Conceição Bettencourt

Conceição Bettencourt works in the field of neuro-epigenetics. She studies the involvement of disrupted molecular pathways and DNA methylation in neurodegenerative diseases using human post-mortem brain tissue. She is research fellow of the Alzheimer's Research UK and co-leads the Genetics and Omics Working Group of the international Deep Dementia Phenotyping (DEMON) network.

Education and career
Bettencourt studied Biology and Human Genetics at the University of the Azores, where she conducted her PhD on "Machado-Joseph disease: from genetic variability to clinical heterogeneity". She then trained as a postdoc in Spain and the Netherlands.