- Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute
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The ICBAS main building.
The Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar - ICBAS (in English, Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute) is a medical school (or Faculty of Medicine), veterinary sciences school and also a school of marine biology, located in Porto, Portugal. It was founded in 1975, and it is also today a renowned[peacock term] medical and biomedical research centre, operating as an autonomous unit of the University of Porto.
Along with traditional medicine, including specialities such as oncology, public health and mental health, it also teaches acupuncture, marine biology, veterinary medicine, biochemistry and bioengineering.
It is named after Abel Salazar (1889-1946), a Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher and painter who worked and lived in Porto.
On the main hall of the Institute, the famous maxim of Abel Salazar can be read:
"The one who only knows Medicine, not even Medicine does he know."
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Teaching Affiliates
- CHP;
- HGSA;
- Julio Dinis Maternity;
- Maria Pia Hospital
Student life
The Students Group for the Promotion of Integrative Medicine was founded in 2004. The students association - AEICBAS - has a website - www.aeicbasup.pt
Related Links
-Nuno Grande
External links
- Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute homepage (Portuguese and English)
- Coral de Biomédicas (Portuguese and English)
- Tuna Académica de Biomédicas (Portuguese and English)
- Idéias & Lamentos - Vinicultuna de Biomédicas-Tinto blog (Portuguese)
- Students association homepage
Categories:- University of Porto
- Medical research institutes
- Research institutes in Portugal
- Portuguese building and structure stubs
- Europe university stubs
- Medical organization stubs
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