Paloma Navarro Negredo – Exploring neuro-immune interactions during aging
Tenure Track Assistant Professor (as of January 2026)
Global Health Institute
EPFL, Lausanne
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I studied Natural Sciences with an emphasis in Pharmacology at the University of Cambridge. Afterwards, I pursued a Ph.D. in Cell Biology at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. Under the mentorship of Prof. Margaret Robinson I studied how proteins are sorted and trafficked inside cells.
I moved to Stanford University as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Anne Brunet where I investigated changes in the brain during aging, focusing on immune cells and how to target them with engineered proteins.
In my free time I love doing sports. I played basketball for Cambridge, rowed at the Lady Margaret Boat Club and love spending time climbing in Yosemite and exploring the Sierra Nevada.
Education and Work Experience
- 2026 – Assistant Professor, EPFL, Lausanne
- 2018-present – Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University, USA
- 2022 – Stanford Ignite Stanford Graduate School of Business Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- 2012 – 2027 – Ph.D. Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
- 2011 – 2012 – M.Res. Medical Research, University of Cambridge, UK
- 2008 – 2011 – B.A. Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK
Research Funding and Awards
- 2024 – Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience symposium. Best poster award
- 2023 – Bay Area Aging Meeting at Stanford University. Best Poster award
- 2022 – Knight Initiative for brain resilience innovation grant. Co-writer and data contribution
- 2020 – CZI single-cell biology award. Co-writer and data contribution
- 2020 – NIH 1R01AG071711-01. T cells in the aging brain. Co-writer and data contribution
- 2029 – Bay Area Aging Meeting at the Buck Institute. Best Poster award
- 2018 – Human Frontiers Science Program Long Term Fellow (LT000136/2018)
- 2025 – St. John’s College Learning and Research Fund Grant. Travel Grant
- 2011 – 2025 PhD Fellowship by Wellcome Trust/MRC 4-year PhD Program Studentship
- 2009 – 1024 St. John’s College Foundation Scholar Award. For academic excellence
- 2010 Medical Research Council Summer Studentship
- 2008 – 2011 Cambridge European Trust Scholarship. For academic excellence