Ms Michelle Liberio, MSL
Position:
- PhD candidate, School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University, Eskitis Institute
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Biography:
In 2006, after receiving her Diploma in Biology from the University of Brasilia (Brazil), Ms Liberio received her Master’s degree in Animal Biology at the same university.
She studied peptides isolated from the skin secretions of frogs, identifying antimicrobial and cytotoxic molecules. In the same year, she decided to acquire new skills in New Zealand, studying visual communication for three months.
Ms Liberio arrived in Australia in 2009 to undertake her PhD studies at Griffith University’s Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies investigating natural products isolated from Australian ascidians.
Her PhD project aims to purify compounds that are cytotoxic to prostate and breast cancer cells and to identify some of the targets of these secondary metabolites.
anticancer compounds, breast cancer, prostate cancer, natural products, mechanism of action.
