Marcela Oliveira holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry since 2019 and obtained a Master’s degree in Health Sciences in July 2022, both at the University of Minho. During her Master’s, as a member of the project “Macrophage-secreted mediators as a therapeutic strategy for preterm lung maturation”, she explored the paracrine impact of macrophage-derived secretome upon lung differentiation under the supervision of Dr. Sandra Costa at the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), University of Minho. Currently, Marcela is enrolled in the Applied Health Sciences PhD program at the School of Medicine, University of Minho. Under the supervision of Dr. Agostinho Carvalho and Dr. Cristina Cunha, she is exploring the immunometabolic compartment of Sarcoidosis disease. Ultimately, her ongoing research aims to evaluate the functional activity of Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) during granuloma formation and identify/characterize the genetic variation in IDO1 association with sarcoidosis susceptibility and clinical course.