Rosa Gasa

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Dr. Gasa obtained her PhD in Biology from the University of Barcelona in 1997. She conducted postdoctoral training at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas (1997-2000) and at the University of California in San Francisco (2001-2003). She joined the Diabetes and Obesity Research Laboratory at IDIBAPS in 2004 as an awardee of the Ramon y Cajal Program of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. Presently, she is holding the position of Research Associate. Dr. Gasa’s investigations focus on understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the establishment of pancreatic beta cell mass during organism development and the design of reprogramming strategies to generate beta-like cells from fibroblasts for transplantation purposes in diabetic patients.