Affiliation: Nerve Regeneration Group, i3S; Porto, Portugal

Ana Rita Costa initially developed her scientific career in the area of Protein Aggregation and Neurodegeneration. During her MSc (University of Coimbra) and PhD (University of Porto), she focused on understanding the enzymatic degradation of amyloid beta peptide (Abeta), which has a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease. Ana continued her research as a postdoctoral fellow in the Christopher Dobson group (Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, UK) and in the group of Peter Hyslop (CIMR, University of Cambridge, UK). In September 2016, Ana joined Dr Monica Sousa's Lab (i3S, University of Porto) and since then, she has been using super-resolution microscopy to understand the biogenesis and dynamics of the membrane periodic skeleton of the axon.