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?
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.
Margarida Braga
Research Assistant
Beloozersk, BelarusI hold a MSc in Biology, during which I generated peptide hydrogels for extended drug release. After some time working at a Virology lab developing new diagnostic tools for detection of (re-)emerging viruses, I decided to continue my career in the challenging field of cancer research.
Bruna Martins Garcia
Postdoc
São Caetano do Sul, BrazilI hold a MSc in Molecular Biology and a PhD in Natural Sciences, during which I studied how metabolic inputs dictate lipids' synthesis. For my postdoctoral research, I want to reveal how metabolism controls the dissemination and metastatic outgrowth of breast cancer cells in target distant sites.
Arjun AR
PhD student
Kollam, IndiaI hold an MSc in Biotechnology, during which I worked on epigenetic regulation of hematopoiesis in Drosophila. After completing my degree and working on the same project for another two years as a research assistant, I am energized to immerse into cancer research and pursue my PhD on understanding how liver metastases develop in space and time.
