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ALBEROLA ENGUIDANOS, JUAN ANTONIO

ALBEROLA ENGUIDANOS, JUAN ANTONIO

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
ALCARAZ SORIANO, MARIA JESUS

ALCARAZ SORIANO, MARIA JESUS

PDI-Associat/Da Assistencial Ciencies Salut
APOSTOLOVA ATANASOVSKA, NADEZDA

APOSTOLOVA ATANASOVSKA, NADEZDA

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
Biography
 
  • Since 2018: Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, University of Valencia.
  • 2013-2015: Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jaume I University, Castellón.
  • 2008-2013: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Valencia.
  • 2008: Doctor in Pharmacology from University of Valencia.
  • 2001: Graduate in Biological Sciences (speciality in Biochemistry) from University of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Macedonia

Main fields of interest: Role of mitochondrial dysfunction and cell signaling related to survival or cell death programmes (autophagy and apoptosis) in the pathogenesis of different diseases.  Study of the cellular mechanisms involved in the toxicity of antiretroviral drugs. Search for druggable targets in chronic liver disease and particularly liver fibrosis. 

 

BRACHO LAPIEDRA, MARIA ALMA

BRACHO LAPIEDRA, MARIA ALMA

PDI-Ajudant Doctor/A
BUESA GOMEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER TOM

BUESA GOMEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER TOM

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat

(9638) 64658

javier.buesa@uv.es

CRAVA -, MARIA CRISTINA

CRAVA -, MARIA CRISTINA

PI-Invest Cont Ramon y Cajal
CUEVAS TORRIJOS, JOSE MANUEL

CUEVAS TORRIJOS, JOSE MANUEL

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
Director/a Titulacio Master Oficial

Institute for Integrative Systems Biology Floor 1, Office 1.1.2

(9635) 43667

jose.m.cuevas@uv.es

DOMINGO CALAP, PILAR

DOMINGO CALAP, PILAR

PI-Invest Cont Ramon y Cajal

(9635) 43261

pilar.domingo@uv.es

DUFLOO -, JEREMY

DUFLOO -, JEREMY

PI-Invest Cont Projecte Europeu
DZUNKOVA -, MARIA

DZUNKOVA -, MARIA

PI-Invest Disting Exper.Internacional

Despacho 3.2.2 I2SysBio - Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas Parque Científico de la Universidad de Valencia C/ Catedràtic Agustín Escardino, 9 46980 Paterna (València)

43649

maria.dzunkova@uv.es

Biography
 

Mária Džunková got her first experience with the high throughput DNA sequencing at the Czech Academy of Sciences at the time when she  studied at the University of Life Sciences in Prague (2005-2010). Then she moved to Spain for her PhD studies at the University of Valencia (2010-2016) which included a research stay at the Harvard University (2014). After defending her PhD thesis entitled ”Metagenomics of the Human Gut Microbiome Directed by the Flow Cytometry” she got a postdoc position at the Australian Centre for Ecogenomics at the University of Queensland (2016-2019), where she developed “single-cell viral tagging” method for exploring the phage host range without the need for microbial culturing and applied it to the human gut microbiome. She was invited to a second postdoc (2016-2021) at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) to continue with her microbial single-cell genomics techniques. In California she studied the relationships between the phages and bacteria in environmental samples and explored new targeted single-cell genomics techniques for discovering symbiotic microbes of the marine soft-bodied animals capable of producing bioactive molecules. She joined the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio) in December 2021 to set up her Microbial Single-Cell Genomics research group.

