Martina Haller

Daniel Swarovski Research Laboratory, Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Biography

Martina did a Master in Molecular Biology at the Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck, Austria. For her PhD she joined the Molecular Cell Biology and Oncology (MCBO) doctorate program at the Innsbruck Medical University. Her undergraduate research focused on the characterization of intracellular signaling pathways which control the production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. In a collaborative research project Martina was also working on a tumour suppressor pathway in leukemia and its role in cellular transformation. For her postdoctoral studies, Martina moved to the University of Glasgow and joined a research team at the CRUK Beatson Institute. Her postdoctoral research was centered on mitochondria, cell death and autophagy in cancer cells. In particular Martina was investigating the interplay between essential autophagy proteins and the cell death machinery. During her Postdoc Martina was actively engaged in the preparation and revision of scientific manuscripts and as such became interested in science communication and publishing. Martina joined Frontiers in February 2015.