Vanessa Rodrigues holds a PhD in Pathology and Molecular Genetics from ICBAS, University of Porto, Portugal, with a thesis work entitled “Understanding P-glycoprotein mediated multidrug resistance in cancer: new potential targets, biomarkers and molecular inhibitors”. Vanessa joins the NUS group to lead a drug discovery program to identify novel chemical probes targeting p75NTR, TrkB and ALK7 receptors.
