Intercellular Signaling in Cardiovascular Development and Disease

See also Lab X/Twitter account: https://x.com/JLdelaPompa

Recent Press Releases

• https://www.cnic.es/en/noticias/circulation-research-cnic-scientists-identify-molecular-mechanisms-controlling-genes
• https://www.cnic.es/en/noticias/circulation-research-cnic-scientists-identify-crucial-role-protein-neuregulin-1-heart
• https://www.cnic.es/en/noticias/jama-cardiology-international-team-identifies-mutations-cause-most-frequent-congenital
• https://www.cnic.es/en/noticias/circulation-specific-modifier-genes-determine-effect-mutations-cause-non-compaction

The paper by Joaquim Grego-Bessa et al. published in CirculationResearch
was cover figure in the corresponding issue

Meetings

• Working Group on Development, Anatomy & Pathology – European Society of Cardiology. See also the meetings of the Working Group, the last one took place in Prague, September 18-20, 2024. 
• Scientists of Tomorrow – young researchers in the European Society of Cardiology, they had their last meeting at the Frontiers in CardioVascular Biomedicine 2024 Conference in Amsterdam on April 12-14, 2024.

Alumni, positions

Research positions:

1. Gonzalo del Monte, PhD (PhD student in the lab from 01/01/2005-31/12/2011). Group Leader since January 2019. Senior Research Fellow. Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) | 15 Innovation Walk | Monash University | Wellington Road CLAYTON (VIC) 3800 Australia.
2. Victoria Bolos, PhD (Postdoc in the lab from 2005-2008). Since 2015: Roche Oncology Division, Madrid, Spain.
3. Pedro Melgar Rojas, PhD (PhD student in the lab from 2006-2009). Since 2019: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at the Castilla-La Mancha University, Albacete, Spain.
4. Beatriz Martínez-Poveda, PhD (Postdoc in the lab from 01/01/2010-30/09/2015). Since September 2019: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Málaga, Spain.
5. Meritxell Nus, PhD (Postdoc in the lab from 16/04/2008-31/01/2014). Junior Investigator Researcher at the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, since 2022.
6. Belén Prados, PhD (Postdoc in the lab from 01/02/2007-01/05/2018). Since 2018: Assistant researcher in Pluripotent Cell Technology Unit, CNIC.
7. Vitor Samuel Leite Fernandes, PhD (Postdoc in the lab from 01/01/2018-31/12/2019, now visiting scientist). Lecturer since January 2020, Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
8. Joaquim Grego-Bessa (PhD student in the lab from Jan. 2002-Dec 2006), senior postdoc in the lab from March 2017-May 2023). Head of Confocal Microscopy Unit. Josep Carreras LEUKAEMIA Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain, since May 2023. 

Industry or Outside of Academia:

1. Tania Papoutsi. Postdoc in the lab from 01/04/2015-17/02/2019. Senior Scientist, Labcorp
2. Paula Gómez Apiñániz. PhD student in the lab from 01/03/2014-28/06/2019. Medical Writer Doctaforum
3. Vera Lucía Ferreira Oliveira. PhD student in the lab from 01/09/2015-18/12/2020. Data Scientist Elephant Healthcare
4. Rebeca Torregrosa Carrión. PhD student in the lab from 01/11/2015-14/12/2020. Medical Project Manager, Evidenze Communication
5. Alejandro Salguero-Jiménez. PhD student + Postdoc in the lab from 16/10/2016-15/03/2023. Scientific liason. NIIT
6. Rebeca Piñeiro-Sabarís. PhD student +Postdoc in the lab from from 10/2018-8/2024. Master in Instituto de Empresa, Biotecnology Branch. Scientific liason (on training) in Bristol Myers Squibb (Madrid).
7. Luis Luna-Zurita. (PhD student in the lab from Jan. 2004-Dec 2010), senior postdoc in the lab from March 2017-Dec. 2023). Scientific liason. NIIT.

Fellows in other institutions:

1. Alvaro González-Rajal, PhD (PhD student in the lab from 01/01/2005-31/05/2012). Postdoctoral Researcher at Cell Division Lab, ANZAC Research Institute, Gate 3, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW, 2139, Australia). Supervisor/PI: K. Kikuchi.
2. Guillermo Luxán, PhD. (PhD student in the lab from 01/01/2008-31/01/2014). Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. Senior Postdoctoral Researcher (2015-2020) and Staff Scientist (2021) at the Institute of Cardiovascular Regeneration, Frankfurt, GERMANY. Supervisor/PI: S. Dimmeler.
3. Mauro Sbroggio, PhD. (Postdoc in the lab from 01/01/2012-31/01/2015). Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (ICMM), Copenhagen, DENMARK.
4. Gaetano D’Amato, PhD. (PhD student in the lab from 16/01/2010-31/05/2016). Postdoctoral Researcher with K. Red-Horse and Staff Scientist at the Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
   2024: Senior postdoctoral scientist with L. Miquerol and R. Kelly, IDBM, Marseille (France).
5. Juliane Münch, PhD. (PhD student in the lab from 01/07/2009-31/03/2016). Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam University, Potsdam, GERMANY. Supervisor/PI: S. Seyfried.
6. Stanislao Travisano, PhD. (PhD student in the lab from 14/03/2011-16/11/2018). Postdoctoral researcher, Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA.
7. Dimitrios Grivas, PhD. (PhD student since 07/05/2012-31/01/2021). Postdoctoral researcher Biomedical Research Foundation | brfaa, Athens, Greece.