Affiliation: University of Sheffield

Ália dos Santos is currently a PhD student in the lab of Dr. Christopher Toseland, at the Department of Oncology and Metabolism at the University of Sheffield. Ália received her BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Lisbon in 2012. Following this, Ália worked in glycobiology at Imperial College London for Prof. Kurt Drickamer and then at King’s College London in membrane protein stability with Prof. Paula Booth.

For her doctoral work, Ália’s research has focused on the effects of DNA damage on the mechanical properties of the nucleus. Ália is also interested in the role of molecular motors in transcription and has a special interest in super-resolution microscopy and atomic force microscopy.