Matilde Sanches graduated in 2017 as master of Biodiversity and Plant Biotechnology at University of Coimbra, Portugal. During her master thesis, under the guidance of Prof. Jorge Canhoto, she studied developmental epigenetics throughout somatic embryogenesis of tamarillo plant (Solanum betaceum Cav.), performing experiments and developing skills (particularly immunofluorescence microscopy) at Pilar S. Testillano’s lab in CIB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain. After a one-year experience as Project Developer - DIVA project (H2020) and SKAN Platform activities - at INOVISA (Lisbon, Portugal) and at the Centre for Investigation and Transference of Technology to Community Development (CITT - Maputo, Mozambique), she enrolled in the “Plants for Life” Doctoral Programme in 2019. Her PhD project, focused on the study of quantitative genetics and mechanisms behind water stress tolerance in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus), is currently being developed in collaboration between Dr. Carlota Vaz Patto’s lab (PlantX group, ITQB NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal) and Prof. Frank Van Breusegem’s lab (Oxidative Stress Signalling group, PSB-VIB, Ghent, Belgium).

VUB | VIB | de Duve Institute

Copyright 2017