Esther Lafuente Duarte, PhD
Professional Career
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2011 until date. Profesor Titular Inmunología (Associate professor in Immunology) at the Department of Microbiology I (Immunology area), UCM. Madrid, Spain.
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2006-2011. ‘Ramón y Cajal’ tenure track position at the Department of Microbiology I (Immunology area), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain.
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Project: Role of RIAM in tumorigenesis and leukocyte biology
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2001-2006. Research associate positionat the Department of Hematological Malignancies at Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)- Harvard University. Boston, MA USA.
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Project: Characterization of RIAM, a new Rap1 interacting protein involved in integrin mediated cell adhesion.
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1999-2000. Postdoctoral Student in the Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO).
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Project: Study of long range RNA-RNA interactions in the Internal Ribosome Entry Sites (IRES) of Hepatitis C virus.
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1996 -1998. Research associate at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge (UK).
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Project: Characterization of eukaryotics mRNAs translated by Internal Ribosome Entry Sites (IRES).
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June 1996. PhD in Biology in the” Instituto de Biomedicina y Parasitología Lopez-Neyra” Granada, Spain.
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Project:” Isolation and molecular characterization of a new protein ltrpgpE and its role in multidrug resistance in the parasite Leishmania tropica.”
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June 1990. Graduated in Biology in the Sciences School of the Universidad De Granada (UGR), Granada . Spain.
Publications
Teaching in Immunology
Grades:
- Grado de Bioquimica
- Grado de Nutrición Humana y Dietetica
- Grado de Medicina
- Licenciatura de Farmacia
- Licenciatura de Biología
Postgrade:
Máster en Investigación en Inmunología
Coordinadora del Máster en Investigación en Inmunología
Teaching Innovation projects
Títle: Encuentros estudiantes-profesionales del grado en Nutrición Humana y Dietética. Actividades complementarias a las prácticas curriculares externas. 2022
Nº de referencia: 136
Responsable del Proyecto: MARIA ESTHER LAFUENTE DUARTE
Agency: UCM