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Alejandra Carbajal

Alejandra Carbajal

Business Systems and Engagement Coordinator

Biography

Alejandra is an accomplished research and clinical scientist with extensive expertise in electron microscopy. She developed her specialisation through years of research at leading international research institutes, where she focused on advanced electron microscopy methods and contributed to groundbreaking studies in multidisciplinary research environments.

Following several years as an Electron Microscopy Applications Specialist and as Facility Manager (maternity cover) at the Centre for Ultrastructural Imaging (CUI) at King’s, Alejandra transitioned to the Innovation & Business Development team. She currently works as Business Systems & Engagement Coordinator, where she promotes the university’s core research facilities, develops strategies to increase the visibility and utilisation of cutting-edge research infrastructure and cultivates connections across departments and with external collaborators to maximise the impact of King’s scientific resources.

Research

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Centre for Ultrastructural Imaging

The Centre for Ultrastructural Imaging (CUI) is the electron microscopy core facility at King's.

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Microscopy Innovation Centre

The Microscopy Innovation Centre promotes the development and uptake of cutting edge optical microscopy methods for biological imaging.

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Nikon Imaging Centre

The Nikon Imaging Centre at King’s College London (NIC@King's) is a core facility for light microscopy developed in partnership between King’s College London and Nikon Instruments UK.

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London Metallomics Facility

The London Metallomics Facility (LMF) is a King’s College London core research facility, providing the analytical tools to understand the critical roles that metals play in biology.

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Proteomics Facility

Part of the The King's Centre of Excellence for Mass Spectrometry (CEMS) this facility provides state of the art protein mass spectrometry support for researchers at KCL.

Data captured by instrument in the NMR Facility
NMR Facility

NMR Facility

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Containment Level 3 Facility (CL3)

The CL3 Facility offers laboratory facilities at containment level 3, specialising in the use of aerosol-transmitted pathogens. The facility also offers enhanced biosecurity arrangement

Events

21May

Advancing Spatial Biology Through Integrated Biomarker Strategies: Connecting Tissue Architecture with Circulating Signals

Learn how high-plex spatial phenotyping technologies, developed by Akoya Biosciences and now part of Quanterix, enable comprehensive characterization of...

04Jun

The Future of Personalised Medicine: Exploring King's new Smart Trials Hub

Why do some patients respond to treatments while others don't? See how the Hub can support your research using its integrated multi‑modal, multi‑omics...

07May

Covaris Beyond DNA Shearing - Adaptive Focused Acoustics® (AFA®): Comprehensive End-to-End Sample Preparation Solutions Across Multi-Omic Applications

Join us on Thursday 7 May at 12.30 pm for our next seminar where we will explore the Covaris Adaptive Focused Acoustics® (AFA®) ultrasonication technology for...

Please note: this event has passed.

30Apr

Advancing Multiomics Workflows with Magnetic Bead–Based Automation on KingFisher Platforms

In this presentation, we will provide an overview of the principles underlying magnetic bead–based separation and its application across multiomics workflows,...

Please note: this event has passed.

23Apr

Imaging across the periodic table

Dr Lukas Schlatt and Dr Alex Morrell will present the Nu Instruments Vitesse time‑of‑flight ICP‑MS and show how next‑generation mass spectrometry is...

Please note: this event has passed.

16Apr

Raman Microscopy for Biological Research: Label-Free Molecular Imaging of Cells and Tissue

Raman microscopy provides chemically specific, spatially resolved molecular information without sample preparation, exogenous labels, or specimen destruction....

Please note: this event has passed.

12Mar

Analytical Bites: Democratising the analysis, integration and visualisation of spatial, single-cell transcriptomics and proteomics datasets using Multi-Dimensional Viewer

Discover an open-source tool for integrating and visualising complex multi-omics data, helping researchers explore and interpret large, multi-modal biomedical...

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26Feb

Analytical Bites: Learning Multi-Omics Through Clinical Cases: From Paediatric Obesity to Liver Fibrosis

Discover how multi-omics technologies are transforming clinical research by uncovering the molecular mechanisms of complex diseases through real-world,...

Please note: this event has passed.

11Feb

Imaging Bites - Automated Inverted Imaging Microscope Platform: IXplore IX85

Lunch & Learn seminar bringing together the King’s imaging community and industry experts to share knowledge and explore cutting-edge topics in imaging.

