Short biography
1997: PhD in Genetics & Development, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK ("Cis-regulatory mechanisms of the Hox genes in mouse development") 1997-1998: Postdoc. Fellow on Xenopus development, University of Chile. 1998-2000: Postdoc. Fellow, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh, UK (computational approaches to study mouse limb development) 2001: Development of a 3D optical imaging technique and introduction of the term "Optical Projection Tomography", commercialized under the name Bioptonics. 2002-2006: Tenure-track Group Leader, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh, UK. 2006: Senior Group Leader at the CRG and ICREA Research Professor, Barcelona, Spain 2011-2017: Coordinator of the CRG Systems Biology Program. 2017: Head of EMBL Barcelona (Tissue Biology & Disease Modelling Unit) and Senior Scientist (Sharpe Group: Multicellular systems biology), Barcelona, Spain
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