Graça Soveral is Full Professor of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy University of Lisbon and principal investigator at the Research Institute of Medicines (iMed.ULisboa) where she coordinates the Membrane Transporters in Health and Disease Laboratory. Her scientific interests are centered on the study of membrane transporters in biological systems, investigating mechanisms underlying transporter defects that may lead to disease. Her group is focused on membrane water channels (aquaporins) as targets for drug action, identifying mechanisms of aquaporin regulation, and discovering modulators for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, mainly for inflammation and cancer.