Luís Graça

Biography

Luis Graça has an MD from the University of Lisbon, Portugal; and a PhD in transplant immunology from the University of Oxford, UK. He developed his post-doctoral research first in Oxford and later at the Institute for Child Health Research, in Perth, Australia. Since 2005 he is Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon Medical School, directing a research group in Cellular Immunology at Instituto de Medicina Molecular. His most significant scientific contributions have been related with the development of strategies related to overcome immunogenicity and transplant rejection, as well as in the induction of immune tolerance in autoimmunity and allergy. Among these topics he has significant publications related to the biology of different types of regulatory T cells.

Research Interest

Biology Medicina Molecular