These are some of the challenges that are proposed Sonia Melo of Pathology and Molecular Immunology Institute (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Raquel Ferreira, of the Centre for Research in Health Sciences (CICS), University of Beira Interior, and Vanya Calisto , the Environment and Marine Studies Center (CESAM), University of Aveiro, the three researchers distinguished at the 11th edition of “Awards of Honor L’Oréal Portugal for Women in Science”.
Launched in 2004, a partnership L’Oréal Portugal, UNESCO National Commission and the Foundation for Science and Technology, this scientific program encourages young researchers carrying out his research in Portugal, but have PhDs aged up to 35 years (inclusive), to pursue original studies and relevant to health and the environment.
The three young women now highlighted were selected from over 100 candidates and today, the Pavilion of Knowledge, each received its ‘Medal of Honor’ and an incentive of 20 thousand euros which aims to help them continue their research projects. With Sonia Melo, Raquel Ferreira and Vania Callisto, the “Medal of Honor L’Oréal Portugal for Women in Science” are total 34 scientists supported.
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The cancer was early on Sonia Melo research object
Sonia Melo completed her PhD at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, he pursued post-doctoral studies in the US, at Harvard Medical School and the MD Anderson Cancer Center and most recently joined the Molecular Pathology and Immunology Institute (IPATIMUP) the University of Porto, as principal investigator. The cancer was early your investigated and, at 34, is now highlighted with a project to deepen the role of exosomes in the dynamics and progression of heterogeneous tumors and see if these materials may be a less invasive way to diagnose and monitor cancer.
PhD in Neuroscience Center and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Raquel Ferreira continued post-doctoral studies in the US at the University of Southern California, in the area of brain angiogenesis. He returned to Portugal in 2013 and joined the Research Centre for Health Sciences at the University of Beira Interior, where he works as a researcher. At 33, Rachel is distinguished with a design that can open new avenues in the treatment of stroke and other vascular diseases by treating patients with these cells obtained nanoparticles containing retinoic acid, a novel and effective formulation for a molecule that acts as regulator of vascular function and is able to promote the formation of new neurons.
Vania Calisto dedicated his doctorate at the “Occurrence and fate of psychiatric drugs in the environment”
PhD in Chemistry at the University of Aveiro, Vanya Calisto, 29, has devoted his PhD to “Occurrence and fate of psychiatric drugs the environment “and continued its work of post-doctoral researcher in the Center for Environment and Sea (CESAM), the same university. The research that goes on there – and that led to this distinction – aims to develop adsorbents able to remove drug residues found in water treated by the WWTP. Vania will test feedstock bio-waste from the pulp and paper industry, also contributing to the promotion of these materials. The aim is to remove these toxic compounds, whose accumulation in the waters is a growing cause for concern.
The three scientists were selected from over a hundred candidates by a jury chaired by Alexandre Quintanilha and composed of Cecilia Maria Arraiano, Claudia Pereira, Deolinda Lima, Helena Freitas and Leonor Cancela.
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