Marta Fidalgo
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Marta Fidalgo completed her bachelor’s degree in Genetics and Biotechnology from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro in Portugal. For her final report she moved to Porto to work on the Molecular Microbiology lab at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health. In this project the aim was to understand how a specific bacteria could adapt to its surroundings and how it interacted with its microenvironment.
Then, Marta received a master’s degree in molecular medicine and Oncology from the Faculty of Medicine of Porto’s University. For her master thesis, Marta developed a project in the field of Developmental Biology at Dr. Cláudio Franco‘s lab, the vascular morphogenesis lab, in the Molecular Medicine Institute in Lisbon. The main aim of this project was to understand how blood vessels develop in the lungs, particularly after birth. Again, very much focused on the intrinsic regulations necessary for a cell or tissue to perceive and comply with its environment.
Taking the expertise in blood vessels and the interest in cell-cell communication and allying it with the better understanding of cancer metastasis was always the goal, so currently Marta is a Marie Curie PhD fellow in Mariona Graupera’s Lab, at IJC, Barcelona. In her current project she will be able to assess the role of vascular cells and other components of the tumor microenvironment in promoting the exit from latency in breast cancer cells leading to breast cancer metastasis. Currently Marta is enjoying the city of Barcelona and is very eager to know where these new experiences are going to take her
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