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CarlaCruz@Research Group

The G-quadruplex Team is integrated in Biopharmaceuticals and Biomaterials group of Health Sciences Research Centre (CICS) located in Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Beira Interior (UBI).

This team is composed by researchers with strong background in different complementary areas such as chemistry, biotechnology, biochemistry and biomedical sciences.

Currently, the focus of Cruz's group is divided in principal research areas:

  1. Design and synthesis of G-quadruplex ligands;

  2. Biophysical characterization of non-canonical nucleic acids structures;

  3. Oligonucleotide-based therapeutics for cancer;

  4. Screening of miRNAs as novel cancer biomarkers.

An early G-quadruplex in Sintra, Portugal

The Team
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OPPORTUNITIES

Research Fellowship (BI)

 research fellowship for master students or BSc degree holders enrolled in a non-academic degree course (BI), within the research project PAPILOMA - Vaginal gel for topical application in precancerous lesions caused by the Human Papilloma Virus


APPLICATION DEADLINE - 12/08/2022 - Closed
Senior Technician (MSc)

A 12 months fixed term contract in the scope of Rede Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear – PTNMR project
refª RHAQ-CICS-UBI_PTNMR_M


2021/06/01 - 2021/06/16 - Closed
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