Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1, Tzar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Biography
Dr. Michaela Beltcheva is a researcher in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | BAS · Biomonitoring and ecological risk.His recent research includes Lead and cadmium are long established toxic and carcinogenic metals. Still, the mechanisms of their interaction with eukaryotic DNA are not unequivocally understood. New data provide evidence on the influence of both metals on DNA repair, particularly non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) and mismatch repair.