A senior biology student at the School of Science the University of Navarra has taken advantage of the summer break to fill in training the Center for Molecular Recognition at Columbia University. "My work focused on the Na+/proline-dependent transporter in Escherichia coli (PutP). Using mutants of this protein, we have demonstrated the role of sodium and proline in this transporter. To do this, we conducted kinetic assays, for which I had to obtain a diploma work radioactivity at Columbia University," summarizes María Dermit.

"I performed techniques that I had studied during my degree program had never actually carried out, such as inserting genes into Drosophila melanogaster, expressing proteins in Xenopus oocytes, and creating Knockout, Knockin, and Knockdown mice, etc. "Last summer’s internship at CIMA was very useful CIMA ," emphasizes this biology student.

Life in New York centered on her work in the laboratory Columbia University, where several researchers from different centers around the world arrived this summer. However, she used the little free time she had to visit some of the most interesting sites in New York City.