Luciana has a degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences since 2015. She is currently a researcher at Center for Study of Animal Science (CECA/ICETA) that integrates the new associate laboratory AL4animals, and at the group of “Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs)” of the National Institute of Health Ricardo Jorge (INSA). Her work is focused on developing nucleic acid-targeted therapies (CRISPR/Cas9, siRNAs and antisense oligonucleotides) and respective cellular and animal models of LSDs to evaluate them. At CIIMAR she aims to generate new in vivo models (zebrafish) for some LSDs using gene editing.
