Amaya Miquelajáuregui

EDUCATION

College / University

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Academic exchange at McGill University, Montreal

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Neurobiology, evolution, developmental biology and genetics

Country

Mexico

Lab Experience

Measurement of neurotransmitters (microdialysis coupled to CE-LIFD, stereotaxic and histological techniques) and behavioural tests (actimetric analysis)

Projects/Research

01/2000 – 08/2000: HIV-induced apoptosis in helper T-cells. (Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Servicio de Infectología, México D.F.,México)
10/2000 – 09/2001: Dopamine and noradrenaline in the nucleus accumbens during amphetamine sensitisation in freely moving rats. (Laboratoire de Neuropharmacologie et Neurochimie, INSERM U.512 Lyon, France)

Scholarships / Awards

2001:	Diplome d´études approfondies (Neuroscience) from Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
2000 – 2001:	Scholarship from Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) for academic studies at Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
1999 – 2000:	UNAM´s award to outstanding students (scholarship for academic exchange at McGill University)
1998 – 2001:	Fundación Telmex
1988 – 2001:	Fundación Andrade

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

Integrative neuroscience with special interest in neurogenetics, musical perception, brain imaging and computer modelling, neurobiology of aging and apoptosis.