Carla Guedes

Carla Guedes is an invited Assistant Professor at the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto and serves as Lab Manager at the Research Center for Translational Health and Medical Biotechnology Research (TBIO). She holds a PhD in Neuroscience from the Faculty of Medicine of Porto, alongside a Master’s in Clinical Analyses and Public Health (Microbiology and Public Health) and a Bachelor’s in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences from the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto. Her research focuses on experimental neurodegeneration biology, particularly neuroinflammation’s role in Parkinson’s disease progression and the gut-brain axis’s involvement. She previously conducted virology, molecular biology, and microbiology research at PORTIC, Porto Polytechnic Institute.

Education:

• PhD in Neuroscience (ongoing), Faculty of Medicine of Porto
• Master’s in Clinical Analyses and Public Health (Microbiology and Public Health), School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Porto
• Bachelor’s in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

Research Interests: Exploring neuroinflammation mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases, molecular pathways in Parkinson’s disease, microbiome-gut-brain interactions, and translational health research. Active in virology and clinical analyses.

Labs/Teams: Lab Manager at TBIO; member of the ‘Experimental Neurodegeneration Biology’ research team. Previously contributed to projects at PORTIC.