Sofia Salta

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Sofia Salta
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Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto

Biografia

September/2016- Present

PhD student of Program in Molecular Pathology and Genetics, at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Porto.

September/2014 – November/2016

Master student in Oncology at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Porto, with the dissertation entitled “Methylome of Breast Cancer Subtypes: Diagnosis and Prognosis Biomarkers”

September/2010 – July/2014

BSc Degree in Pathologic, Cytologic and Thanatologic Anatomy (PCTA)

School of Allied Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Porto with the thesis entitled “Os efeitos da metanfetamina e da Acetil-L-Carnitina na acetilação dos microtúbulos – The Effects of Methamphetamine and Acetyl-L-Carnitine on Microtubules Acetylation”

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS AS TEAM MEMBER

  • "Assessment and validation of a panel of methylation-based Biomarkers in cell free DNA for Detection of recurrent first primary cancer (RFPC) and second primary cancers (SPC)”, Funding agency: Research Centre of Portuguese Oncology Institute (CI-IPOP-74-2016), PI: Prof. Carmen Jerónimo
  • “Early-stage cancer treatment, driven by context of molecular imaging” Funding agency: NORTE2020 (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000027), PI: Prof. João Santos
  • “DNA methylation biomarkers as detection and triage tools in a population-based cervical cancer screening program” Funding agency: ARS Norte. PI: Rui Henrique