Isabel Esaín-García
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Isabel Esaín | |
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| Born | Isabel Esaín García 16 March 1998 Zaragoza, Spain |
| Education | Biochemist |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London, University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Cancer researcher |
| Known for | Control of oncogenesis |
Isabel Esaín García (born 16 March 1998 in Zaragoza) is a Spanish Biochemist, a PhD in Chemical Sciences and a cancer researcher, as well as a violagambist.
She studied at the IES Ítaca in Zaragoza and then moved to London, where she studied biochemistry at Imperial College and music at the Royal College of Music. Later she completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge, with a PhD thesis on genome and epigenomic engineering applied to DNA.[1]
Research
She developed her research career during her doctorate with professors Shankar Balasubramanian and David Tannahill, focusing on the structure of DNA and in particular on gene regulation. Following this, she developed an innovative method to control oncogenes, which, when mutated, trigger the formation of tumors. This technique allows genes to be "turned on" or "turned off" with great precision, thus opening up a new range of possibilities for the treatment of cancer and other genetic diseases. The discovery of this mechanism earned her the 2024 award for the best doctoral thesis, an award given annually by Cancer Research UK (CRUK), a Cambridge institute dedicated to Cancer Research in the United Kingdom.[2][3]
Future Projects
She currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California (Berkeley, United States) in the research group led by Jennifer Doudna, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020.[4] One of her future goals is to promote the creation of an institute for personalized medicine in her homeland (Aragon, Spain), which would continue her research and offer new therapeutic solutions to cancer patients. To this end, she has maintained contacts with leading Aragonese authorities.[5][6]
At the same time, she has developed a musical career as a viol performer, an instrument she began playing at the age of seven at the Zaragoza Professional Music Conservatory.[7][8]
