Research group
Chemistry and Bioactivity
Position
PhD student
Daniela has obtained a BSc degree in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto and a MSc degree in Clinical, Forensic and Analytic Toxicology from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto. She was then a research fellow at the Pharmacognosy Laboratory of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto for a year. At the moment, she is a PhD student in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Specialty in Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy) and is developing her thesis at the Pharmacognosy Laboratory.
Her scientific career has produced four scientific publications, one oral presentation and three posters.
Representative Publications
Isolation of astaxanthin monoesters from the microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis by high performance countercurrent chromatography (HPCCC) combined with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
10.1016/j.algal.2020.101947
Neurotoxicity of the steroidal alkaloids tomatine and tomatidine is RIP1 kinase- and caspase-independent and involves the eIF2 alpha branch of the endoplasmic reticulum
10.1016/j.jsbmb.2017.03.009
Endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling in cancer and neurodegenerative disorders: Tools and strategies to understand its complexity
10.1016/j.phrs.2020.104702
