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Ananda Staats Pires is a PhD candidate in a cotutelle program involving Macquarie University and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. She is involved in research fields including Neurosciences and Neuroimmunology, focusing on Tryptophan Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) metabolism. In addition to her PhD research, Ananda works as a research assistant performing targeted metabolomics analyses using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), and Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS). Her research interests include the catabolism of tryptophan via the kynurenine pathway and BH4 metabolism in human inflammatory diseases, as well as the identification of biomarkers to monitor the efficacy of novel therapeutic strategies to treat chronic inflammatory conditions. Currently, she is working on understanding the link between pain sensitization and metabolic pathways, particularly focusing on how xanthurenic acid levels, as a kynurenine pathway intermediate, influence BH4 synthesis and impact the inflammatory status of tissues to facilitate pain induction.
Applied to Department of Business (MBA Program).