Dr. Inês Soares Marques obtained a degree in biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP) in 2021. During her bachelor’s degree, she had the opportunity to carry out her project entitled “The Evolution of Vitamin C Synthesis in Protostomes” in the Phenotypic Evolution group at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S). She successfully completed her master’s degree in cell and molecular biology in 2023. Her master’s thesis titled “Long non-coding RNAs associated with venous thromboembolism: impact on the prognosis of ovarian cancer patients” was conducted within the Molecular Oncology and Viral Pathology group at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto (IPO-Porto), where she achieved a grade 20 out of 20. She has a position as a student intern and is currently at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto (IPO-Porto), Porto, Portugal, where she has been from September 2022.