Klesia Pirola Madeira
Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil
Biography
Klesia Pirola Madeira obtained her Doctoral degree in Biotechnology from the Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES) in 2013. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Pharmacy and Nutrition at UFES. Her research focuses on using in vitro systems to identify novel compounds that effectively target the PI3K. Her findings will be important in designing more efficacious therapeutics against various cancers that rely on this pathway for their survival.