Dr Isabel PalaciosLecturer in Cell Biology, Nanchang Joint ProgrammeEmail: i.palacios@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: +44 (0)20 7882 6909Room Number: Room 3.13, Fogg BuildingProfileResearchSupervisionProfileDr Isabel Palacios is a lecturer on the Nanchang Joint Programme at Queen Mary University of London and a visitor scientist at the University of Cambridge. She has extensive research experience and has worked in various research positions at the University of Cambridge for over 12 years. Dr Palacios completed her PhD studies at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany. She has been successful in obtaining various grants from distinguished institutions such as the BBSRC, the Wellcome Trust, CRUK and Alzheimer’s Research UK. Her ultimate scientific aim is to contribute to the understanding of diseases, and she believes that in order to achieve this goal we need to understand fundamental cell biophysical mechanisms underpinning health. She is focusing her research in the multidisciplinary field of cell and tissue biophysics. Her major interest is on the cell biophysical function of cytoskeletal forces and proteins during germline development, although she is exploring some of her findings in other cells (e.g., neurons) and organisms (e.g., mouse), in a collaborative manner. She is a founder of the charity DrosAfrica, with the mission of helping to set up an African research community using Drosophila as a model system for human diseases of interest in the area (see http://drosafrica.org for details). View Isabel's Zoology Lab on the University of Cambridge website. View Isabel's personal lab webpage Research department Biochemistry ResearchResearch Interests:See Isabel Palacios' research profile pages including details of research interests, publications, and live grants.SupervisionPhD supervision Laila Al-Khatib Beatriz Fernandez Fernandez