Instituto de Medicina Molecular
Luisa Figueiredo's work experience begins in 1998 when they worked as a PhD student at the Institut Pasteur. Luisa then moved on to The Rockefeller University, where they worked as a post-doctoral researcher from 2003 to 2009. In 2009, Luisa joined the Instituto de Medicina Molecular as a Principal Investigator and was also awarded the European Research Council (ERC) grant. In 2012, they became an HHMI International Early Career Scientist and held this position until 2017. In 2018, Luisa received the ERC Consolidator Award and in 2023 they became a member of the FCT scientific council.
Luisa Figueiredo completed their education with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Parasitology from the Pasteur Institute from 1998 to 2002. Luisa also pursued a degree in Biochemistry from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto from 1993 to 1997. Additionally, they participated in an Erasmus program at Imperial College London in 1997. Recently, in 2021, they obtained a certification in "EMBO Training - Self-Leadership for Scientists" from EMBO Solutions GmbH.
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Instituto de Medicina Molecular
WEBSITE: imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/immolecular TWITTER: www.twitter.com/immolecular The mission of Instituto de Medicina Molecular (IMM) is to foster basic, clinical and translational biomedical research with the aim of contributing to a better understanding of disease mechanisms, developing novel predictive tests, improving diagnostics tools and developing new therapeutic approaches. Located on the campus of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, IMM is a Laboratory Associated to the National Ministry of Science and Higher Education. IMM is mainly supported by national public funds and European Union funds. The research expenditure is also supported by funds obtained from peer reviewed competitive grants, private donations and industrial partnerships. The Academic Medical Centre of Lisbon created as a consortium, brings together IMM, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon and the Hospital de Santa Maria with the aim of developing an integrated view of medicine, encouraging a crosswise biomedical research both in academic laboratories and clinical practice.