Rita Brás

Experience

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  ICBAS/UP - Institute for the Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar / Porto University

  Nov 2014 - Jul 2015

  Internship Project, in Immunogenetics Lab, UMIB

  - Internship project entitled “MicroRNAs in Multiple Sclerosis”, was part of my Bachelors program.- Main research fields: Immunology, Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biostatistics.- Technical skills: DNA/RNA extraction and quantification, PCR and RT-PCR

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  I3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2018

  Research Trainee

  - Cell Division and Genomic Stability Group- Experience and full autonomy in in Drosophila genetics, Confocal Microscopy, FACS, FISH and Immunofluorescence assays.- Thesis theme: ''The impact of aneuploidy on adult stem cell behaviour''

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  I3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde

  Feb 2019 - Oct 2019

  Research Fellowship (MSc)
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  Stemmatters

  Nov 2019 - Apr 2020

  Quality Control Assistant
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  FairJourney Biologics

  May 2020 - Jul 2021

  Junior Research Associate
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  Chaperone

  Oct 2021 - now

  Operations Manager
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  Ponto Zero

  Apr 2023 - Apr 2024

  Ponto Zero C-level Mentorship Academy

  The C-Level Mentorship Academy started from Ponto Zero and is a mentoring academy dedicated to finding and developing future leaders in Portugal. It aims to foster the next generation of female leaders by connecting them with current C-Level executives for one-on-one mentorship. The program targets woman with 3 to 10 years of professional experience who aspire to advance their carreers towards leadership positions.