Beatriz Marín Díaz. Universidad de Extremadura

• WHO are you?

I am Beatriz Marín Díaz, a 25-year-old predoctoral researcher at the UNEX.

• WHAT do you research?

I research liver cancer.

• WHERE do you research?

I conduct my research at the University of Extremadura, in the Faculty of Science, specifically in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

• WHEN do you plan to do your work?

The current project I am working on has a duration of four years.

• WHY is your work important?

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Spain. Specifically, liver cancer has a survival rate between 12% and 35%. Finding pharmacological targets or markers that can help detect or predict it is of vital importance.

• Is your work related to any EU mission?

It is related to the mission Cancer: working with Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan to improve the lives of more than 3 million people by 2030 through prevention, cure and solutions to live longer and better.

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