Prof. Dr. Maria do Carmo Fonseca

Short Bio:

Maria Carmo-Fonseca is a Professor at the University of Lisbon Medical School and a Group Leader at the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM). A co-founder of the Institute for Molecular Medicine (iMM), a leading biomedical research institute affiliated with the University of Lisbon, she has played a pivotal role in advancing biomedical research in Portugal. From 2011 to 2013, she was a Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School. Professor Carmo-Fonseca is a distinguished member of several prestigious organizations, including the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), the Portuguese Academy of Sciences, the Portuguese Academy of Medicine, and Academia Europaea. She served as President of the RNA Society (2021-2022), a global organization dedicated to RNA research. She was also an editor for the Journal of Cell Science from 2009 to 2023 and currently serves on the editorial board of the RNA journal. Her research is focused on RNA biology and gene regulation, with a particular interest in understanding RNA splicing in the context of human disease.