Research topic:- Modulation of the tumor microenvironment (vasculature and immune systems) to improve cancer treatment.

Research topics:- Cancer immunotherapy: Mechanisms and targeting strategies for breast cancer immune escape from NK cell cytotoxicity.- Generation and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hESCs, hiPSCs) in diabetes research.

Taught the following topics in the graduate program at the College of Science and Engineering:- Role of NK lymphocytes in cancer immunosurveillance and immunotherapy- Signaling pathways in Cancer- Cancer stem cells- Hematopoietic stem cells- Mesenchymal stem cells- Toll-like receptors: signaling pathways- Capping and poly-adenylation mechanisms and their impact on mRNA fate- Techniques in biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology

Taught the following topics in the graduate program at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences:- Overview of the hallmarks of cancer biology and cancer signaling- Multistep tumorigenesis and evolution of cancer- Cancer metastasis- Cancer chemotherapy- Targeted cancer therapies- Endocrine disorders and functions- Molecular subtype-directed therapy in breast cancer: from chemotherapy and targeted therapy to immunotherapy- Regulation of the cell cycle and RB protein

Research topics:- Protein kinase C isoforms in the regulation of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in metastatic melanoma.- Pharmacological screening of protein kinase D1 (PKD1) inhibitors with antitumoral therapeutic potential.

Taught the following topic in the graduate program at the Department of Biology:- Role of the cytoskeleton in cancer: Cell adhesion and cancer

Taught the following topics in the graduate program at the Faculty of Medicine:- The anti-tumoral pharmacology tools: Molecular and cellular models- Mechanisms of resistance and sensitivity to anti-cancer agents: genetic and biochemical analysis

Research topics:- Role of PKD1 in ER-positive breast cancer cell dependence to estrogens and resistance to antiestrogen treatments.- Analysis of crosstalks between receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) to identify new regulatory mechanisms of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling pathway.

Research topic:- Role of protein kinase D1 in breast tumorigenesis.