Marta Monteiro, PhD, is a Flow Cytometry Specialist at the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine in Oeiras, Portugal, providing support to the research community.
Marta has a Ph.D. in Immunology and over two decades of experience in Flow Cytometry from several European institutions and multiple international projects. She was the Head of Flow Cytometry at the Gulbenkian Science Institute (IGC) from 2016 on, and between 2021 and 2023 was also Core Facility Speaker, representing all IGC facilities. Before that, Marta has worked as a researcher for 15 years, in Portugal and abroad; has been an Assistant Professor in the Medical School of the University of Lisbon; and has also worked in industry, heading the R&D department of a multinational pharmaceutical company. She is author of many scientific publications and co-inventor of a patent that was at the origin of an award-winning entrepreneurship project and the foundation of a start-up.
Marta Monteiro was one of the founders of FLxFlow – the Lisbon Flow Cytometry Network, which profoundly shaped the knowledge of the Portuguese community doing flow cytometry by promoting educational events featuring global experts.