"Diana Gonçalves holds a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences and a master's degree in Microbiology from the University of Aveiro. She is a young research scientist with 2 years of hands-on laboratory experience in biochemistry, microbiology and host–pathogen interactions. Her master's thesis project was at the Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED) of University of Aveiro, in the Viral Host-Cell Interactions Laboratory, where she researched host’s antiviral response against influenza A virus, in the context of developing new host-directed therapies.
She worked within a multidisciplinary research team and presented her work in two scientific poster presentations. Her research interests include microbial pathogenesis and host–microbe interactions."