Dr Paula Boeira

    • Faculty of Health

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    Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Centre of Environmental Hepatology 

    My research explores how environmental toxins, especially microplastics and nanoplastics, drive liver injury, inflammation, and fibrosis. I have developed and optimized human precision-cut liver slice technology at the University of Plymouth, an ex-vivo model that preserves the liver’s architecture, immune function, and multicellular interactions. This platform provides an unprecedented opportunity to dissect liver pathophysiology and the toxicological impact of emerging environmental contaminants.

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    HONOURS & AWARDS
    First place Three Minute Thesis Competition University of Plymouth 
    Best Poster Presentation Prize at Plymouth Annual Research Event 
    Science Without Borders Scholarship Program Holland 
    Best Poster Prize at the Congress of International Association of Forensic Toxicologists, Asunción, Paraguay

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