OdÃlia Dos AnjosÂ
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Minho
Portugal
Biography
Odília Queirós holds a Doctoral Degree in Biological Sciences at the Sciences School of the University of Minho, a Master in Molecular Genetics at the same University and a Degree in Biochemistry at the Faculty of Sciences and Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute of the University of Oporto. Presently, she is Assistant Professor at the Advanced Institute of Health Sciences – North (ISCSN/CESPU), where she lectures curricular units in the field of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She is the Coordinator of the BSc in Nutrition Sciences and member of the Coordination Committee of the Master in Molecular Therapies at the same Institution. She is a researcher integrated in CBMA. Her research is focused in the study of cancer cell metabolism and in the antitumor activity of drugs acting on metabolic targets as well as on the study of molecular mechanisms associated with multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype in cancer cells.
Research Interest
Toxicology and Metabolism
Publications
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Queirós O., Preto A., Pacheco A., Pinheiro C., Azevedo-Silva J., et al. (2012) Butyrate activates the monocarboxylate transporter MCT4 expression in breast cancer cells and enhances the antitumor activity of 3-bromopyruvate. J Bioenerg Biomembr; 44 : 141-153.
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Barbosa J, Faria J, Carvalho F, Pedro M, Queirós O, et al. (2013) Hair as an alternative matrix in bioanalysis. Bioanalysis; 5 : 895-914.
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Tavares-Valente D, Baltazar F, Moreira R, Queirós O. (2013) Cancer cell bioenergetics and pH regulation influence breast cancer cell resistance to paclitaxel and doxorubicin. J Bioenerg Biomembr; 45: 467-475.
