Katya Popova successfully defended her PhD Theses in Genetics at the Faculty of Biology, Sofia
University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.
The thesis defence was held remotely, due to the epidemiological situation, on April 16, 2021.
The topic is “Design and applications of functional nucleic acids for control of gene expression and
development of novel therapeutic agents”. In her doctoral dissertation, Katya Popova addresses one of
the biggest threats to global health- antibiotic resistance, by designing several antisense
oligonucleotides with high specificity towards human pathogenic bacteria.
Congratulations on her success!
