Our Lab
Ana Luisa Correia
Principal Investigator
Lamego, PortugalThe big questions in my laboratory are: How does breast cancer spread to other organs? How does it grow or not in distant organs? And how can we stop it?
Francisco Landum
Research Assistant
Lisboa, PortugalI hold a MSc in Biotechnology, and developed my thesis on how acidosis contributes to immunosuppression and the development of pancreatic cancer. I decided to continue my career in immuno-oncology, but now applied to the pathogenesis of metastasis in breast cancer.
Miguel Fuzeta
Postdoc
Lisboa, PortugalI hold a MSc in Biological Engineering, and a PhD in Bioengineering through the MIT Portugal Program, during which I developed a bioreactor system to scale up the production of extracellular vesicles engineered for cancer-targeted drug delivery. I am keen in continuing my career bridging science and engineering, but now applied to finding ways to better treat patients with metastatic breast cancer.
Andreia Gonçalves
PhD student
Amarante, PortugalI hold an MSc in Bioengineering, with a specialization in molecular biotechnology, during which I developed a 3D mimetic of the human neural stem cell niche. After 2 years designing 3D-biotissue analogues of the bone and the skin at the start-up Biofabics, I am all geared up to pursue my PhD on understanding the complex interplay between the nervous and immune systems during the formation of breast cancer metastases.
