María Natalia Lisa has a degree in Biotechnology from the Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, and completed her PhD at the IBR. She did post-doctoral studies at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, where she got trained in the use of X-ray protein crystallography for the study of signal transduction pathways in pathogenic bacteria. She is an Associate Researcher at CONICET and head of the institute’s Structural Microbiology and Biodesign Lab. Dr. Lisa’s group studies molecular mechanisms that mediate signal transduction through protein:protein interfaces. These investigations aim to produce fundamental knowledge in cell physiology, with application in drug design and biotechnology, and in molecular biology, with potential in nanotechnology. Dr. Lisa has received international fellowships from organizations such as the European Molecular Biology Organization and the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, was distinguished by the Municipal Council of Rosario and the Chamber of Deputies of Santa Fe, and received the TOYP Santa Fe award, among others.

She is the director of the project Molecular mechanisms of the regulation of nitrogen metabolism in Actinobacteria.

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