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Research Associate

Education and Training

PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT Portugal Program, iBET and ITQB, Portugal, 2020

MSc in Biological Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2015

BSc in Biological Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2012

Research activities

My research at SCERG focuses on the development of a robust process for GMP manufacture of cell-microcarrier combination to treat fecal incontinence.

Selected publications

Cartaxo, A.L., Estrada, M.F., Domenici, G., Roque, R., Silva, F., Gualda, E.J., Loza-Alvarez, P., Sflomos, G., Brisken, C., Alves, P.M., André, S., Brito, C. A novel culture method that sustains ERα signaling in human breast cancer tissue microstructures. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 39:161 (2020).

Cartaxo, A.L., Almeida, J., Gualda, E.J., Marsal, M., Loza-Alvarez, P., Brito, C., Isidro, I.A. A computational diffusion model to study antibody transport within reconstructed tumor microenvironments. BMC Bioinformatics 21:529 (2020).