Ana Bettencourt (www.ff.ul.pt/~asimao) is an Assistant Professor with Aggregation at the Faculdade de Farmácia (ULisboa). She has worked in the area of nanotechnology, biomaterials and medical devices for the past 20 years and her current activities range from pharmaceutical technology, materials science to fundamental studies of cellular interactions with biomaterials including those at the nanoscale. ORCID ID 0000-0002-8498-5892.