Maria Joao Saraiva

Biography

 Maria Joao Saraiva is Group Leader of the Molecular Neurobiology group of the Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) and Full Professor at Universidade do Porto (UP), Portugal. She received a BSc degree in Biology from the University of Porto (UP), a MSc degree in Biochemistry from the University of London, United Kingdom, and a PhD in Biochemistry from UP. Maria Joao Saraiva is a recognized leader in the field of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular, the Familial Amyloidotic Polyneurophaty (FAP) and amyloid plaques formation. She has always been involved in the research of biochemical and genetic mechanisms responsible for transthyretin-related amyloidoses, but also the clinical aspects of the resulting pathologies. Maria Joao Saraiva has been coordinating several top international projects and has numerous important publications in international journals. In 2009, she was the receiver of the Gulbenkian Science Award.

Research Interest

 biochemistry cell biology molecular biology