Short biography
Graduated in Biology at the Universidad Complutense in 1991, I obtained my PhD in the laboratory of Antonio García-Bellido at the CBM-Severo Ochoa in 1995. In 1997, I joined the laboratory of Stephen M. Cohen at the EMBL-Heidelberg where I got a position as Staff Scientist. Since 2003, I am ICREA Research Professor at the IRB Barcelona leading the Development and Growth Control Laboratory. Since 2007, I have also been Head of the Cell and Developmental Biology (2007-2018) and Mechanisms of Disease (2018-present) Programmes. I was Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore in 2010 and I am Lecturer at the University of Barcelona since 2020. I am member of the Disease, Models and Mechanisms editorial (2016-) and European Drosophila Society (2021-) boards. I was elected EMBO Young Investigator in 2007 and EMBO member in 2023. I have directed 13 PhD theses, 17 Master theses, and published, as first or lead author, more than 75 papers.
