Liliana has a bachelor and an MsC in biochemistry from the Universities of Minho and Porto. Liliana is currently involved the PhD program in Pharmaceutical Sciences (FFUP), in the specialty of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy. Liliana's PhD goal is to find new therapeutic targets for Huntington's disease, a neurodegenerative disease. Before being a PhD student, Liliana participated in two investigation projects as a MSc scholar. Liliana contributed for 4 published articles in a peer-reviewed international journals, 4 published conference abstracts and 10+ oral presentations.
Representative Publications
Nicotinic α7 receptor‐induced adenosine release from perisynaptic Schwann cells controls acetylcholine spillover from motor endplates
10.1111/jnc.14975
Stress response mechanisms in protein misfolding diseases: Profiling a cellular model of Huntington's disease
10.1016/j.abb.2023.109711
The PERKs of mitochondria protection during stress: insights for PERK modulation in neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases
10.1111/brv.12860
Allosteric activation of Hsp70 reduces mutant huntingtin levels, the clustering of N-terminal fragments, and their nuclear accumulation
10.1016/j.lfs.2021.120009
