Florian, Maria Carolina
Life & Medical Sciences
Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)
Phone +34936073815or+34936073821
Email mflorian@idibell.cat
Department Envelliment de cèl·lules mare
Address Av. Gran Via de L'Hospitalet, 199-203
Keywords
stem cells
ageing
microenvironment
epigenetic
chromatin
cell polarity
symmetry of division
leukemia
regenerative medicine
Short biography
M. Carolina Florian received her PhD in 2008 from the University of Milan (Italy) where she trained in neuroendocrinology investigating mechanisms of neuroblastoma migration and invasion. Afterwards, she moved to the University of Ulm (Germany) for her postdoctoral training (2009-2015) on hematopoiesis and hematopoietic stem cell biology. During the postdoc, she also trained as visiting scientist (2011-2012) at the Experimental Hematology Department of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (Cincinnati, USA).
In 2016, Dr. Florian was awarded an Emmy Noether grant (DFG) to lead her independent research group on Epigenetics of Stem Cell Aging at the Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Ulm (Germany). In 2018, she was appointed by the Program for the Clinical Translation of Regenerative Medicine in Catalonia (P-CMRC) and the Program of Regenerative Medicine at IDIBELL (Barcelona, Spain) as group leader. In 2023, she became ICREA Research Professor (ICREA).