Sara Abreu

  • cancer
  • immuno-oncology
  • tumour microenvironment
  • macrophages
  • monocarboxylate transporters
  • metabolism
  • metabolic symbiosis

Sara Abreu completed her MSc degree in Health Sciences at the University of Minho in 2022 presenting her master’s thesis in the immune-oncology field entitled “Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs): key players in the metabolic symbiosis between tumour cells and macrophages”. Sara has a BSc degree in Biochemistry by the School of Sciences at University of Minho, concluded in 2020, with the project “Structure of macrophage extracellular traps in contact with Candida albicans”. During her master’s thesis, her work focused on the metabolic symbiosis established between tumour cells and macrophages based on the exchange of lactate. Currently, she is a research fellow working on possible driving mechanisms of glioblastoma (GBM) in a project financed by FCT. Her main research interests are the participation of the immune system in cancer, tumour cell and macrophage metabolism, tumour microenvironment and tumour reprogramming of the immune system.

Sara Abreu

  • cancer
  • immuno-oncology
  • tumour microenvironment
  • macrophages
  • monocarboxylate transporters
  • metabolism
  • metabolic symbiosis

Sara Abreu completed her MSc degree in Health Sciences at the University of Minho in 2022 presenting her master’s thesis in the immune-oncology field entitled “Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs): key players in the metabolic symbiosis between tumour cells and macrophages”. Sara has a BSc degree in Biochemistry by the School of Sciences at University of Minho, concluded in 2020, with the project “Structure of macrophage extracellular traps in contact with Candida albicans”. During her master’s thesis, her work focused on the metabolic symbiosis established between tumour cells and macrophages based on the exchange of lactate. Currently, she is a research fellow working on possible driving mechanisms of glioblastoma (GBM) in a project financed by FCT. Her main research interests are the participation of the immune system in cancer, tumour cell and macrophage metabolism, tumour microenvironment and tumour reprogramming of the immune system.

Scientific Highlights

Posters:
1. Abreu S., Sonveaux P., Mazzone M., Baltazar F., Granja S.; “Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs): key players in the metabolic symbiosis between tumour cells and macrophages” Poster presented at the VIB conference Recent insights into Immuno-Oncology, Leuven, Belgium, 2022.
2. Abreu S., Baltazar F., Granja S.; “Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) and the metabolic symbiosis between tumour cells and macrophages” Poster presented at the 4th ENJIO (National Meeting of Young Researchers in Oncology), Portuguese League Against Cancer (LPCC), 2022.
3. Abreu S., Baltazar F., Granja S.; “Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) and the interaction between tumour cells and macrophages” Poster presented at the 3rd ENJIO (National Meeting of Young Researchers in Oncology), Portuguese League Against Cancer (LPCC), 2021.

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