{"id":1140,"date":"2026-01-09T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:42:01","slug":"prof-pedro-assis-featured-by-observador-in-the-brilliant-minds-segment-with-the-flashguard-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/2026\/01\/09\/prof-pedro-assis-featured-by-observador-in-the-brilliant-minds-segment-with-the-flashguard-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Pedro Assis featured by Observador in the \u201cBrilliant Minds\u201d segment with the FLASHGuard Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1140\" class=\"elementor elementor-1140\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9f5e0d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b9f5e0d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21e5e54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"21e5e54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/01\/20251217_GONCALO-VILLAVERDE_0107-min-scaled.jpg\" \n     alt=\"FLASHGuard Project\" \n     style=\"max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIn the <strong>\u201cBrilliant Minds\u201d<\/strong> segment of <strong>Observador<\/strong>, <strong>Professor Pedro Assis<\/strong> highlights how techniques and technologies originally developed in <strong>particle physics<\/strong> are being applied to improve cancer treatment, particularly in the context of <strong>FLASH Radiotherapy<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe interview explores the development of advanced <strong>particle counting and monitoring systems<\/strong>, which aim to make ultra high dose-rate radiotherapy treatments safer and more precise. This work, closely linked to the <strong>FLASHGuard Project<\/strong>, illustrates how fundamental research can translate into concrete clinical applications, with the potential to reduce side effects while maintaining treatment effectiveness.\n<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nCongratulations to <strong>Prof. Pedro Assis<\/strong> and the entire <strong>FLASHGuard team<\/strong> on this important scientific and societal contribution.\n<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/observador.pt\/especiais\/a-contagem-de-particulas-que-pode-mudar-a-luta-contra-o-cancro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\nFull interview here\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the \u201cBrilliant Minds\u201d segment of Observador, Professor Pedro Assis highlights how techniques and technologies originally developed in particle physics are being applied to improve cancer treatment, particularly in the context of FLASH Radiotherapy. The interview explores the development of advanced particle counting and monitoring systems, which aim to make ultra high dose-rate radiotherapy treatments &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/2026\/01\/09\/prof-pedro-assis-featured-by-observador-in-the-brilliant-minds-segment-with-the-flashguard-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Prof. Pedro Assis featured by Observador in the \u201cBrilliant Minds\u201d segment with the FLASHGuard Project&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flashguard-project","category-outreach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1147,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions\/1147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}