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Researcher
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Estefanía Lozano Andrés studied Molecular Biology and Immunology in Spain (Bachelor and Master Degrees in Madrid). In 2016 she joined María Yáñez-Mó Lab and started her PhD on the development of Reference Materials for EV analysis. Currently she is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie PhD Candidate at the research group of Prof. Marca Wauben at Utrecht University (the Netherlands).
Her main research interest is focused in the study and understanding of EVs, which are nano-sized vesicles released by cells. EVs contain selected proteins, lipids and nucleic acids that reflect the status and origin of cells. Besides fundamental and technical research she is working to explore whether specific EV-signatures in biofluids may be used as biomarkers. Furthermore, she has been exceptionally fascinated by flow cytometry since she started her scientific career, and her research involves the use of high-resolution flow cytometry to bring to light the characterization of EV subsets and exploit the several opportunities that lay ahead in the use of EV as biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of diseases.
As part of the TRAIN-EV Consortium (http://train-ev.eu), which brings together a group of leading European scientists working on EVs, she is also actively involved in several collaborative projects. Estefanía is also a member of the EV Flow Cytometry Working Group (http://www.evflowcytometry.org) which is a collaborative initiative, involving scientists, innovators, and experts in the fields of extracellular vesicles, cytometry, and laboratory medicine, to improve methods, standards, and tools available for the study of EVs.