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Lucía Ageitos Castiñeiras

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Lucía Ageitos Castiñeiras
Predoctoral researcher
(Predoctoral assistance from the Xunta de Galicia)
lucia.ageitosc@udc.es 
+ 34 881 015588 (CICA)

 

Lucia Ageitos obtained her Chemistry Bachelor degree in 2017 and her Master’s Degree in Chemical Research and Industrial Chemistry, with the specialization in synthetic chemistry, in 2018, both at the University of A Coruña (UDC). Her End of Master’s Degree and End of Degree projects were focused on the synthesis of Tonabersat analogs, a drug in clinical trial IIB, and the study of its interaction with connexin 43 (Cx-43). During these academic years, Lucía has learned synthetic abilities, structural characterization, and multiple biological techniques. She completed her PhD thesis within the PhD program in Environmental and Fundamental Chemistry within the Marine Natural Products Research team (PRONAMAR) at the Interdisciplinary Center for Chemistry and Biology (CICA) at the UDC under the supervision of Professors Dr. Jaime Rodríguez and Dr. Carlos Jiménez. She was awarded a predoctoral grant from the Xunta de Galicia 2019.
She defended her thesis at the UDC on February 2, 2024, which focused on the search for new antimicrobial agents from natural sources and uptake systems. She received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Xunta de Galicia to complete a stay at the University of California, San Diego (USA) and subsequently joined the UDC.