Luiza Steffens Reinhardt NSW State Cancer Conference 2023

Luiza Steffens Reinhardt

Graduated in Analytical Toxicology from the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) in 2016. Luiza holds a Master's degree in the UFCSPA Graduate Program in Biosciences and a Capes research grant, performing one year of her Master's degree at the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) with a scholarship from the Irish Government. In 2019, Luiza started double doctorate degrees: a PhD degree in the field of molecules with biotechnological potential, focusing on novel therapies for Brain Cancer (UFCSPA Graduate Program in Biosciences, Brazil; PhD awarded in 2022) and a PhD degree in the field of Medical Genetics, focusing on molecular alterations in Breast Cancer the that lead to treatment resistance and cancer progression (The University of Newcastle). She has experience in the field of DNA repair, genotoxicity, mutagenicity, cancer - especially breast cancer and glioblastoma, in vitro and in vivo assays, biomedical polymers and nanotechnology, working mainly on the following topics: aberrations in the p53 pathway, DNA damage signalling, determination of pharmacological properties and safety assessment of new compounds, both natural and synthetic, and polymeric formulations to treat cancer.