LUISA PEDRO

BIOG: Luisa studied to become an engineer in the Life Sciences field. Her undergrad and postgraduate studies were completed in the areas of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, respectively. Both were accomplished in the sunny University of Algarve, Portugal.

 

 

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RESEARCH: Luisa's main interest is to work in molecular targeting of tumours using nanoparticle approaches. Luisa is currently is working in two major areas. Firstly to determine the functional role of one of our markers of interest, podoplanin in the tumour cells themselves, and secondly to study the cross-talk between tumour and its stromal microenvironment in order to choose the best targeting strategy to promote tumour clearance.