Ana Rita Pinheiro completed her BSc in Applied Biology from School of Sciences of University of Minho in 2017. She started to work at ICVS in 2016, in an academic project within the scope of molecular interactions between the malaria parasite and the human host. In 2019 she started as research fellow in the project MalPharm – “Plataforma de rastreio de alto rendimento para desenvolver antimaláricos”. She is now finishing her Master in Health Sciences from School of Medicine of University of Minho. During this time she has been applying and developing different genetically encoded biosensors to perform in vitro and real-time studies in malaria parasite biology.