Isabel Antunes is graduated in Biology by Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto (2007). Received a Masters degree in Microbiology in the University of Aveiro (2009). In 2018, Isabel received her PhD degree in Biomedicine by the Medical Faculty of University of Porto. Currently, she holds a junior researcher position at the Glycobiology in Cancer group under the supervision of Professor Ana Magalhães and focus on understanding the funtional roles of proteoglycans in gastric cancer.