PhD Lígia C. Gomes-da-Silva

Lígia Silva holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2006) and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology (2012) from the University of Coimbra. Her doctoral research focused on developing lipid-based nanoparticles. This was followed by her first postdoctoral position at the Chemistry Center of Coimbra, Portugal, where she contributed to the preclinical validation of the photosensitizer, redaporfin. Subsequently, she embarked on a three-year postdoctoral position at the Institute Gustave Roussy, France, where she investigated the mechanisms of cell death, cellular stress, and anti-tumor immunity associated to Photodynamic Therapy using redaporfin.

Currently, Lígia Silva is an assistant researcher at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Coimbra, where she leads the photobiology lab. Her scientific interests include the understanding of mechanisms of cell death and anti- tumor immunity in the context of photodynamic therapy, along with the study of the cell internalization and efflux mechanisms of photosensitizers.