Academic interests
Summary:
As part of the Autophagy group my work aims at unveiling the molecular mechanisms of autophagy. My specific research interest revolves around lipid-binding proteins and their role in human disease. The final goal of the project is to identify novel targets for the generation of future therapeutics of autophagy related diseases.
Main interests:
- Autophagy
- Protein homeostasis
- Neurodegenerative disease
- Mechanotransduction
Education
- 2004-2011: PhD degree in Biochemistry at the Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain).
- 2004-2006: DEA in Biomedicine at the Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain).
- 2002-2004: DEA in Biomedical Science at the Université de Liège (Liege, Belgium).
- 1998-2002: Degree in Biochemistry at the Universidad de Oviedo (Oviedo, Spain).
Awards
- 2020: CanCell Junior Grant (02/20)
- 2019: CanCell Junior Grant (02/19)
- 2019: Christian Boulin Fellowship
- 2019: Internationalization support from UiO:Life Science
- 2016-2019: Scientia Fellows Fellowship, University of Oslo - Marie Curie Actions.
- 2005-2009: FPU (Formación profesorado universtario) fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
- 2008: Fellowship for short-term stay at a Foreign Institution, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
- 2004: BRD (Beca de formació en recerca i docència) grant, Universitat de Barcelona.
- 2003: Fondation Bonjean-Oleffe Award, Belgium.
- 2002-2004: Grant FNRS-Télévie, Belgium.
Positions held
- 2019-present: Researcher at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (Oslo, Norway) at the Autophagy group, Pr. Anne Simonsen.
- 2016-2019: Scientia Fellows postdoc at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (Oslo, Norway) at the Autophagy group, Pr. Anne Simonsen.
- 2014-2016: Researcher at Institute of Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) at Laboratory of Amino acid transporters and disease Pr. M. Palacín.
- 2011-2014: Postdoctoral fellow at Institute of Research on Cancer and Ageing, Nice (IRCAN) (Nice, France). Laboratory of Dr. Chloé Féral.
- 2004-2011: PhD student at Institute of Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) Laboratory of Molecular pathology and therapy in heterogenic and multigenic diseases Pr. M. Palacín.
- 2008: Visiting student University of California San Diego UCSD (La Jolla, CA, USA) Short stay at Pr. Mark Ginsberg’s Lab.
- 2002-2004: Researcher at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège (Liege, Belgium) LBTD (Laboratory of Tumor and Development Biology) Pr. J-M. Foidart and Pr. A. Noël.
- 2002: Visiting student at Turun Yliopisto (Turku, Finland) Laboratory of ABE (Antibiotic Biosynthetic Enzymes) Pr. P. Mäntsälä and Dr. J. Niemi.