CURRENT POSITION:  

* ICREA Research Professor. IDIBAPS (Barcelona)

* Adjunct Visiting Professor, JG Brown Cancer Center (USA)

PAST POSITIONS: 

* Special Fellow & Research Instructor (Div Mol. Oncology, Washington Univ, USA)

RESEARCH FUNDING: 

* Public Agencies: European Commission, Ministry of Economy & Competitiveness (MINECO), AGAUR, 

* Private Foundations: Leukemia Research Foundation, AVON Breast Cancer Campaign, La Marató de TV3 Foundation, La Caixa Foundation,  Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), Olga Torres Foundation, Academy of Medical and Health Sciences of Catalonia & Balearic Islands

Research interests

The group investigates the molecular mechanisms regulating gene expression during cell differentiation and cancer. As molecular models, we use the ZEB family of transcription factors (ZEB1 and ZEB2) and their different cofactors. Research in the laboratory aims at understanding the expression and function of ZEB factors in stem cell determination, normal cell differentiation, malignant transformation and tumor initiation and progression. Our work involves high throughput techniques as well as in vivo transgenic mouse models and uses normal and malignant cells from multiple tissue systems, namely, epithelial, skeletal muscle and hematopoietic.