Ana Marote completed her BSc in Biomedical Sciences in 2011 and her MSc in Molecular Biomedicine in 2013, both from the University of Aveiro. In 2020, she received her PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Minho, which was mainly focused In unveiling the therapeutic potential of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)-derived mesenchymal stem cells secretome as a cell-free therapy for Parkinson’s disease. During her PhD she was also a visiting PhD student at the iPSC Laboratory for CNS Disease Modeling at Lund University, where she trained in stem cell biology, and acquired skills necessary for the generation of iPSCs and their differentiation into midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Currently, she is a junior researcher at ICVS focused on the development of new iPSC-based in vitro models for studying Parkinson’s disease. She is currently an author of 21 papers (over 400 citations, h-index=11, Scopus), one book section and Is a reviewer for several peer-reviewed international journals, including the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. She was also part of the Organizing Committee of the 1st international symposium Secretome With]Out[ Borders (2018) and 12th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies (2022).