Prof. Dr. Maria Oliveira

Maria José Oliveira graduated in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences-UPorto in 1996 and completed her Ph.D. degree in Health and Medical Sciences at Ghent University Hospital (Belgium) in July 2004, under the supervision of Prof Marc Mareel. From 2004 to 2007, she performed her postdoc at IPATIMUP, at the Cancer Genetics Group, under the supervision of Prof. Manuel Sobrinho-Simões and Prof. Raquel Seruca. Under the scope of Ciência2007, Maria J Oliveira initiated at INEB a new line of research in Prof. Mário Barbosa's Group. In January 2017, MJ Oliveira established the Tumour and Microenvironment Interactions Group at i3S. The Group is currently dedicated to understanding the role of the tumor microenvironment, particularly of immune cells, adipocytes, and extracellular matrix components, in the modulation of cancer cell invasion and metastasis. Their research is centered on using this knowledge to design immunomodulatory therapies to counteract cancer invasion and metastasis.