Post 7: An Expert on your Field

When we asked Dr. Claudia Durán for an interview about science project on Alzheimer's disease at school, she accepted and we went to the Institute of Biomedical Neuroscience at the University of Chile in order to meet her personally. I remember that she was very polite and patient with us when answering the questions, that made me think that scientists are not different from us. When she introduced us the laboratory, I felt that I was in another world and when she invited us a coffee, she encouraged us to study what we wanted and not to be afraid of studying a scientific career.

She is a Biologist, did a Master on Science with a mention in Immunology from the University of Chile and an doctorate in Biomedicine. She specialized in the evaluation of neuropathological and clinical characteristics of neurodegenerative disorders, especially the Alzheimer's disease. In the present, she is a researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Neurosciences and a director at the Professional Corporation for Alzheimer and other Dementias (COPRAD).

She is currently working on the search for effective therapies against the neurodegenerative pathologies and aging, through animal models. In addition to identifying biomarkers for early detection of Alzheimer´ disease.