Junior Investigator
Graduation in Biology,Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal 2002. PhD in Plant Biology with Prof. José Pissarra (Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto) and Dr. Ian Moore (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, UK): Cardosin B expression and trafficking pathways in Cynara sp. and heterologous systems, 2009. Post-Doc in 3B's Research group since 2010.
Cell and molecular biology. Modulation of cell behaviour by cell-sugars interactions. Cell-sugars interactions. The role of sulfation in cell-cell and cell-materials interactions
PTDC/NAN-MAT/28468/2017 - Cancer_Cage: Smart Carbohydrate Nanonets for selective anticancer therapies
SFRH/BPD/85790/2012 - SulfoCode: Surfaces mimicking sulfonated GAGs as platforms for studying the mechanisms behind cell cytoskeleton organization