In 2012, I completed my Integrated Master in Biological Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico and began working as a research fellow at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (IGC). I joined Isabel Gordo’s Evolutionary Biology Lab, focusing on antibiotic resistance and bacterial growth dynamics, gaining expertise in microbiology, genetic engineering, molecular biology, functional genomics, and in vivo experimentation.
In 2016, I joined Karina Xavier’s Bacterial Signalling Lab at IGC, studying gut microbiota and metabolic profiles. In 2017, I joined Sara Magalhães Lab at FCUL as laboratory manager, where I helped develop and standardize spider mite colony management protocols and contributed to the lab’s research.
Since 2019, I’ve been working at Cláudia Nunes dos Santos Lab. Initially a laboratory manager, I shifted to full-time research in 2021. In 2023, I began my PhD in Health Sciences at NMS-NOVA, focusing on the impact of (poly)phenol metabolites on the intestinal microbiome and inflammation.
