The ERA | ARE laboratory was officially inaugurated on 20 September, as part of the ERC grant awarded to the research team led by Ana Rita Lado, a researcher at the Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Processes – Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LSRE-LCM), which is part of the ALiCE Associated Laboratory.

A cerimónia contou com a presença de Rui Calçada (diretor da FEUP), Fernando Pereira (diretor do DEQ), Arminda Alves (coordenadora do ALiCE) e Joaquim Faria (Coordenador do LSRE-LCM).