Raquel Parreira is currently doing a Ph.D. in Bioengineering and Biotechnology at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland and she did her studies in the field of Biological Engineering at IST in Lisbon, Portugal. Her main focus is developing a variety of mechanically actuated systems for mechanobiology studies, for example, engineered biopolymers for in situ local mechanical stimulation and micro-soft robotic tools as the microgrippers and compressors recently published in Lab-on-a-Chip journal.