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AMARO GONZALEZ, CARMEN |
(9635) 43104 |
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AZNAR NOVELLA, ROSA |
Parc Científic Universitat de València C/ Catedrático Agustín Escardino, 9 46980 Paterna (Valencia) (9635) 43105 |
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ESTEVE SANCHEZ, CONSUELO |
(9635) 43376 |
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FERRER SOLER, SERGI |
(9635) 44518 |
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FOUZ RODRIGUEZ, BELEN |
(9635) 43104 |
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GIL HERRERO, M LUISA |
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Universitat de València Edificio de Investigación C/ Dr. Moliner, 50 46100 Burjasot, Valencia, Spain (9635) 43410 |
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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.
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GONZALEZ BIOSCA, ELENA |
(9635) 43194 |
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JIMENEZ ESCAMILLA, MISERICORDIA |
(9635) 43144 |
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MAICAS PRIETO, SERGI |
Departament de Microbiologia i Ecologia Facultat de Biologia Dr. Moliner, 50 46100 Burjassot (9635) 43214 |
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[Biography, english version] |
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MATEO TOLOSA, JOSE JUAN |
Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología Facultad de Biología Edificio de Investigación Despacho 3.52 (9635) 43008 |
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PARDO CUBILLOS, M ISABEL |
(9635) 44390 |
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PINA PEREZ, MARIA CONSUELO |
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PUJALTE DOMARCO, M JESUS |
Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología. Edificio Investigación Jeroni Muñoz, desp. 2.81 Campus de Burjasot. (9635) 43142 |
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RUIZ ARAHAL, DAVID |
Edificio de Investigación Jerónimo Muñoz, despacho 2.80 Campus de Burjassot. 46100, Burjassot (9635) 44484 |
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SANJUAN CARO, EVA |
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I am Dr. Eva Sanjuán, an Assistant Professor (Ayudante Doctor) affiliated with the Department of Microbiology at the University of Valencia (UV) and an member of the PAFZP (Pathogens in Aquaculture: Fish and Zoonotic Pathogens) research group since its establishment. After completing my Bachelor’s degree, I was hired as a Research Assistant in Dr. Amaro’s laboratory and began my doctoral thesis titled “Epidemiology and Phylogeny of the Pathogen V. vulnificus Biotype 2.” My PhD was awarded Excellent Cum Laude and honored with the “Extraordinary Doctoral Award.” After earning my doctorate, I was invited to join Dr. Seshu’s laboratory at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). During my postdoctoral research, I focused on investigating the global regulatory protein Carbon Storage Regulator A (CsrA) and its role in the biology of Borrelia burgdorferi. In mid-2010, I rejoined the laboratory of my former supervisor, Dr. Carmen Amaro, to participate in the MICROGEN project. I developed a research project that was awarded a highly competitive “Juan de la Cierva” fellowship in 2011. Over the course of this three-year project, I sequenced the genome of a Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 strain and developed a custom microarray to study the mechanisms of infection in both fish and human hosts. Since the conclusion of my Juan de la Cierva (JdC) fellowship, I held several postdoctoral research positions funded by various national projects. During this period, I primarily served as a research supervisor in the laboratory, mentoring and guiding multiple doctoral students while contributing to the experimental design of a significant portion of the studies conducted during that time. In February 2023, I secured my first position as an Assistant Professor at the University of La Laguna (ULL) in Tenerife. As a principal investigator, I have led a project funded by the ULL-Campus of International Excellence and actively contributed to 18 national and international research initiatives, including a project under the European Sixth Framework Programme, a CONSOLIDER project. During all these years I have also participated in numerous collaborative agreements with industry and institutional partners. My research output, as documented in the SCOPUS and Google Scholar databases, includes 29 and 37 publications, 761 and 1,136 citations, and an H-index of 16 and 19, respectively. I currently supervise one doctoral candidate and have guided 6 Master’s projects and 12 undergraduate theses to completion. Additionally, I have mentored 15 vocational training students in laboratory techniques at both higher and intermediate levels. I have been recognized with two ‘sexenios de investigación’. I am an appointed external expert on Vibrio for the ECDC and the EFSA. Notably, I was invited by EFSA to participate as an expert in the working group on public health risks associated with the consumption of Vibrio-contaminated foods. |
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YAÑEZ BOYER, ALBERTO |
Edificio de Investigación, 4a planta, Despacho 4.56 C/ Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia 963543406 |
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I obtained my Bachelor, Postgraduate and PhD degrees in the University of Valencia, Spain. My doctoral research focused on the role of pattern recognition receptors expressed by hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in the detection of Candida albicans and the emergency myelopoiesis response. I was awarded with a “Outstanding PhD Thesis” from the University of Valencia. In 2011, I joined the Regenerative Medicine Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA, as a postdoctoral fellow. During this time, I studied the differentiation and function of myeloid cells (macrophages, dendritic cells and neutrophils) with specific application to anti-microbial immunity, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. I obtained a Young Investigator Award from the International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society, a Careers in Immunology Fellowship Award by The American Association of Immunologists and a Career-Enhancement Award from the American Society of Hematology. In 2018, I established my independent research group at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as an Assistant Professor. In 2019, I received a Ramón y Cajal award from the Ministry of Education and Science, Spain, and I moved back to the University of Valencia, Spain. My lab is interested in: 1) defining the cellular and molecular pathways activated for emergency myelopoiesis in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells during candidiasis, 2) unveiling the mechanisms of innate trained immunity induced by fungal infections, and 3) studying the use of microbial components to induce terminal differentiation of malignant cells in some hematologic disorders, such as acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. |