Ana Rita Gomes
PhD Student



Research Activities

My research is focused on the study of organoid biology and process engineering strategies that will be combined to develop region specific brain organoids, mainly containing ventral and dorsal forebrain characteristic interneurons, from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). The main objective is to model neurodevelopmental disorders affecting multiple neuronal subtypes originated from forebrain sub-regions. In particular, this project will focus on Rett Syndrome (RTT).

Selected Publications

Rodrigues, C.A.V., Branco, M., Nogueira, D.E.S., Silva, T.P., Gomes, A.R., Diogo, M.M., Cabral, J.M.S. Bioreactors for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Expansion and Differentiation, in Bioreactors for Stem Cell Expansion and Differentiation, (J.M.S. Cabral & C. Lobato da Silva, Eds.), CRC Press, ISBN 9781498795906 (2018).

 

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