Sara C. Santos graduated in Biochemistry in 2016 at the University of Aveiro. She concluded her Master's degree in Biochemistry - Specialization in Clinical Biochemistry in 2017 also at the University of Aveiro. Her master thesis was focused on the development and characterization of human-derived hydrogels as platforms for cell culture. In particular, she developed a novel photopolymerizable material derived from human platelet lysates - methacryloyl platelet lysates (PLMA) - that can be used to form hydrogels. Moreover, she characterized such platelet lysates-based hydrogels, either mechanically and biochemically, and proved their ability to be used as a platform for 3D cell culture. Afterwards, she worked at COMPASS Research Group (CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro), focused on the development of new applications for photocrosslinkable platelet lysates-based materials. Currently, she is a PhD student at COMPASS Research Group working on the development of platelet lysates-based platforms for myocardial tissue regeneration. More specifically, she is working on the development of platelet lysates-based bioinks to be used in 3D bioprinting of novel human-based structures for cardiac tissue engineering. In addition, her work has also been focusing on the production of human-based microcarriers to be applied as injectable systems for cardiac tissue regeneration. Besides that, she is also involved on the development and characterization of human extracellular matrix-derived platforms to be used for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine strategies. Her main aim is the development of novel human-based strategies for the development of 3D platforms for cell culture, disease modeling, or drug screening.