Ana Oitabén, PhD student

anaoitaben@gmail.com

I have always been interested in how life works and how our body cells behave at molecular level. That is why I decided to study a Biology degree. During this period, I realized the fascination I felt for the genetics and genomics field, specially related with molecular oncology. There are as many cancer types as cancer patients, so I consider that basic research is essential to achieve patients to benefit from the knowledge of the disease. For this reason, I wish to make my career in the research of tumoral processes and develop my PhD thesis understanding 3D structure of cancer genome and how mobile elements can affect to the development of the disease.

Education and grants:

• 2019-present: PhD in Molecular Medicine at University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
• 2018-2019: MSc. in Genomics and Genetics at University of Vigo, Spain:
  • Nov. 2018 - June 2019: MECD Collaboration Scholarship | Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
• 2013-2018: BSc. in Biology at University of Vigo, Spain:
  • July 2018: Research Training Grant |CiMUS - Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases.
  • Sep. 2017 – Jan. 2018: SICUE Mobility Program | Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
  • Jul. 2017 – Aug. 2017: Research Training Grant | Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC).
  • Sep. 2016 – June 2017: Erasmus Scholarship | European Union.