Maria Zolotareva

Education

• PhD in Bioengineering and Biosciences, ongoing (supervisors: Miguel Cacho Teixeira & Diogo Caetano) 

• MSc in Applied Microbiology, FC-ULisboa, 2023

• BSc in Biology, FC-ULisboa, 2020

Research Activities

• Biosensors, nanofabrication and microfluidics

• Fungal genomics and evolution

• Mechanisms of antifungal drug resistance in Candida glabrata

Selected Publications

Zolotareva, M., Cascalheira, F., Afonso, R., Corado, M., Martins, A., Caneiras, C., Bárbara, C., Teixeira, M.C.**, Caetano, D.M.**, “Fungal DNA-barcoding on a chip: magnetoresistive biosensors for yeast infection diagnosis”, VIEW, 6: 20250015, 2025.

Zolotareva, M., Cascalheira, F., Caneiras, C., Bárbara, C., Caetano, D.M., Teixeira, M.C., "In the flow of molecular, miniaturized fungal diagnosis", Trends in Biotechnology, 42(12):1628-1643, 2024.

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