Letícia Mesquita got her degree in Microbiology from Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (ESB-UCP) in 2012 and her Master’s degree in Oncology from Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto (ICBAS-UP) in 2014. Currently, she is a grant holder in the funded project “SWIM – Soil Water Interface Monitoring” in Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina (CBQF), ESB-UCP. Her research interests are focused on the development of flow analysis methods for the automation and miniaturization, with applications in the environmental (soil and water quality) and food sectors.

Publications:

Sousa H, Mesquita L, Ribeiro J, Catarino R, Breda E, Medeiros R. (2016) Polymorphisms in host immune response associated genes and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma development in Portugal. Immunobiology 221(2): 145-152.