Catarina Brito, PhD
Principal Investigator at the Advanced Cell Models Lab of the Animal Cell Technology Unit of iBET and ITQB-NOVA, Portugal "Modelling the 3D Neuronal Microenvironment in Health and Disease"
Session II - Stem cells and Disease Modeling
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BioCatarina Brito, PhD in Biochemistry & Cell Biology, is a Principal Investigator at iBET (PT), heading the Advanced Cell Models Lab of the Animal Cell Technology Unit of iBET and ITQB-NOVA since 2014. Her PhD, in glycobiology and intracellular trafficking in human cells, was performed at ITQB NOVA and as a visiting student at Institut Jacques Monod (FR). She joined iBET in 2007, initially as a postdoc working in human Stem Cell Bioprocessing, and from 2009 to 2014 she was a Senior Project Manager of academic and industrial collaborations, developing preclinical cell models and bioassays. Her research is mostly translational, dedicated to the development of advanced human cell models (employing induced pluripotent stem cells and other patient-derived cells) to depict the deregulation of the cellular microenvironment in disease progression and evaluate its role in therapeutic response. Key areas of interest include the innate immune microenvironment in cancer and neurological disorders and immunotherapies.
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