Professor Dr. Francisco Conceição

Biography

Francisco obtained an MSc degree in Bioengineering - Molecular Biotechnology from the University of Porto, focusing on the effect of the sympathetic nervous system Y1 receptor on bone biology. He then completed his PhD at the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S) - University of Porto, within Dr. Meriem Lamghari's Neuronal and Skeletal Circuits Group, studying the effects of adrenergic stimuli on breast cancer bone metastasis using microfluidic models. Currently, he is a Post-doctoral researcher in the Advanced Organ Bioengineering Therapeutics (AOT) department at the University of Twente, where his work centers on the development of new organ-on-chip models, especially for bone-on-chip disease models for osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.

Research Interests