Joana Caetano is a biomedical scientist with a solid background in molecular and cellular biology, with emphasis on hematology and immunology. Throughout her professional and scientific career, she has been involved in several clinical and translational research projects in the Medical and Health Sciences area. She graduated in Biology from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, completed her MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the same University, a post-graduation in Laboratory Medicine from the Catholic University of Lisbon, Portugal , and is completing her PhD in Health Sciences at Nova Medical School/ Nova University Lisbon, Portugal. She joined the Hemato-Oncology Unit of Champalimaud Clinical Center in 2019 where she is currently Head of the Flow Cytometry Laboratory (Clinical Flow) and Quality Assurance Manager. She is responsible for supervising the technical and scientific activity of the laboratory. In parallel, she is a researcher in the Myeloma & Lymphoma Research Group at Champalimaud Foundation. She is currently involved in several translational research projects aiming to unravel the immune landscape associated with multiple myeloma (MM) progression, identify new biomarkers for early diagnosis and prediction of MM, aiming to translate basic research into the clinical practice. She actively participates in the EuroFlow Consortium since 2008.