Lidia Prieto-Lafuente
Location: Room 314, Ashworth Laboratories
Phone 0131-650-67623
Email: Lidia.Prieto-Lafuente@ed.ac.uk
Website: http://zeldia.cap.ed.ac.uk/allenlab/people/prieto-lafuente.htm
CV
Research Experience
- 1998-1999 Molecular Biology Centre “Severo Ochoa”, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. Research Project: New genetic therapies for Parkinson’s disease.
- 1999-2000 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. Research Project: Cianotoxins determination.
- 2000-2001 Department of Molecular Biology, Section of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santader, Spain. Research Project: The role of apoptotic genes during haematopoietic differentiation, and; B-T cell interaction.
- 2002-to date University of Edinburgh. ICAPB/IIIR. Expression of filarial proteins in Leishmania to test for immune evasion.
- PhD project: Relation and Function of Host and Parasite Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Homologues.
Degrees
- 1994-1997 Chemistry Science at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.
- 1997-1999 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.
- DEGREE in BIOCHEMISTRY and MOLECULAR BIOLOGY awarded by the Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, September 1999.
Research Interests
Parasite-Host interactions. I’m more interested in the parasite point of view.
Other interests
I like learning different languages and cultures. I’m fluent in Spanish and English and I’ve been studying German for 3 years at the University’s Institute for Applied Language Studies.