I have a BSc in Biology and an MSc in Applied Microbiology at Faculdade de Ciências of Universidade de Lisboa. For my master's thesis, I got the opportunity to work at the Faculdade de Farmácia of Universidade de Lisboa, in Professor Elsa Anes' lab with the orientation of Professor Maria João Catalão. In this thesis, I worked with Mycobacterium smegmatis and Tuberculosis to unravel more about beta-lactam susceptibility in these bacteria, thus the title being: "Reappraising the use of beta-lactam antibiotics against tuberculosis: study of genes associated with beta-lactam susceptibility in mycobacteria". Afterwards, I worked at GenIbet Biopharmaceuticals - Recipharm, as a Bioprocess Trainee, where I learned about GMP procedures and regulations. Then, I worked at Asfertglobal as a Microbiology and Bioprocesses Researcher, where I researched solutions for agriculture based on microorganisms. The most recent project in development was "Biofago," aimed at developing a product containing bacteriophages against Erwinia amylovora. The multitude of areas where I obtained knowledge increasingly made me more interested in exploring more current technologies and solutions for various contemporary problems. Currently, I am a PhD student in Biology, specializing in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, supported by a PhD scholarship from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). My PhD thesis focuses on plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance in foodborne pathogens.