Christiana Lekka
PhD Student
cl728@exeter.ac.uk
RILD Building
University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Building, RD&E Hospital Wonford, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
Overview
Christiana’s educational background lies within medical biochemistry, cell signalling and bioinformatics, while her research focuses on the investigation of the role of tau, the microtubule-associated protein, tau, in pancreatic beta cells.
Qualifications
- 2018 - MSc Advanced Biological Sciences (Bioinformatics), University of Liverpool
- 2017 - BSc Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford
Research
Research projects
Current Projects:
- PhD project: ‘Does hyperphosphorylation of the microtubule-interacting protein, tau, cause beta cell dysfunction?, supervised by Dr. Richardson and Prof. Morgan.