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New CIM Member - Maria Hernández

Maria Andrea Hernández Castañeda is a new PhD student in Antonio Barragan´s research group at CIM.

Short background

Maria Hernández

I graduated from the Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) in 2008 with a B.Sc. in Microbiology and continued on to complete my Master´s degree in the same institution.

Why CIM?

I've always been fascinated with the different strategies used by parasites in order to evade the immune system of a particular host.

And when I saw that at CIM there is a group working on this field, I decided to apply and... Here I am!

Hobbies

Dancing, reading, movies.

Favourite place

My grandma's country house in Huila, Colombia.

Book on my bedside table

Thomas Holland: One drop of blood.

Motto

Live each day as if it were your last!

Unknown talent

Bambuco dancer.

Center for Infectious Medicine