA (Animal Welfare)
Rute Marques, IGC
Ana Isabel Santos, NMS
Dolores Bonaparte, CF
Iolanda Moreira, iMM
Isabel Campos, CF
Joana Bom, IGC
Joana Monteiro, CF
Márcia Silva, iMM
Petra Pintado, CEDOC
Rita Nunes, CF
Sara Marques, CEDOC
Sofia Leocádio, IGC
