Team

Joan Roig Soriano, PhD. Post-doctoral researcher at the VHIR. Dr. Roig accounts for more than 6 years of experience working with s-KL, especially for anti-aging studies and health maintenance using gene therapy strategies and in vivo experimentation. He has authored 4 peer-reviewed scientific articles, 1 review, and has generated 3 patents.

Javier del Rey Azpiri, PhD. Post-doctoral researcher. Dr. del Rey accounts for more than 20 years of experience working in cytogenetic, immunohistochemistry, biochemical and molecular biology tecniques. He has authored 21 peer-reviewed scientific articles (H-index: 8, and 215 citations according to Scopus).

Laura Rodriguez Estévez, PhD student. Pre-doctoral student with a prestigious scholarship awarded by the La Caixa Foundation. Her thesis project focuses on the use of gene therapy strategies for the treatment of the rare disease SPG52. She has an excellent foundation in molecular and cellular biology techniques, as well as experience in in vivo work with animals models.

David Ramírez Gómez, PhD student. Pre-doctoral student. He has an scholarship awarded by VHIR. His thesis project focuses on gene therapy strategies using chronokines for the treatment of diseases associated with aging. He has an excellent foundation in molecular and cellular biology techniques, as well as experience in in vivo work with animals models.

Anna Behr, PhD student. Pre-doctoral student. She has an scholarship awarded by the patient’s association “Gen Rebelde”. Her thesis project focuses on the use of gene therapy strategies for the treatment of the rare disease GNB1 Encephalopathy. She has an excellent foundation in molecular and cellular biology techniques, as well as experience in in vivo work with animals models.

Jorge Lunar Roldán; Laboratory Technician. He has experience in a wide variety of histological and molecular techniques, especially those related to gene therapy work. This includes PCR, minipreps, and maxipreps of plasmid DNA, as well as ELISA and proteomic techniques.

Miguel Chillón Rodríguez; PhD. Director. ICREA Researcher at the Unitat Mixta (UAB-VHIR), with 30 years of experience in vector production and vector development of gene therapy vectors.

Susana Miravet Delgado; PhD. Technical Director. Dr. Miravet (H-index: 8; 1350 citations, Scopus) is the author of 8 scientific articles and 1 book chapter, serving as the editor of 1 book. She is an expert in the production, purification, and characterization of viral vectors, and has 20 years of experience in cell cultures and AAV vectors, along with expertise in cell cultures and biochemical and genetic analysis techniques (PCR, cloning, Western Blot, ELISA, etc.).

Assumpció Bosch Merino; PhD. R+D Manager. Full Professor at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) with 29 years of experience in gene therapy and preclinical research in Nervous System.

Laia Rubio Ortega; Laboratory Technician. Lab Manager. CFGS in Clinical and Biomedical Laboratory Technology. She has 4 years of experience in the production, purification, and characterization of AAV vectors, as well as in a wide range of histological and molecular techniques such as PCR, cloning, minipreps and maxipreps, Western Blot, ELISA, etc.

Israel Alcazar Corrales; Laboratory Technician. Bachelor’s degree in Biology, and CFGS in Pathological Anatomy. He has 3 years of experience in cell culture as well as the production, purification, and characterization of AAV vectors.

Elsa Ibarrola Carrasco; Laboratory Technician. CFGS in Clinical and Biomedical Laboratory Technology. She has 2 years of experience in cell culture and the production, purification, and characterization of AAV vectors as well as in a wide range of molecular techniques such as PCR, cloning, minipreps and maxipreps.

Miriam Caelles Bastande; Laboratory Technician. CFGS in Clinical and Biomedical Laboratory Technology. She has 2 years of experience in cell culture and the production, purification, and characterization of AAV vectors as well as in a wide range of molecular techniques such as PCR, cloning, minipreps and maxipreps.

Nerea Jiménez Hernández; Laboratory Technician. CFGS in Clinical and Biomedical Laboratory Technology. She has 1 year of experience in cell culture and the production, purification, and characterization of AAV vectors as well as in a wide range of molecular techniques such as PCR, cloning, minipreps and maxipreps.

Lluc Tarruell; Administrative support in marketing and diffusion. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology, and a master’s degree in History of Science, specialty in Communication, Heritage and History of science. He is in charge of web and social networks management.