# Research

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[MIA - Portugal | Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing](https://www.uc.pt/mia/)

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# Research

**The research on lifestyle and biological factors related to healthy ageing in populations at particular risk is a massive opportunity to sustain new clinical, therapeutic and social interventions.**

By understanding the biology of the ageing process, we work to produce evidence-based interventions that have the potential to reduce the incidence of most, if not all, age-related diseases together and to seriously enhance healthy life expectancy.

### MIA-Portugal Research Groups

[Advanced Cell Technology](https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/advanced-cell-technology-group/) [Ageing Brain](https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/ageing-brain-group/) [AI 4 Continuous Learning](https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/ai-4-continuous-learning/) [Fly Coimbra Lab (FlyCab): Cell Biology of Neuronal Ageing](https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/flycab-cell-biology-of-neuronal-ageing-group/) [MemBRAIN: neuronal surface biology](https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/membrain-neuronal-surface-biology-group/) [Molecular Ageing, RNA Chemistry & Oncogenesis](https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/molecular-ageing-rna-chemistry-oncogenesis-marco-group/) [Organelle Crosstalk in Ageing and Disease](https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/organelle-crosstalk-in-ageing-and-disease-group/) [Synapse Architecture](https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/synapse-architecture-group/) [Systems Cell Biology](https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/systems-cell-biology-group/) [Vascular Ageing](https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/vascular-ageing-group/) [ERA Chair](https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/era-chair-holder-group/)

### MIA-Portugal Supporting Groups

[Biology of Human Reproduction and Infertility](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/biology-of-human-reproduction-and-infertility)

[Cellular and Translational Cardiology](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/mecanismos-moleculares-das-doencas-cardiovasculares)

[Immunometabolism and Stress Responses](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/immunometabolism-and-stress-responses)

[Medical Microbiology](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/medical-microbiology)

[Mitochondrial Biology in Aging and Disease](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/mitochondria-metabolism-and-disease)

[Mitochondria and Neurodegenerative Disorders](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/mitochondria-and-neurodegenerative-disorders)

[MitoLab: Mitochondrial Signaling and Metabolic Dysfunction](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/mitolab-mitochondrial-signaling-and-metabolic-dysfunction)

[Neuroendocrinology and Aging](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/neuroendocrinologia-e-envelhecimento)

[Neuromodulation](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/neuromodulation)

[Redox Biology and Brain Sensing](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/redox-biology-and-brain-sensing)

[Vectors, Gene and Cell Therapy](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/vectors-gene-and-cell-therapy)

[Vision Diseases](https://cibb.uc.pt/en/research-group/vision-diseases-1)