Dear ISR community members,

We have all endured this period of confinement that managed to reduce the risk of infection and virus propagation. The time has now come to restart our activities with physical presence at ISR. As the virus did not disappear we have to take several precautions as detailed in the ISR Deconfinement Plan.

By implementing these rules, we will again open our spaces, starting on Wednesday, May 20, 9 am. Initially, the opening hours will be from 9am to 6 pm. Please read this document carefully and let me know if you have any questions.

Since we have several shared spaces, we had to define Space Safety Officers, SSOs, who will help to define the rotation schemes, shifts, reservations, etc so that we can guarantee that the maximum capacity is not exceeded. The SSOs will have a key contribution to the implementation of this plan and need all our support and trust to be able to fulfill their mission.

Those who can/desire to continue to work from home can continue to do so. This will also diminish the risks and help to keep the number of people to ISR more manageable. Nevertheless, the good news is that we have now the safety conditions for the physical return to ISR. This situation will be monitored during the next weeks as necessary.

Our strongest asset is responsibility and caution. Failure to comply with these procedures will put as all in risk.

Best regards, and I look forward to seeing you all soon!
José Santos-Victor

 

Take action

European initiative for COVID-19 imaging: https://imagingcovid19ai.eu/

Portuguese platforms for guided action and solution brainstorming:  https://covid.pt/  https://tech4covid19.org/

Project started by a Portuguese for working on medical devices, to have a fast and easy solution that can be reproduced and assembled locally worldwide: https://www.projectopenair.org/

Run simulations of protein dynamics on your personal computer, helping scientists to better understand biology, and providing new opportunities for developing therapeutics: https://foldingathome.org/

 

 

 

 

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Comunicado COVID – 19 (13)

A toda a comunidade do Instituto Superior Técnico.

Na sequência do levantamento do estado de emergência, a 3 de maio de 2020, e da passagem ao estado de calamidade, cujos termos foram aprovados pelo Conselho de Ministros a 30 de abril de 2020, bem como das recomendações e esclarecimentos constantes dos Comunicados do Gabinete do Ministro da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, de 17 e 30 de abril, inicia-se hoje, 4 de maio, a implementação do “Plano de levantamento progressivo das medidas de contenção no IST”, aprovado pelo Conselho de Gestão do IST a 30 de abril, e que pode ser consultado na integra em:
https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/files/2020/05/plano-de-desconfinamento-30-04.pdf

Este plano tem por objetivo iniciar o restabelecimento das atividades presenciais nos campi do IST, de forma segura, responsável e faseada estando, por isso, condicionado por dois princípios fundamentais:
(1) otimizar o funcionamento do IST, garantindo a saúde de toda a comunidade IST, dos seus alunos, professores, investigadores, técnicos e administrativos e das respetivas famílias e,
(2) dar a toda a comunidade IST a segurança e tranquilidade que neste tempo tão necessária é, o que só poderá acontecer com uma transição segura e atempadamente planeada.

O faseamento do plano é constituído, por isso, por quatro fases (vermelha, amarela, verde e azul), iniciando-se a fase vermelha, a primeira, hoje 4 de maio de 2020, com a preparação dos campi para o regresso às atividades presenciais de forma progressiva, de acordo com a tabela-resumo de ações a implementar nas próximas semanas (https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/files/2020/05/plano-de-desconfinamento-resumo-30-04.pdf).

Este plano, a partir da presente data, está em constante atualização de acordo com os dados da evolução da pandemia. Como tal, o Conselho de Gestão do IST não hesitará em reverter decisões, nomeadamente se as condições sanitárias se degradarem para além do previsto, o que esperamos que não venha a acontecer.

Despeço-me desejando a todos vós saúde e uma excelente semana de trabalho.

Rogério Colaço

Presidente do IST

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Information COVID -19 (13)

To the entire community of Técnico.

Following the lifting of the state of emergency, on May 3rd, and the terms that were approved by the Council of Ministers on April 30th, as well as the recommendations and clarifications contained in the Information of the Office of the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, of April 17th and 30th, begins today, May 4th, the implementation of the “Plan for the progressive lifting of containment measures at the IST”, approved by the Governing Board of the IST on April 30, and which can be consulted in full on  https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/files/2020/05/plano-de-desconfinamento-30-04.pdf

This plan aims to initiate the re-establishment of the on-site activities on IST campuses, in a safe, responsible, and phased manner, being therefore conditioned by two fundamental principles:
(1)    Optimize the IST activity, ensuring the health of all its community,
(2)    To give to the entire IST community the security and peace of mind that is so necessary at this time.

The plan is therefore divided into four phases (red, yellow, green and blue), with the red phase beginning today, May the 4th, with the preparation of the campuses for a gradual return to on-site activities, according to the summary table of actions to be implemented in the coming weeks (https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/files/2020/05/plano-de-desconfinamento-resumo-30-04.pdf).

From now on, this plan is constantly being updated according to the evolution of the pandemic situation. As such, the IST Management Board will not hesitate to reverse decisions, especially if sanitary conditions degrade beyond what was foreseen, which we hope will not happen.

I wish you all good health and an excellent week of work.

Rogério Colaço
President of IST