Vitor Teixeira graduated in Biochemistry and completed a PhD degree in Biomedical Sciences in 2015 from the University of Porto. His research is concentrated on the definition of the roles played by lipids in signaling and regulation of cell biology in health and disease. Vitor published 14 papers and conference papers in peer-reviewed journals with over 800 citations overall (h-index=10). Vitor participated as an Associate Researcher in 7 national (Portuguese FCT Portugal) and international (European Research Council; European Union´s Horizon 2020 - PhaseAGE) projects. Since 2019, he is an Invited Assistant Professor at ICBAS (Abel Salazar School of Medicine) and secured funding to hold a position as Junior Investigator - Project Leader position at i3s, where he established a line of research related to lipid droplet biology and neurodegeneration. Areas of expertise: Membrane dynamics, vesicular trafficking, lipid trafficking, lipid droplets, membrane contact sites.