Maria Renata Valente Brandão Freire

I am a Pharmaceutical Biochemist with a Master's and Ph.D. in Sciences from the Graduate Program in Nuclear Technology at the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN/USP). Since 2014, I have been engaged in research in radiopharmacy and biotechnology, with expertise in pharmaceutical formulation development, radiochemistry, and the biological evaluation of radiopharmaceuticals for both diagnostic and therapeutic applications. My Ph.D. research at the IPEN Radiopharmacy Center focused on developing a lyophilized PSMA-11 kit for rapid labeling with 68Ga, assessing its stability and receptor-binding affinity in vitro and in vivo. Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher at IPEN, working on the development of radiopharmaceuticals for oncology, cell culture models, preclinical studies, and histological analysis using FTIR spectroscopy. (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)