Dr Elena Hidalgo
Position
Lecturer
Qualifications
PhD in Pharmacy
Biography
Elena Hidalgo graduated in pharmacy from the University of Barcelona, where she obtained her PhD in Biochemistry. After eight years of postdoctoral work in Boston and London, she was recruited by UPF in 2000, where she is currently codirector of the Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle Group. Her lab uses the Schizosaccharomyces pombe eukaryotic model system to study the toxicity associated with oxygen-derived species, specifically protein oxidation and aggregation, and to describe the signalling processes controlled by oxidants.
Subjects they teach
Molecular and Cell Biology
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Programme:
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This course covers the basic principles of cell structure and function, in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Subjects include the cytoskeleton, the endoplasmic reticulum, lysosomes, chromosome, nucleus and cytoplasmic organelles. The course also explores molecular mechanisms and replication, transcription and translation, as well as regulation and control.
2019-2020 teaching plan subject (in extinction).