Antonia is a PhD student in the Percharde lab. She completed her BSc in Biology at the University of Chile, where she also earned her MSc in the System Microbiology Lab. During her master’s studies, she spent a summer in Saiardi's lab at the LMCB, University College London. Before beginning her PhD, Antonia worked as a research assistant at the "Laboratorio BEM", University of Chile. In the Percharde lab, she is investigating the mechanisms that regulate transposable element activity during early development.