Raquel Seruca

Raquel Seruca
Seruca in 2013
Born1962
Porto, Portugal
Died29 May 2022 (aged 59)
Porto, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Occupationoncobiologist
Known forher work on stomach cancer

Raquel Seruca (1962 – 29 May 2022) was a Portuguese oncobiologist known for her work on stomach cancer.

Life

Seruca was born and raised in Porto.[1] She graduated in medicine at the University of Porto before obtaining a PhD in the molecular genetics of stomach cancer in 1995. She was supervised by Professor Manuel Sobrinho Simões [pt]. She was then a fellow at the University of Groningen in the Human Genetics department.[2][3]

Seruca and Joana Paredes led a team that obtained funding three times from the charity No Stomach For Cancer in 2015, 2017 and 2021[3] for their research work to create tests to identify mutations in the Caderin-E gene that is responsible for inherited stomach cancer.[2]

She died in Porto in 2022.

Awards and recognition

She was decorated by the Portuguese government with the insignia of Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique, in 2009, for her contribution to the study of stomach cancer.[4] She was awarded the Benjamin Castelman Award (USCAP) in 2001 and 2012.[4] She received the Medal of Scientific Merit from the Porto City Council in 2014. In the same year, she was awarded the Femina Award for Merit in Science. In 2021, she won the ACTIVA Women Inspiring Science Award for her contribution to the Comprehensive Cancer Center.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Ramalho, Tiago (30 May 2022). "Morreu Raquel Seruca, "uma inspiração para quem faz investigação"". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Raquel Seruca vence Prémio ACTIVA Mulheres Inspiradoras de Ciência". Notícias U.Porto (in European Portuguese). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "i3S | News". www.i3s.up.pt. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Morreu Raquel Seruca, referência no estudo do cancro gástrico". www.jn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2022.