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I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Francis Crick Institute in London in James Briscoe’s lab. My research focuses on stem cells and embryonic mammalian development. I will be most likely talking about cell fate decisions, gene regulatory networks, and functional genomics.
I obtained a diploma in Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 2007. I spent 2006 in Aarhus (Denmark) as an Erasmus student, and did my master’s project in Ernst Martin Fuechtbauer’s lab. Before starting my PhD, I spent four months in Barcelona as a summer student in Anna Bigas’ lab (IMIM). In 2007, I joined Miguel Manzanares’ group at CNIC in Madrid, Spain to perform a PhD under the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation – FPU program. During my time in Dr. Manzanares’ laboratory, I studied the first lineage choice in mammalian embryos, namely the establishment of the Trophectoderm, representing the first distinct cell type segregated in the embryo. I joined James Briscoe’s lab in January 2016 supported by an EMBO postdoctoral fellowship. I am currently investigating neural tube fate choices from single precursors and interspecies differences in transcriptional regulation.
Outside the lab, I am passionate about radio broadcasting. I am editor and presenter of the podcast En Fase Experimental. Our fortnightly radio program includes the scientific news and interviews with scientists, trying to reach and inspire the general public.
Quantitative, real-time, single cell analysis in tissue reveals expression dynamics of neurogenesis
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Temporal Control of Transcription by Zelda in living Drosophila embryos
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Quantification of gene expression patterns to reveal the origins of abnormal morphogenesis
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