Ana Magalhães graduated in Biochemistry (2005) and holds a PhD in Biomedicine (2011) by University of Porto. She got trained in proteomics at the BRC-Centre of Excellence of the European Union (Hungary), in Proximity Ligation Assays at Uppsala University (Sweden), in cancer glycobiology at the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of University of Porto (Portugal) and in bacterial adhesion and pathogen adaptation at Umea University (Sweden).
Ana co-authored more than 50 scientific articles, including highly prestigious journals such as Cancer Cell, PNAS, Nature Cell Biology, Developmental Cell and J Biol Chem. Her publications have received more than 2400 citations (H-index 29). She has successfully complete the supervision of 4 PhD and 6 MSc students, as main or co-supervisor. All these dissertations articulate fundamental and clinical research. 
At present, Ana is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at ICBAS- Scholl of Medicine and Biomedical Science and Investigator at i3S - University of Porto and her main research interests are focused on the mechanistic roles of proteoglycans in cancer-extracellular matrix dynamics and cell communication and signaling.