Biophysical Society Bulletin | June 2019

Biophysicist in Profile

Bert Poolman , the director of the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, whom Paulino had the pleasure of meeting at a European consortium of researchers several years ago, says “Cristina is a critical, demanding, ener- getic, fantastic colleague; always enthusiastic and extremely good in stimulating and challenging people.” Despite her young age, he believes that “Cristina already is very mature as [a] group leader.” Despite not having had a working relationship with her in the past, Poolman was impressed with her former work and urged Cristina to apply for the assistant professor position in cryo-EM at Groningen. During the summer of 2017, she super- vised the institution’s purchase of a state-of-the-art microscope, and Poolman had taken notice of the images that she was able to obtain. “[She] has produced fantastic structures from the moment the microscope was made operational. Cristina and I have recently obtained very exciting insights into the structure of a very complex membrane protein, which we hope to publish later this year.” Paulino advises young people who are starting their careers out in biophysics to “find their passion and always have fun doing your work. Network, communicate, find a mentor and an advocate.”

Cristina Paulino in action, acquiring data at the in-house high-end cryo-electron micro- scope Talos Arctica she supervises and manages.

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