Tatiana Fernandes graduated in Applied Biology in 2023 from the School of Sciences at the University of Minho and is currently a master’s student in Health Sciences from the School of Medicine, at the same University. During her bachelor’s degree, she had the opportunity to join the Agostinho Carvalho and Cristina Cunha team at the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) in which she developed a graduation project that aimed to explore how Pentraxin 3 regulates the effector and metabolic functions of macrophages in response to Aspergillus fumigatus. Currently, during her master’s degree, her research is focused on understanding the mechanisms by which itaconate modulates the immunometabolic response of macrophages to A. fumigatus and how this influences susceptibility to invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.