Dr Blanca Perez Sepulveda BSc Hons, MRes, PhD (She/Her)
Postdoctoral Research Associate Clinical Infection, Microbiology & Immunology
About
Personal Statement
I am a Molecular Microbiologist interested in how bacteria and phages interact and survive in their environments, their genomic architecture and the molecular mechanisms of phage resistance. I am currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Jay Hinton Lab, focused on the molecular mechanisms and environmental reservoirs of invasive Salmonella Enteritidis & their phages, and leading the “10,000 Salmonella Genomes project”.
Prizes or Honours
- Unsung hero - EDI Champion (NPDC23, 2023)
- Infection Science Award (Microbiology Society, 2023)
- Finalist - Biological and Biomedical Sciences (STEM for Britain, 2022)
- Johnston Researcher Development Fund (Institute of Integrative Biology, 2019)
- Best PhD thesis award (Faculty of Sciences, University of Warwick, 2016)
- Best teaser talk (IIB away day, 2016)
- 1st place in the 2017 Christmas card competition (Vice Chancellor, University of Liverpool, 2017)