
Dr Sophia Semerdjieva
Senior Lecturer
Neuroscience/Cell Biology
Department of Bioscience , School Of Health, Sport And Bioscience
I joined UEL in 2014 as a Senior Lecturer working on the foundation course and since then have taught and lead a variety of modules including foundation level Human Biology, BSc module in Research and Career Development and MSc module Biology of the Disease and Clinical Diagnosis.
Qualifications
- PhD Biological Sciences
- MSc Environmental Sciences and Policy
- MSc Human and Animal Physiology
Areas Of Interest
- Microplastics and Nanoplastics as environmental toxicological agents
- Molecular mechanisms of learning and Memory
- Cell signaling
PUBLICATIONS
- Semerdjieva, S., Hayder A.-R., Syed Salim Sh., Yáñez (or Yáñez-Muñoz), Rafael J., Chen, P., Tarabykin V. and P. Alifragis. 2013. Activation of EphA Receptors Mediates the Recruitment of the Adaptor Protein Slap, Contributing to the Downregulation of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors. Molecular and Cellular Biology 33(7): 1442–1455
- Russell C.L., Semerdjieva S., Empson R.M., Austen B.M., Beesley P.W. and P. Alifragis. 2012. Amyloid-β Acts as a Regulator of Neurotransmitter Release Disrupting the Interaction between Synaptophysin and VAMP2. PLoS One 7 (8): e43201.
- Semerdjieva, S., Shortt, B., Maxwell, E., Singh, S., Fonarev, P., Hansen, J., Schiavo, G., Grant, B. And E. Smythe. 2008. Coordinated Regulation of AP2 Uncoating From Clathrin-Coated Vesicles by rab5 and hRME-6. J. Cell Biology 183(3): 499-511
TEACHING
MODULES
- BS3204 Human Biology
- BS5110 Research and Career Development
- BS7203 Biology of the Disease and Clinical Diagnosis
- BS7202 Research Dissertation
Publications
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Full publications list
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