Please note: this event has passed.

28Jan

Imaging Bites - Rethinking Immuno-Fluorescence

Lunch & Learn seminar bringing together the King’s imaging community and industry experts to share knowledge and explore cutting-edge topics in imaging.

Please note: this event has passed.

Research

CUI banner image
Centre for Ultrastructural Imaging

The Centre for Ultrastructural Imaging (CUI) is the electron microscopy core facility at King's.

Image lab
Microscopy Innovation Centre

The Microscopy Innovation Centre promotes the development and uptake of cutting edge optical microscopy methods for biological imaging.

NIC banner 3
Nikon Imaging Centre

The Nikon Imaging Centre at King’s College London (NIC@King's) is a core facility for light microscopy developed in partnership between King’s College London and Nikon Instruments UK.

LMF Image
London Metallomics Facility

The London Metallomics Facility (LMF) is a King’s College London core research facility, providing the analytical tools to understand the critical roles that metals play in biology.

Multi-coloured pattern
Proteomics Facility

Part of the The King's Centre of Excellence for Mass Spectrometry (CEMS) this facility provides state of the art protein mass spectrometry support for researchers at KCL.

Data captured by instrument in the NMR Facility
NMR Facility

NMR Facility

NIC@KCL Event Visual-blank_1080x1080
Containment Level 3 Facility (CL3)

The CL3 Facility offers laboratory facilities at containment level 3, specialising in the use of aerosol-transmitted pathogens. The facility also offers enhanced biosecurity arrangement

Events

21May

Advancing Spatial Biology Through Integrated Biomarker Strategies: Connecting Tissue Architecture with Circulating Signals

Learn how high-plex spatial phenotyping technologies, developed by Akoya Biosciences and now part of Quanterix, enable comprehensive characterization of...

04Jun

The Future of Personalised Medicine: Exploring King's new Smart Trials Hub

Why do some patients respond to treatments while others don't? See how the Hub can support your research using its integrated multi‑modal, multi‑omics...

07May

Covaris Beyond DNA Shearing - Adaptive Focused Acoustics® (AFA®): Comprehensive End-to-End Sample Preparation Solutions Across Multi-Omic Applications

Join us on Thursday 7 May at 12.30 pm for our next seminar where we will explore the Covaris Adaptive Focused Acoustics® (AFA®) ultrasonication technology for...

Please note: this event has passed.

30Apr

Advancing Multiomics Workflows with Magnetic Bead–Based Automation on KingFisher Platforms

In this presentation, we will provide an overview of the principles underlying magnetic bead–based separation and its application across multiomics workflows,...

Please note: this event has passed.

23Apr

Imaging across the periodic table

Dr Lukas Schlatt and Dr Alex Morrell will present the Nu Instruments Vitesse time‑of‑flight ICP‑MS and show how next‑generation mass spectrometry is...

Please note: this event has passed.

16Apr

Raman Microscopy for Biological Research: Label-Free Molecular Imaging of Cells and Tissue

Raman microscopy provides chemically specific, spatially resolved molecular information without sample preparation, exogenous labels, or specimen destruction....

Please note: this event has passed.

12Mar

Analytical Bites: Democratising the analysis, integration and visualisation of spatial, single-cell transcriptomics and proteomics datasets using Multi-Dimensional Viewer

Discover an open-source tool for integrating and visualising complex multi-omics data, helping researchers explore and interpret large, multi-modal biomedical...

Please note: this event has passed.

26Feb

Analytical Bites: Learning Multi-Omics Through Clinical Cases: From Paediatric Obesity to Liver Fibrosis

Discover how multi-omics technologies are transforming clinical research by uncovering the molecular mechanisms of complex diseases through real-world,...

Please note: this event has passed.

11Feb

Imaging Bites - Automated Inverted Imaging Microscope Platform: IXplore IX85

Lunch & Learn seminar bringing together the King’s imaging community and industry experts to share knowledge and explore cutting-edge topics in imaging.

Please note: this event has passed.

28Jan

Imaging Bites - Rethinking Immuno-Fluorescence

Lunch & Learn seminar bringing together the King’s imaging community and industry experts to share knowledge and explore cutting-edge topics in imaging.

Please note: this event has passed.