Ana Rocha graduated in Zootechnical Engineering in 2000 (UTAD, Portugal) and completed her PhD degree in Biological Sciences in 2008 (University of Valencia, Spain). She then performed several post-doc stays at the University of Cologne, the Spanish National Research Council and Uppsala University. Ana Rocha is currently a post-doc fellow. Her research aims at developing and testing species-specific in vitro systems to study host-pathogen interactions in fish with the ultimate goal of developing novel prophylactic tools, including feed additives and other therapeutics.