João Peça,  CNC-UC & CiBB researcher, was awarded two prizes for the research he and his team carried out on the impact of severe allergies on brain development after birth.

The Portuguese Neuroscience Society awarded this research the Outstanding Article Award 2023. CiBB also honored this scientific article with the Best Scientific Article in the Field of Neurosciences Award.

The double award-winning scientific article - entitled IL-4 shapes microglia-dependent pruning of the cerebellum during postnatal development and published in NEURON, a prestigious neuroscience journal - provides new evidence on neurodevelopment mechanisms by identifying this critical moment in the development of the cerebellum. It also warns of the need for a healthy development of the immune system and how alterations at this level can have an impact on the brain.

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Catarina Ribeiro