Thalita Goulart Alves

Biomedical scientist, graduate in 2013 from the Federal University of São Paulo/Paulista School of Medicine (UNIFESP-EPM). Has extensive experience in Research and Development, especially in the areas of Endocrinology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Oncology. From 2011 to 2013, she undertook a scientific initiation at the Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology (LEMT) of UNIFESP, working with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, and since then integrates the team of researchers of the laboratory. She holds a master's degree in molecular biology from UNIFESP (2015), and is currently completing her academic doctorate by the molecular biology program of the biochemistry department of UNIFESP. She is a collaborator at the Cancer Metabolism and Signaling Group of the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Portugal (IPATIMUP), where she developed part of the doctorate in 2017. Her main interest is the investigation of molecular and biochemical phenomena involved in thyroid tumors, specially DTCs, and is focused on identifying markers of tumor progression, aggressiveness and immunoresistance, and the development of new immune assays (ELISA). Her current line of research, and a central doctoral theme, is the investigation of the diagnostic value of molecular markers in undetermined thyroid nodules. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)