The development of competitive research projects is closely linked to partnerships and collaborations that allow synergies and the suitability of partners to the know-how required for each task. In a country the size of Portugal, this solid and competitive network could not be confined just to the national scientific community. This is also the case of the Institute of Biochemistry of FMUL, which, in all international articles published between 2009 and 2014, has had the co-authorship of researchers from institutions from 16 countries across America, Asia, Europe and Oceania: Germany, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, Spain, United States, Holland, […]