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Barcelona Y Alrededores, España

Position held: PhD studentThesis topic: Identification of actionable mechanisms by screening with CRISPR inadvanced and castration resistant prostate cancerResearch group: Uncovering new mechanisms driving prostate cancer progression and metastasis and to elucidate how these mechanisms contribute to the emergence of therapeutic resistance. Use of genetically-engineered mice (GEM) to model relevant molecular alterations, thereby recapitulating the progression pathway observed in human prostate cancer.Supervisor: Álvaro Aytes Meneses

Departamento De Genética Y Microbiología

Master thesis topic: Effects of NHEJ inhibition in Fanconi anemia human cellular modelsResearch group: biology and genetics of Fanconi/BRCA pathway cancer suppressor pathway, which is implicated in several malignancies resulting from a defective DNA lesion repair.Tasks and learning: use of genome editing tools to obtain knock-out cell lines for functional studies implicated in Fanconi/BRCA pathway. Learning of cytogenetic, flow cytometry and molecular genetics tools.

Instituto De Biología Molecular Y Celular. Compuestos Naturales Bioactivos

Position held: Student with research grantFinal degree thesis: Photoprotection and antioxidant capacity of flavonoids in human keratinocytes.Research group: characterization of biological activity of natural bioactive compounds, using cell and animal models to understand the mechanism beyond the effects of those compounds in human health.Tasks and learning: biochemical methods used for plant extract characterization. Cell culture assays, focused in the study of plant compound and extracts effects in cancer and queratinocytes cell lines.Supervisors: Vicente Micol y Enrique Barrajón

Instituto De Bioingniería (Unidad De Genética)

Position held: summer studentResearch group: genetic and molecular studies to characterize new gene functions related with chloroplast genome expression, using Arabidopsis thaliana as experimental plant model.Tasks and learning: preparation and sterilization of cell culture media and solutions; in vitro and potting culture of plants; collection and seed sterilization and maintenance of the lines. In addition, use of molecular biology techniques such as extraction, amplification and DNA electrophoresis.Supervisors: Pedro Robles Ramos and Victor Manuel Quesada

Doctor Of Biomedicine

Master In Advanced Genetics, Molecular Genetics

Master was taught entirely in English.

Grado En Biotecnología, Biotechnology

Practical lessons were taught in English.

Scientific Baccalaureate (With Honors)