GASMI -, LAILA

GASMI -, LAILA

PI-Invest Cont Ramon y Cajal
GIL HERRERO, M LUISA

GIL HERRERO, M LUISA

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat

Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Universitat de València Edificio de Investigación C/ Dr. Moliner, 50 46100 Burjasot, Valencia, Spain

(9635) 43410

m.luisa.gil@uv.es

Biography
 

M.L. Gil graduated in Pharmacy at the University of Valencia (UV) in 1985. She received a PhD in 1989 for research on the identification of cell-wall proteins of Candida albicans at the Microbiology Department (UV). As a post-doctoral fellow she joined Didier Fradelizi Immunoloy laboratory at the Institute Gustave Roussy, in Paris. During the post-doctoral she graduated in Immunology at the Pasteur Institute and also participated in research that led to the identification of a new human leukocyte molecule (CD82). Back in Spain, in 1994, she was appointed as Assitant Professor, and in 1999, as Associate Professor, at the University of Valencia. In 2004 she started an independent research group that focused on the antifungal innate immunity and was promoted to Full Professor at the University of Valencia in 2011.    

Since her return to Spain, her research has focused on studying the pathogen/host interaction during candidiasis. In the first years, the research focused on the characterization of virulence factors of the fungus, then to address the study of the immune response, and specifically the participation of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the recognition of C. albicans, Since 2007, it has extended the study of the participation of TLRs in the interaction of C. albicans with the immune system, to hematopoietic stem cells, following the discovery that these cells express functional TLRs. Her main line of current research examines how the activation of PRRs in stem cells and hematopoietic progenitors, induces myeloid differentiation as well as in the implications in the phenotype of the macrophages they generate and in the protection against candidiasis; the results obtained show that the "memory" of innate immunity affects not only monocytes and macrophages but also the progenitors.

 

GIMENO CARDONA, CONCEPCION

GIMENO CARDONA, CONCEPCION

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
GONZALEZ CANDELAS, FERNANDO

GONZALEZ CANDELAS, FERNANDO

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat

Despacho 2.6.I Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas, I2SysBio (CSIC-UV). Parc Científic. Paterna.

(9635) 43653

fernando.gonzalez@uv.es

Biography
 

Fernando Gonzalez Candelas, PhD (University of Valencia, 1987) is Professor of Genetics at the University of Valencia since 2006 and head of the “Evolution and Health” Research Unit at the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology UV-CSIC (I2SysBio) at the same university. In addition, he has a joint appointment at the FISABIO-Public Health through the joint research unit “Infection and Public Health” with the University of Valencia and at the CIBERESP (Centre for Networked Research on Biomedicine – Public Health and Epidemiology).
    My main research interests are in population and evolutionary genetics, molecular and evolutionary epidemiology, molecular systematics and genomics, bioinformatics and conservation biology. I am currently working on the molecular evolutionary epidemiology of different pathogens, mainly RNA viruses, such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and bacteria, such as Legionella pneumophila, Treponema pallidum, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Our basic approach is the analysis of nucleotide sequence variability at different levels, from intrapatient to world-wide samples, and from particular genes to complete genomes, depending on the specific goals of the different projects. Previously I have studied the population and evolutionary biology of Mediterranean endemic Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) species, by using an array of genetic markers (RAPDs, AFLPs, microsatellites, isozymes) and including the analysis of quantitative traits. I have published more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific papers and written two books.

HERRERO SENDRA, SALVADOR

HERRERO SENDRA, SALVADOR

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
LOPEZ LABRADOR, FRANCISCO JAVIER

LOPEZ LABRADOR, FRANCISCO JAVIER

MARTINEZ GIL, LUIS

MARTINEZ GIL, LUIS

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
Coordinador/a de Mobilitat
MINGARRO MUÑOZ, ISMAEL

MINGARRO MUÑOZ, ISMAEL

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
Dega/Degana / Director/a Ets
Biography
 

Education and Positions

  • Dean Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Valencia, 2024.
  • Visiting Professor, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), 2022.
  • Professor, University of Valencia, 2011-present.
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Texas A&M University (TAMU), 2009.
  • Associate Professor, University of Valencia, 1999-2011.
  • Research Associate Professor, University of Valencia, 1998-1999.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Stockholm University, 1995-1997.
  • Research Visitor, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, 1994.
  • Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, 1994.
  • B.Sc. in Biology, University of Valencia, 1989.

