MARIA SANCHO ALONSO
PDI-Ajudant Doctor/A
Knowledge area: HUMAN ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY
Department: Human Anatomy and Embryology
Departamento de Anatomía y Embriología Humana,
Primera planta
Facultad de Medidina y Odontología
Av. de Blasco Ibáñez, 15,
46010
Valencia
(9638) 64047
Biography
María Sancho Alonso holds a degree in Biology from the University of Valencia, a Master’s degree in Biomedical Biotechnology from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Valencia. Since September 2025, she has been working as an Assistant Professor (Profesor Ayudante Doctor) in the Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology at the University of Valencia.
Since 2018, she has participated in various research projects focused on neuroscience and neurological and psychiatric disorders. She is also a member of the Spanish Society for Neuroscience (SENC), the Barcelona Biomedical Research Institute (IIBB-CSIC), the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), the Spanish Network for Research on Stress, and the CIBER in Mental Health (CIBERSAM).
Subjects taught and teaching methods
Academic training
Journal Publications
Other publications
Previous Tasks
Investigadora Predoctoral. Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe. 01/09/2018 - 09/12/2021.
Investigadora. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IIS La Fe). 20/12/2021 - 30/03/2022.
Estancia Predoctoral. School of Pharmacy, University of Reading. 28/09/2020 - 28/12/2020.
Investigadora Postdoctora. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona (IIBB) - CSIC. 01/09/2022 - 20/12/2022.
Investigadora Postdoctoral - Ayudas Margarita Salas. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona (IIBB) - CSIC. 21/12/2022 - 20/12/2023.
Investigadora Postdoctoral - Ayudas Margarita Salas. Laboratorio de Circuitos Neuronales - Universidad de Valencia. 21/12/2023 - 21/12/2024.
Investigadora Postdoctoral - Estancia. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona (IIBB) - CSIC. 10/03/2025 - 01/09/2025.
Investigadora Postdoctoral - Estancia de Investigación. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona (IIBB) - CSIC. 10/03/2025 - 31/08/2025.
Stays abroad in Research Centers
UNITED KINGDOM, 2020. EMBO Short Term Fellowship: Presynaptic mechanisms involved in synaptic transmission. Underlying molecular and electrophysiological components of glutamatergic and gabaergic neurotransmission in adult brain. Effect of cGMP. **Doctorand.
SPAIN, 2023. Evaluación de las alteraciones sinápticas y de circuitos subyacentes a la depresión en la enfermedad de Parkinson. **Post-doctoral.
SPAIN, 2025. Estancia asociada al proyecto MAPPING OF THE VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX-RAPHE NUCLEI NETWORK UNDERLYING DEPRESSION IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE (VENTROMEDIAL). **Post-doctoral.
Projects
Molecular basis of neurological (cognitive and motor) alterations in hyperammonaemia and hepatic encephalopathy. Therapeutic implications (SAF2017-82917-R) (). 2018 - 2021. Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad del Gobierno de España. . PI: Vicente Felipo.
Mechanisms by which cyclic GMP and neuroinflammation modulate neurotransmission, cognitive and motor function (). 2018 - 2021. Generalitat Valenciana. . PI: Vicente Felipo.
Molecular basis of neurological (cognitive and motor) alterations in hyperammonaemia and hepatic encephalopathy. Therapeutic implications (PROMETEOII/2018/051) (). 2018 - 2021. Direcció General d'Universitat i Formació Superior. Conselleria d'Empresa, Universitat i Ciència. Generalitat Valenciana. . PI: Vicente Felipo.
Preparatory action. REVEMT. A new anti-tumour strategy for the treatment of epithelial cancers (). 2020 - 2022. Fundación para la Investigación del Hospital Universitario La Fe. . PI: Marta Benet Giménez.
In vivo evaluation of efficacy of proprietary conjugated miRNA (). 2022 - 2024. miCure Therapeutics Ltd. . PI: Analia Bortolozzi.
Red Española de investigación en Estrés (). 2023 - 2024. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. . PI: Juan Nacher.
Depression and its treatment: Role of miRNAs in the anterior cingulate cortex, as peripheral biomarkers, and their targeted modulation by nano-tools as a promising antidepressant therapy (). 2023 - 2025. Fundació La Marató de TV3. . PI: Analia Bortolozzi.
Mapping the ventromedial prefrontal cortex-raphe nuclei network underlying mood disorders in Parkinson's disease to identify novel therapeutic circuits (MoodPD) (). 2023 - 2026. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. . PI: Analia Bortolozzi.
Consolidated Research Group - Trastorns Biplars I Depressius, 2021SGR-0135 (). 2021. Generalitat de Catalunya. . PI: Eduard Vieta y Analia Bortolozzi.
Linking between endoplasmic reticulum stress and alpha‐synucleinopathy in brain disorders (ERASBRADI) (). 2022 - 2024. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. . PI: Analia Bortolozzi.
