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Patrícia Carneiro
Project Manager

Patrícia Carneiro (PC) holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, and is a Project Manager at the Epithelial Interactions in Cancer group, IPATIMUP-Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto/ I3S-Institute for Investigation and Innovation in Health, in the context of Porto. Comprehensive Cancer Centre. Previously she completed her Master in Biology and Biological Sciences in 2002 at Washington University in Saint Louis and her Bachelor in BSc. Human Genetics in 1998 at University of Leeds, School of Biomedical Sciences. Since 2012, PC has been devoted to understand the mechanisms of epithelial cell invasion in the EPIC group, at IPATIMUP/i3S. In this context, she has identified key molecules associated to cancer cell invasion and E-cadherin dysfunction. PC has 22 publications in international peer-reviewed journals (7 as first-author) with an h-index 11. Further, PC has attended 22 national/international meetings (4 oral presentations) and has participated in outreach activities organized by the institutions where she has worked.