{"id":992,"date":"2025-11-12T19:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/?p=992"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:46:58","slug":"elementor-992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/2025\/11\/12\/elementor-992\/","title":{"rendered":"Gon\u00e7alo Ribeiro wins Youth Start-Up Competition 2025 for innovation in cancer treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"992\" class=\"elementor elementor-992\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f2b78d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f2b78d\" 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-35fb791 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"35fb791\" 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\/2025\/11\/54917860922_79e57c11a1_o.jpg\" alt=\"FLASHGuard Project\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nOn <strong>November 2025<\/strong>, <strong>Gon\u00e7alo Ribeiro<\/strong> won the <strong>Youth Start-Up Competition (YSC) 2025<\/strong> with his pioneering medical technology project FLASHGuard.\n<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nPresented at the SME Assembly 2025 in Copenhagen, FLASHGuard enables the safe clinical use of FLASH Radiotherapy, a cutting-edge cancer treatment that protects healthy tissue while maintaining tumor control. By bridging science, technology, and care, the project places Europe at the forefront of advanced health tech innovation. \n<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSelected as one of three finalists by the expert jury from over 70 entries, Gon\u00e7alo\u2019s project went on to win the audience vote at the SME Assembly, where participants chose the most promising start-up among this year\u2019s finalists. FLASHGuard impressed with its potential to enhance Europe\u2019s competitiveness in medical research and improve the quality of life for patients worldwide. \n<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nGon\u00e7alo will now take FLASHGuard to the 2026 European Innovation Council Summit in Brussels, where he will gain greater visibility and connect with Europe\u2019s leaders in innovation and healthcare. \n<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nCongratulations to Gon\u00e7alo and the FLASHGuard team on this achievement! A word of appreciation also to the other two finalists, Michael Strudler (Austria) and Jonas Kewenig (Germany).\n<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/futurium.ec.europa.eu\/en\/promoting-enterprise\/youth-start-competition\/goncalo-ribeiro-wins-youth-start-competition-2025-his-innovation-cancer-treatment\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>\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>On November 2025, Gon\u00e7alo Ribeiro won the Youth Start-Up Competition (YSC) 2025 with his pioneering medical technology project FLASHGuard. Presented at the SME Assembly 2025 in Copenhagen, FLASHGuard enables the safe clinical use of FLASH Radiotherapy, a cutting-edge cancer treatment that protects healthy tissue while maintaining tumor control. By bridging science, technology, and care, the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/2025\/11\/12\/elementor-992\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gon\u00e7alo Ribeiro wins Youth Start-Up Competition 2025 for innovation in cancer treatment&#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":[15,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards-and-distinctions","category-flashguard-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992","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=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}