Can you tell us about your career pathway?
I first joined the University of Liverpool in 2017 as Head of the Biochemistry Department. Following this, I was appointed to the role of Executive Dean of the new Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology.
What is your research?
My research focuses on Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Epigenetics in oxygen sensing in cells and organisms.
Do you have any advice to share?
Look for areas still unexplored, bridging between different fields of research. There is still so much unknown.
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More news
*Professor Sonia Rocha announced as First female winner of the Biochemical Society award (April 2024)
*£1.5M Wellcome Trust award for cell cycle study - Biochemists have been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award in Science of more than £1.5M to study potential disease-causing mechanisms in the cell cycle and investigate the interplay between oxygen sensing proteins and cell division.
*Pint of Science May 2024 - 'Oxygen, Why do we Need it to Live?' by Professor Sonia Rocha
Why do we need oxygen to live? Like a combustion car engine, cells in your body use oxygen to convert fuel (food) into energy. But what can a cell or organism do when they detect there isn't as much oxygen available? Spring into action, of course! By studying how cells defend themselves against a reduction in oxygen availability, we have uncovered that oxygen does much more in your body than we first thought. Sonia will share how cells protect themselves against low oxygen, but also how oxygen ultimately makes you who you are, and why this is important for both health and disease.