Research Interests

Membrane protein insertion and assembly; apoptosis; viral membrane proteins.

Funding

Principal Investigator: 8 grants from the ‘Plan Estatal de investigación’ (Spanish Ministry); 3 grants ‘Grupos de Excelencia Prometeo’ (Generalitat Valenciana); 2 industry grants (Dentaid S.L.).

Advisor

Of 13 PhD Thesis, 5 of them Best Doctorate Award (‘Premio Extraordinario’) University of Valencia.

Honors and Awards

  • Spanish Biophysical Society “Manuel Rico - Bruker” Award, 2022.
    "For his solid and recognized research career devoted to understanding the mechanisms of biogenesis, folding, and insertion of membrane proteins. For his efforts to integrate different disciplines within biophysics, and for his commitment to the development of biophysics in our country.”
  • Fundación SALVAT Inquifarma Award, 2000.
  • EMBO Long Term Postdoctoral Fellowship 1995-97.

Spanish Confederation of Scientific Societies (COSCE)

Member of the Goberning Board (2021-present).

Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM)

Member of the Executive Council (2016-20).

Doctorate School

  • Academic Secretary of the Doctorate School, University of Valencia (Sep 2015 - Sep 2019).
  • Vicedirector of the Doctorate School, University of Valencia (Oct 2019 - Jan 2022).

 

MUÑOZ BERTOMEU, JESUS

MUÑOZ BERTOMEU, JESUS

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
Coordinador/a Curs
Secretari/a de Departament

Jesús Muñoz Bertomeu, (9635) 44294

(9635) 44294

jesus.munoz-bertomeu@uv.es

NAVARRO ORTEGA, DAVID

NAVARRO ORTEGA, DAVID

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
PALMA DOVIS, LEOPOLDO

PALMA DOVIS, LEOPOLDO

PI-Invest Cont Ramon y Cajal

Departament de Genètica Facultat de Biologia, bloc B, 6ª planta 46100-Burjassot (València)

963544297 (D)

leopoldo.palma@uv.es

RODRIGUEZ DIAZ, JESUS

RODRIGUEZ DIAZ, JESUS

PDI-Titular d'Universitat

Dept. de Microbiología Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Valencia Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 17 46010 VALENCIA, SPAIN

(9639) 83316

jesus.rodriguez@uv.es

SANJUAN VERDEGUER, RAFAEL

SANJUAN VERDEGUER, RAFAEL

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
Director/a Titulacio Master Oficial
ZURRIAGA LLORENS, OSCAR ERNESTO

ZURRIAGA LLORENS, OSCAR ERNESTO

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
Biography
 

MD and Phd. Master in Community Health. Medical specialist in preventive medicine and public health.

Associate Professor at the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health of the Universitat de València. He has been an Assistan Professor in that Department for 10 years.

With an extensive professional career in the General Directorate of Public Health of the Regional Public Health Authority (Conselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Pública. Generalitat Valenciana) where he has worked, above all, in the field of epidemiological studies and information, dedicated especially to disease registries and mortality.

With experience in research management tasks as deputy director general for research, innovation, technology and quality of the Valencia Regional Public Health Authority, and previously as Director General for research, innovation, technology and quality.

Researcher at the Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of the Valencian Community (FISABIO), in the Joint Research Unit on Rare Diseases UV-FISABIO. Also included in the group CB06 / 02/0049 of the CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP).

He served as President and Vice-President of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology (SEE) between 2020 and 2024. It belongs to the Advisory Committee of the Spanish Federation of Rare Diseases Associations (FEDER), the Scientific Committee of Orphanet Spain, and the Commission of Ethics and Scientific Integrity of IMPaCT (Precision Medicine Infrastructure associated with Science and Technology).

He holds the “Epi y Mas” blog (http://epiymas.blogspot.com/), a space dedicated to epidemiology and epidemiological information.

Declaration of interest: https://seepidemiologia.es/declaracion-de-intereses-particular/?id_user=610