Mélanie Barbosa holds a BSc degree in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (2015). In 2017, she completed her MSc degree in Toxicology and Environmental Contamination at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Abel Salazar. She is currently a Scientific Research Fellow working on the project "Biomarkers for minimal residual disease" at the Cancer Drug Resistance group of the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP/I3S).