Inês Figueira (PhD, Post-doc researcher at Molecular Nutrition and Health lab, CEDOC) research has been focused on the understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that trigger brain diseases, especially age-related diseases (PD), as well as chronic diseases (brain metastases formation from breast cancer), focusing on blood-brain barrier (BBB) disfunction as a central hallmark and as a target to be tackled/to overcome. Trained as a neuroscientist and as a cell biologist, Inês has a solid background in biochemistry and molecular biology, with a strong expertise in the development of improved cell models of brain diseases, oxidative stress and neuroinflammation, aiming to disclose bioavailable polyphenol metabolites potential in the prevention of brain disorders.