Juliana Xavier de Miranda

I'm a Dietitian (UFSC, Brazil, 2005-2010). MSc in Food Sciences (USP, Brazil, 2010-2012). My Master course was performed at the Laboratory of Diet Nutrition and Cancer (USP) where I became particularly interested on understanding the role of (epi)genome on the modification of the risk of complex diseases such as cancer; and how nutrition could modify genetic susceptibility for such diseases. I first authored my Master Thesis manuscript that revealed how different dietary selenium compounds inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells through epigenetic mechanisms. Currently I'm a PhD student under a joint Doctoral program between University of Tampere (School of Medicine, Celiac Disease Research Center, Tampere, Finland) and FCNAUP (Clinical Nutrition,Porto, Portugal); PhD student member at the "Genetic Dynamics of Cancer Cells" group (Ipatimup/i3s, Portugal). My doctotal research interests include to study how genome-wide variants underly the susceptibilty to autoimmune diseases, with particular interest in celiac disease. I'm also interested on functional annotation studies, bioinformatic tools and how epigenetics/nutritional genomics can modulate the innate immune system and regulates the integrity of the human intestine mucosa in the context of autoimmune diseases and cancer.

Nutritionist, graduated from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2010).Experience with research in Clinical Nutrition, investigating: association of dental and nutritional aspects in bariatric patients; modulation ability of nutrients on markers of oxidative stress and inflammation in morbidly obese patients undergoing gastric Bypass Roux-Y; influence the pattern of family diet and nutritional aspects that favor the development of obesity and impaired oral health pro-inflammatory markers of oxidative stress in cystic fibrosis and dysphagia.Master in Food Science from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences - University of São Paulo (USP). Research experience with experimental models in vitro: role of micronutrient selenium in modulating epigenetic markers in breast cancer. Currently PhD student in the Faculty of Clinical Nutrition Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Porto (FCNAUP, Portugal) and Researcher at the Centre Voluntary Hospital São João (Porto, Portugal). Line of research: investigating the role of nutrition in modulating the genetic profile (Nutrigenetics / Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) and epigenetic, and their molecular association in the prevention of chronic diseases, with particularity to the immune system in inflammatory bowel disease.