Laura Reyes Fraile obtained her BSc in Chemistry at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
During her Bachelor, she did an internship at the Experimental Bioinformatics Laboratory (EBL) of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, where she was initiated in the chemistry of nucleic acids. In particular, her investigation was part of a project focused on the development of therapeutic RNAs under the supervision of Prof. Orozco. As part of the Final Degree Project, she explored DNA and RNA sequences able to form G-quadruplex structures and their interaction with some drugs, working under the supervision of Prof. Eritja at the CSIC-IQAC, Spain.
After presenting her final degree project, she joined the Molecular Modelling and Bioinformatics group at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona lead by Prof. Orozco. Her investigation combined the study of the effect of different backbone and sugar modifications of nucleic acids on antisense and ARN interference gene modulation mechanisms.
Laura holds a master’s degree in Drug Research, Development and Control from the University of Barcelona, Spain.
| Host institution |
Sixfold Bioscience Ltd., London, United Kingdom |
| Supervisor | Dr. Anna Perdrix Rosell |
| Co-Supervisors | Prof. Annemieke Madder, Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Gent, Belgium (Academic) |
| Dr. Sean Lim, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom (Clinician) | |
| Prof. Eugen Stulz, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, UK |