Short biography
After obtaining a PhD for research on fruit fly DNA-binding proteins (CID-CSIC, Barcelona), I started to study malaria parasites. Following research stays at Swiss TPH (Basel) and WEHI (Melbourne), I worked for four years as head of the Molecular Parasitology lab at the Papua New Guinea IMR (Madang), where my research focused on basic malaria parasite biology as well as on malaria molecular epidemiology. Back to Europe, I joined the MRC-NIMR (London) as a postdoctoral researcher for two and a half years to study gene expression and erythrocyte invasion by malaria parasites. In 2006, I moved to IRB Barcelona with an ICREA junior contract. In 2011, I joined CRESIB-ISGlobal (Barcelona) as an Assistant Research Professor, and in 2012 I was appointed ICREA Research Professor. My research at ISGlobal focuses on diverse aspects of malaria parasite biology that are relevant to understanding disease transmission and parasites adaptation to changes in their environment.
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