Helder Maiato graduated in Biochemistry and holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Porto. He was a visiting PhD student at the University of Edinburgh (UK) and a Post-doctoral Research Affiliate at the New York State Department of Health (USA). He authored more than 60 scientific articles and received many national and international awards. At present, he is the Principal Investigator at IBMC and Auxiliary Professor at Faculty of Medicine at the University of Porto. His main research interest is the spatial control of cell division and coordinates a project from the European Research Council. Since 2012 he serves as National Counsellor for Science and Technology to the Portuguese Prime Minister.
PORTO 9-11 SEPTEMBER 2015
mfs2015 MICROSCOPY AT THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE