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Luana Campos Soares
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
I am investigating the blood-brain barrier (dys)function and the regulation of brain water homeostasis in CNS pathologies using preclinical models.
BIOGRAPHY
During my previous postdoc in Oxford, I worked on The Oxford Martin Programme on 3D Printing for Brain Repair, developing and characterising 3D cortical constructs using human iPSC- and hESC-derived layer-specific neurons. These constructs, upon transplantation into the mouse brain, formed vascularized grafts and established functional connections with host targets.
I have completed my PhD in Oxford in 2021, studying neural progenitor polarity and identifying mechanisms of cortical mispositioning in Galectin-3-depleted embryos.
Before coming to Oxford, I graduated in Biology at the Universidade Estadual Paulista and completed a Master's degree in the A.C.Camargo Cancer Center in Brazil.
Recent publications
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Integration of 3D-printed cerebral cortical tissue into an ex vivo lesioned brain slice.
Journal article
Jin Y. et al, (2023), Nat Commun, 14
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Novel Galectin-3 Roles in Neurogenesis, Inflammation and Neurological Diseases.
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Soares LC. et al, (2021), Cells, 10
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Galectin-3 diminishes Wnt signaling in the postnatal subventricular zone.
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Al-Dalahmah O. et al, (2020), Stem Cells, 38, 1149 - 1158
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Galectin-3 modulates postnatal subventricular zone gliogenesis.
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Al-Dalahmah O. et al, (2020), Glia, 68, 435 - 450