Congratulations to Darwin graduate Dr Isabel Esain Garcia, who has been awarded this year’s PhD Thesis Prize by Cancer Research UK in recognition of her outstanding research project. Isabel graduated this summer with a PhD in Medical Science.
Over the course of her doctoral research, Isabel discovered a new molecular mechanism in cancer gene regulation. Her research identifies a new method of controlling the expression of cancer genes by manipulating their physical structure, opening up the possibility of a universally applicable cancer treatment.
Her supervisors, Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Dr David Tannahill, said:
“Isabel is a capable and committed young scientist. Her experimental design, execution and analysis were superb. In turn, the outcomes of her PhD study provide arguably the most compelling data to date to settle a central question (and controversy) in the field, by supporting a causative role for these DNA secondary structures.”
Further details of Isabel’s work are available on the CRUK website.
