Aida Moreira
Aida obtained her Master degree in 2014 from Porto University (Portugal) working on the development of gene delivery systems (DNA delivery) based on natural polymers for nerve regeneration.
In 2015 she started her PhD on Drug Innovation at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She worked on the development of polymeric micelles loaded with hydrophobic compounds for the treatment of blood cancers under the supervision of Professor dr. Raymond Schiffelers (University Medical Centre Utrecht) and Professor dr. Wim Hennink (Utrecht University).
After earning her PhD, she joined the Princess Maxima Centre for pediatric oncology for 2 years whereshe developed patient-derived xenografts of high-risk acute myeloid leukemia and established a mouse-adapted paediatric induction therapy for paediatric acute myeloid leukemia.
In 2022 she joined the group of Prof. Marianna Tryfonidou (Regenerative Orthopedics, Utrecht University) as post-doctoral researcher on the NWO Vici project “NC-CHOICE” where she focus on the development of an RNA-based and cell free nanomedicine to treat lower back pain.
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