Short biography
I obtained a BsC in Biology in 1985 at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. For my PhD studies, I joined Juan Ortín's lab at the CBMSO and worked on the biology of influenza virus, characterizing molecularly and functionally the viral polymerase. After getting the PhD in 1989 at UAM, I stayed in Ortín's lab at CNB until 1994 when I moved to London to the lab of Nick La Thangue at the National Institute for Medical Research. There, I worked on the G1/S transition in the mammalian cell cycle focusing in the transcription factor E2F, with fellowships from the HFSO (at NIMR) and EU-Marie Curie (at Glasgow University) Programs. In 1998, I returned to Spain with a reintegration contract to join the HSA21/Down syndrome Research group led by Xavier Estivill (IRO, Barcelona). In 2002, I joined ICREA and established my own research group working on the functional characterization of the family of kinases DYRK and their relationship with disease at the Centre for Genomic Regulation-CRG.
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