Layla Simón

The researcher's five main lines of investigation are:
- Metabolism.
- Inflammation.
- Cancer.
- Bioactive compounds.
- Cell cultures.

Personal resume

Biochemist, PhD in Biological Sciences. Experienced in teaching and student supervision. Technical and analytical skills with excellent proficiency in computer tools. Postdoctoral fellow at the Cellular Communication Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, from 2019 to 2023, working on the project "Effect of Caveolin-1 over the Metabolic Reprogramming in Metastatic Cancer Cells." Currently, Principal Investigator of the FONDECYT Initiation project "Phlorotannin-rich extracts obtained from Chilean brown seaweeds inhibit Caveolin-- induced glycolysis and the metastatic potential of cancer cells."