Celia Santos Tapia
Graduated in Biology and master’s degree in Cellular Biology and Genetics (UAM). She pursues a PhD at the IRB where she models tumor processes using the wing of the fly Drosophila Melanogaster. She has participated in several science outreach programs such as Crazy about biomedicine at the IRB, Research en Societat del Parque Científico or the Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge at the Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera. In 2017, she founded, together with two colleagues, the group “Noies al lab!”, which aims to promote the scientific and technological vocations of girls and make visible female referents in science.
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