TP is a research professor at IST with a large experience in biological imaging using micro-analytical techniques for elemental and molecular characterization of cells and tissues using high-energy particle accelerators and synchrotron radiation. Mainly current and ongoing research and collaborations cover biomedical related areas centred in the study of cellular uptake of metal compounds and nanoparticles for cancer therapy. These studies encompass bioimaging and cell irradiation using focused proton beams generated by research accelerators.

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Biological imaging: Micro-analytical techniques for elemental and molecular characterization of cells and tissues using high-energy particle accelerators and synchrothron radiation
Biomedicine: metal compounds and nanoparticles as radiosensitizers for cancer therapy
Biomedine/Biophysics: cardiovascular diseases biomarkers towards personalized medicine

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Biological sciences

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Scopus: 35596784200

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Maria Teresa Ferreira Marques Pinheiro

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