Keli Cristina de Lima

Graduated in Chemistry/Physics from Faculdade Uirapuru Superior (2010). Completed an Extension Course in Hemoglobinopathies through the In-Service Training Program of the Department of Clinical Pathology at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP) from 2014 to 2015. In 2015 and 2016, she participated in Technical Training in the Cell Culture Laboratory at the Ribeirão Preto Blood Center Foundation. She holds a Masters degree in Sciences with a concentration in Applied Biosciences in Pharmacy from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (2016-2018), with experience in hematological diseases, focusing on the identification and characterization of immune system cells and related molecules in patients with sickle cell disease. During her PhD, she conducted research at the Laboratory of Medical Investigation (LIM-31) related to the clinical treatment of adult patients with acute leukemias, with a primary focus on investigating the impact of ancestry on the development and progression of malignant hematologic neoplasms in adults. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, where her research explores biomarkers that predict response to antineoplastic agents in adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, correlating molecular profiles and clinical-laboratory data using an ex vivo platform. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)