Adriana Sánchez-Danés, PhD

Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Lab
Champalimaud Foundation

Lisbon, PT

Adriana Sánchez-Danés received her BSc degree in Biotechnology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). In 2012, she obtained her PhD in Biomedicine (cum laude distinction) from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Her thesis work focused on modeling Parkinson’s Disease in vitro.

In 2012, Adriana moved to the Université Libre de Brussels to the laboratory of Prof. Cédric Blanpain (Belgium). During this period she investigated the most common human cancer, the basal cell carcinoma. Adriana identified the specific cell type from which this skin cancer arises and the cancer cell population that resists upon therapy, leading to tumor relapse.
In October 2019, Adriana started her own lab at the Champalimaud Foundation, which is focussed on uncovering the biology of solid paediatric cancers with the aim of developing novel therapeutic approaches for paediatric cancer patients.

Adriana has been recently awarded with the Maratona da Saude Junior Award and AstraZeneca awards.