Renata Kelly da Palma
Member of Research Line in Mechanisms of tissue repair and regeneration
Email: rdapalma@umanresa.cat
ORCID: 0000-0002-4799-0385
Dr. Da Palma did his PhD (2015) at the Universidade Nove de Julho (Sao Paulo, Brazil). After completing her doctoral thesis, she pursued her current research interests in tissue engineering, disease models, and organ repair. Since then, she has focused on using the acellular extracellular matrix to characterize different lung diseases, such as asthma, COPD, and fibrosis, and propose new approaches in vitro. Furthermore, during her last postdoctoral research (2021), where she was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship at IBEC (Barcelona, Spain), she developed devices that mimic organs such as the heart, lung, and intestine increased her interest in the organ-on-a-chip platform. Renata is a Professor of the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC).
Dr. Da Palma has years of experience in the field of regenerative medicine, biomaterial, cell-biomaterial interactions, organs-on-chip technology, decellularization, and generation of engineering tissues.
My last happenings:
TR2Lab Joins Global Experts at the ERS International Congress 2026
Dr. Renata Da Palma, member of TR2Lab, participated in the ERS International Congress 2026 held in Barcelona, one of the world's largest and most influential meetings in respiratory medicine and science. During the event, she presented TR2Lab’s research on the anti-inflammatory effects of photobiomodulation therapy in an experimental model of asthma-COPD overlap. The congress brought together researchers, clinicians, and healthcare professionals from across the globe to share the latest advances in respiratory health, fostering scientific exchange and international collaboration. Scientific meetings such as ERS play an essential role in advancing research by facilitating knowledge sharing, promoting innovation, and creating new [...]
Extracellular Matrix-Derived Hydrogel to Model and Study COPD
Renata Kelly da Palma carried out a three-month research stay in Brazil, at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (USP), in collaboration with the research group led by Prof. Dr Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes. During this period, she worked on the development of extracellular matrix-derived hydrogels to model and study Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). These hydrogels are biomaterials obtained from extracellular matrix components and are designed to reproduce some characteristics of the natural environment of tissues. They can be used to create more realistic experimental models for studying disease mechanisms and may also have future applications in [...]
Health-Related Quality of Life and Functional Status of Post-COVID-19 Patients
Article: Health-Related Quality of Life and Functional Status of Post-COVID-19 Patients Coauthors: Miriã C. Oliveira, Larissa R. Alves, Juliana M. P. Soares, Shayra K. A. Souza, Bruna M. R. Silva, Adriano L. Fonseca, Carlos H. M. Silva, Claudia S. Oliveira, Rodolfo P. Vieira, Deise A. A. P. Oliveira, Iransé Oliveira-Silva, Rodrigo F. Oliveira, Luciana M. M. Sampaio, Vinicius Maldaner, Dante B. Santos, Renata K. Palma, Sergio R. Nacif, Giuseppe Insalaco and Luís V. F. Oliveira Doi MDPI Abstract: Background: COVID-19 mainly affects the respiratory system, although its manifestations are multisystemic. We are increasingly recognizing complications that present [...]
