(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

MARLENE ELISABETE MOREIRA DOS SANTOS LIMA. Completed the PhD in Biomedicine in 2016/10/20 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Master degree in Molecular Genetics in 2008 by Universidade do Minho and Degree in Pharmacy in 2004 by Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde. She is an investigator at LAQV I REQUIMTE and holds the position of Coordinator Professor at the School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal. Her research interests and expertise encompass pharmacogenomics, molecular mechanisms of drugs, and personalized medicine, particularly within the context of psychiatric and neurological disorders. The primary focus of her teaching activities lies in Pharmacogenomics and Neuropsychopharmacology. Actively engaged in multiple research projects related to personalized medicine, they play a key role in projects such as GENDEP09 (Genetics of Major Depressive Disorder), the CYTED project GEnoPsySEn (Development of genosensors for pharmacogenomic targets in the central nervous system), and lead WG1 in the ENOTTA COST Action (European Network on Optimizing Treatment with Therapeutic Antibodies in chronic inflammatory diseases). Furthermore, her recent involvement in innovative approaches and technologies, including genosensors applicable in pharmacogenomics, holds promising potential for biomarkers for personalized medicine.