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