Molecular Biology (MSc/PhD)

Carolina Monteiro

EDUCATION

College / University

University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Molecular Biology, Genetics
Monteiro

Country

Portugal

Lab Experience

Yeast two-hybrid assay; DNA cloning; PCR; ELISA; SDS-PAGE; affinity column chromatography; basics of fluorescence and live cell microscopy; understanding of FISH and smFISH; mammalian cell culture; animal dissection.

Projects / Research

  • 01/2019 – 03/2019: “Characterisation of components of the spliced leader trans-splicing machinery in C.elegans”, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen
  • 06/2018: “The importance of acetate transport in bacteria for heterologous protein production”, Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), University of Minho
  • 07/2017: “Investigating a possible role for Zeb2 NAT on Zeb2 transcription”, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Lisbon

Scholarships / Awards

2019 – 2020: Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2019: Molecular Biology Prize of the University of Aberdeen

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

Gene expression is regulated in many stages by different molecules and I find this diversity of mechanisms one of the most interesting topics in biology. Due to its interesting properties and still somewhat obscure set of functions, I am particularly interested in the roles of both coding and non-coding RNAs in gene regulation. In the future, I would like to explore non-coding RNA-mediated control of gene expression.