I concluded my Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Biochemistry at the University of Porto in 2010 and 2012, respectively. From 2008 to 2012 I joined the Molecular Evolution Lab at IBMC under the supervison of Dr. Jorge Vieira where I studied the influence of mth-like genes in lifespan determination. In 2012 I joined the Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Biochemistry Lab at FCUP under the supervision of Professor Maria João Ramos where I did a combination of Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics simulations to predict the catalytic mechanism of HIV integrase enzyme. In 2014 moved to Silvia Santos Lab (Imperial College London; GABBA program) where I combined experimental work with mathematical modelling to quantitatively measure cell cycle dynamics in single cells. My PhD work furthered our understanding of temporal control in cell division and disclosed two new principles of feedback regulation: it keeps events insulated in time and modulation of its strength can tune the period of cell division cycles. I am currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at Ageing & Aneuploidy Lab tackling how key cell cycle regulators change during cellular aging.