Patrícia Pardal finished her bachelor in Biochemistry in 2022. Currently she is engaged in the master programme on Biochemistry and Biomedicine at FCUL. Her ongoing master`s thesis focuses on “Assessment of melatonin as a priming agent against fruit decay due to fungal infections in table grapes”. She is applying diverse techniques such as RNA sequencing, Real-time PCR, Spectrophotometric methods, Fluorescence microscopy and image analysis.