Francisca is an Auxiliary Researcher at the National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA) and member of the FCT Research Unit, Center for the Study of Animal Science (CECA/ICETA) that integrates the new associate laboratory AL4animals.
Ever since she finished her degree in Biology, in 2007, she has been working on Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs), a major group of rare genetic diseases. Over these years she contributed to the development of new methods for diagnosis and characterization of LSD patients. At EDEC, she attempting to generate novel in vivo models (zebrafish) to mimic neuropathic LSDs and study their pathophysiological mechanisms.
