- Degree in Physics Engineering by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
- MSc in Bioinformatics for Public Health by Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF).
- PhD in Computational Physics in the Life Science Department at the BSC.
Position: Coordinators of the project
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Joan Francesc Gilabert
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Albert Garcia
- Degree in Biology by University of Barcelona (UB).
- MSc in Biomedical Engineering by IBEC, UB and Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).
- PhD in Biomedicine by IBEC and UB. Development of an in vitro model of the intestinal mucosa based on a 3D synthetic tissue.
- Postdoctoral researcher at Biosensors for the bioengineering group at IBEC engineering skeletal muscle tissues for in vitro studies.
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Maria Alejandra Ortega
- Degree in Chemistry by University Central of Venezuela.
- MSc in Chemistry by University Simon Bolívar and Assistant professor into physical chemistry Department – Caracas, Venezuela.
- International MSc in Project Management by Esneca Business School acquiring strong knowledge in all related with projects, team work and leadership skills.
- PhD in Photonics by Institute of Photonics Sciences (ICFO) and Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) working in the development of an optofluidic platform for clinical applications.
- Postdoctoral researcher at Biosensors for bioengineering group at IBEC developing organ-on-a-chip technologies and biosensing platforms to study metabolic diseases.
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Francesc Vigués
- Chief of the Department of Urology at the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge and Associate Professor of Urology at University of Barcelona.
- Head of the surgical Kidney transplant program at the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge since 2016.
- Work focused in the surgical aspects of transplantation, especially in the minimally invasive surgery field.
- Initialization in the laparoscopic nephrectomy for the live donor transplantation at the Bellvitge Hospital and, recently, the robot kidney transplantation program.
- Member of the European Association of Urology (EAU) Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) and the Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplantation Group.
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Fernando Fernández
- Professor of Psychology at the University of Barcelona and Head of the Eating Disorders Unit at the Department of Psychiatry (HUB)
- Director of the Research Committee of HUB and Head of CIBERobn Group (Spanish Research Network for Obesity and Nutrition).
- PhD University of Hamburg (Germany) and invited Professor at the UNC (NC,US), and McGill University, Montreal (Canada).
- More than 300 peer-reviewed published paper and PI or more than 35 National and International (FW5, FW6, FW7, H2020) funded Projects.
- Recipient of several international Awards (2004 AED Meehan Hartley Award, 2011 Best EU Serious Game, 2015 AED leadership Research Award, 2017 Hilde Bruch Lecture Award).
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Josep Maria Cruzado
- Chief of the Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation at Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge and Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Barcelona.
- President of the Catalan Society of Nephrology and Associate Editor in the American Journal of Transplantation and Clinical Kidney Journal.
- Awarded the Fundación Renal Ínigo Álvarez de Toledo Prize for Clinical Investigation in 2013 and 2017.
- Research interests focus on renal transplantation, kidney regeneration and diabetic kidney disease.
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Marta Pujol
- PhD in Biotechnology by Universitat de Girona developing molecular markers for a biological control agent of fire blight disease.
- Postdoctoral researcher at Plant Genetics Department of Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA) developing markers for breeding Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae species.
- Researcher at the Plant and Animal Genomics Program at CRAG since 2008, deciphering the genetics of important agricultural traits in melon. Mainly related to ripening, fruit quality and disease resistance.
- Teacher collaborator at different undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and participation in scientific outreach activities.
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Irma Roig
- PhD in Plant Biotechnology by Universitat de Barcelona studying how plants detect and respond to competing neighboring vegetation.
- Former Postdoctoral researcher at Università degli Studi of Milano working in the molecular control of seed development.
- IRTA Postdoctoral researcher at CRAG improving horticultural crops using plant biotechnology tools.
- Involved in outreach, science dissemination and education activities addressed to primary, high and college students.