Inês de Andrade Saraiva holds a BSc in Applied Chemistry from NOVA School of Science and Technology and an MSc in Biochemistry for Health from NOVA Medical School, where she participated in an Exchange Programme at the School of Pharmacy, University College London (UK), and conducted her thesis at IPATIMUP/i3S, University of Porto. She later returned to i3S as a research fellow. Her experience covers areas such as virology (including COVID-19 research), cancer research, biochemistry, and molecular biology. She also completed a specialization in Clinical Trials and Medical Writing at Hospital da Luz and W4Research. Currently, she is a final-year PhD student in Nuno Santos’ Lab at the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon. Actively engaged in science communication, she volunteers with Cartas com Ciência and authored the award-winning essay “Um silêncio necessário à compreensão humana”, published in Público as part of the BIAL-University of Lisbon 30 Years Award initiative.