Alma
Carolina
Sanchez
Rocha

Dr. Alma Carolina Sanchez Rocha is a biologist and postdoctoral researcher studying how genes are regulated. Her research focuses on transcription factors—proteins that help turn genes on or off—and specifically explores how certain flexible protein regions, known as intrinsically disordered regions, quickly and accurately find their specific DNA targets in the genome. Current scientific models have not fully explained this process, so she is developing new methods to visualize and understand the structures involved.

Alma is developing new methods to visualize and understand the structures involved in how intrinsically disordered regions quickly and accurately find their specific DNA targets in the genome.

Carolina earned her BSc in biology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and her PhD from Charles University. Originally from Mexico City, she currently lives in Rehovot. Carolina is passionate about science communication and actively organizes international meetings on proteins and their structures and functions. She also enjoys spending time with her family, visiting art museums worldwide, and learning about art history.