Lucía Rojas Meza

EDUCATION

College / University

Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biology

Country

Peru

Lab Experience

Basic techniques in molecular and cellular biology: PCR and gel electrophoresis, DNA extraction, cell culture, western blot, fluorescence microscopy, neuroblastoma transfection
Microbiology basic techniques: cloning and protein expression

Projects / Research

2018 – 2019: Purification of RNAp enzyme and cofactor Sigma 70. Dr. Daniel Guerra Giraldez, Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia
2017 – 2018: Construction of chiqueric protein of green fluorescent green protein and calpain 10. Dra. Ana Victoria Vega Salcedo, National Autonomous University of México, UNAM
2017 – 2018: Protein-protein interactions of voltage dependent sodium channels. Dra. Ana Victoria Vega Salcedo, UNAM

Scholarships / Awards

2019 – 2020:	Stipend by International Max Planck Research School
2017:	UPCH student mobility support fund

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I am interested in the interplay between environmental factors, which includes our own perception of the world and social, physical and emotional experiences with molecular and genetic factors over the human behavior. In particular, I am interested in behavioral disorders and neuropsychiatric diseases and their impact on brain epigenetics and synaptic plasticity affecting learning and cognitive processes.