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Made in Spain , but with a Scottish heart . Living with another researcher in the centre of Edinburgh. I do crazy experiments during the day and watch movies at night. I run and climb for fun! I am an active member of the chessand chemistry  society.

Always trying to learn new things and read exciting books!

I am a PhD student working at the University of Edinburgh. In my research, I work with            drugs and lasers to cure cancer. Maybe you have heard of chemotherapy, this treatment in which you introduce drugs in your body to combat cancer. When the drugs are inside of you, they try to kill the tumour, but can also hurt your body. My work is to use lasers to make the drugs active only where the cancer is and to avoid your body to get hurt. I also use computers to understand what are the drugs made of, so I can make them more efficient!

To see the drugs in high detail I put my drugs in a very potent microscope and see what happens!

On a typical day, I start the morning by getting a warm coffee and chat with my lab mates. Then, after we tell us a joke or two, I read some articles about my work and design the crazy experiments. Before going to the laboratory, it is necessary to prepare the samples. One of the best parts of my work is that the drugs I use are very colourful (as you can see :).  After I prepare my samples, I go to the lab where my lasers are.