Position: Associated researchers

  • Diego Sandoval

    • Nephrologist
  • María García Morant

    María García Morant

    • Industrial PhD student at Integra Therapeutics – Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
    • BSc. in Biotechnology at Universitat Politècnica de València. MSc. in Genetics and genomics at Universitat de Barcelona.
    • Specialized in Pharmaceutical industry by MSc. in ESAME Pharmaceutical Business School
    • My research is focused on developing a tool for EX VIVO gene editing based on CRISPR-Cas9 and transposases mechanism.
  • Jon Martínez de Lagos Marcos

    Jon Martínez de Lagos Marcos

    • PhD student in Biomedicine at Integra Therapeutics (spinoff of Universitat Pompeu-Fabra), directed by Marc Güell
    • I studied Biotechnology at University of Basque Country and then coursed a MSc in Biomedicine at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)
    • Erasmus exchange at the University of Bydgoszcz (Poland)
    • Currently developing a tool for gene editing in vivo based on Crispr-Cas9 and transposases.
    • Interested in teaching and giving out the knowledge of science everywhere!
  • Irene Higueras

    Irene Higueras

    • Research Assistant at Translational Synthetic Biology group
    • BSc. in Biology at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona. MSc. in Genetics and genomics at Universitat de Barcelona.
    • My research is focused on optimizing a gene editing tool, making a programmable Cas9-transposase system in lentiviral vectors.
  • Marta Sanvicente García

    Marta Sanvicente García

    • PhD Student in the Translational Synthetic Biology Group at UPF
    • BSc in Genetics at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and MSc in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)
    • My research is focused in computational tools development for prediction, design and analysis of gene editing experiments
  • Natalia Artigas Robles

    Natalia Artigas Robles

    • PhD in Biomedicine at Universitat de Barcelona (directed by Dr. Francesc Ventura), and postdoctoral experience at MRC-LMS and Imperial College of London (in Dr. Santiago Vernia’s lab).
    • I accumulate more than 10 years of experience in molecular biology.
    • Currently developing a tool for gene therapy in vivo based on CrisprCas9 and transposases.
    • I care about the impact of the scientific research over the environment as much as getting high quality and reproducible results.
    • And more importantly, I have fun in the lab!