• Medical degree and residency
    • Degree in Biology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona
    • Doctorate in Cellular Biology and Genetics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, with a European mention and cum laude qualification
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Calgary, Department of Human Genetics
  • Professional experience
    • 15 years of work and professional experience in the field of research mainly in the fields of Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics, whose results are translated into more than 40 articles published in indexed international journals and 30 presentations at conferences
    • 6 years of work as a researcher for the National Health System, with dedication to the Research Unit of the Son Espases University Hospital, in Mallorca
    • Head of IP, in 3 competitive research projects and collaborator in 5 other projects
    • Currently engaged in the project “Implementation of the protocol for the evaluation of the male factor of infertility through the metagenomic study of the sperm DNA fragmentation”
  • Languages
    • Spanish
    • Catalan
    • English

Techniques

  • Classical cytogenetic techniques
    • Cell cultures, culture extraction, chromosome fixation, uniform staining, G-banding and karotype. Optical and fluorescent microscopy image capture, processing and analysis using Cytovision, Metasystem and QuipsVysis software.
  • Molecular genetic techniques
    • Fluorescent in-situ hybridisation, including hybridisation technique for CGHarray
    • Nucleic acid extraction and library construction for mass sequencing
    • Amplification techniques and analysis of nucleic acids: classic PCR, Q-PCR, HRMA Single cell genome amplification