Research Assistant, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2017-2018
Research Assistant, University College London, United Kingdom, 2016
MSc in Biological Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2015
BSc in Biological Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2014
The main focus of my research work is to develop in vitro cartilage models that can be used for testing novel candidate drugs for the treatment of Osteoarthritis (OA), a joint disease that leads to the degradation of articular cartilage. For that, bioengineering approaches will be applied for standardized differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) and synovium-derived mesenchymal stem cells (SDMSCs) into articular chondrocytes and for ex vivo culture of osteochondral explants. Personalized models of OA will be generated and are expected to provide new insights on the complex pathophysiology of the disease and to allow the discovery and testing of new drugs.
