Raquel Faba Rodríguez PhD
Lead Protein Scientist
Raquel has expertise in molecular biology, protein construct design, bioinformatics, cell culture, protein crystallisation, purification and analysis.
More about Raquel
After studying biotechnology at the University of Salamanca in Spain, Raquel moved to Manchester to do a 3-month internship in the biotech company Epistem Ltd., where she ended up staying for over 2 years doing mainly qPCR related work. Longing to pursue a career in protein science, she embarked on a PhD at the University of East Anglia, landing upon by chance an X-ray crystallography project which, luckily, she ended up enjoying very much.
From the years of her PhD, Raquel gained experience in all aspects of X-ray crystallography, from construct design to structure solution. After her PhD, she missed the north of England and wanted to keep expanding her protein science and structural biology skills, so she joined the University of Sheffield as a postdoc for a short period, in which she gained experience in cryo-EM, before making her way to Peak Proteins to work as a protein scientist.
When not in the lab, Raquel enjoys cooking (and eating!), hiking, spending time in the garden, reading and travelling.
Protein Science Team
