Francesc Garcia Gonzalo
Principal Investigator
Francesc holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Barcelona (2005). He then spent a decade in the USA, first in San Diego (UCSD, Salk Institute) and then in San Francisco (UCSF). At UCSF, he spent 7 years with Dr. Jeremy Reiter, with whom he made important contributions to the field of cilia and ciliopathies. In late 2015, Francesc joined UAM's Biochemistry Department, first as a Ramon y Cajal Investigator (2015-2021), and then as Associate Professor. Click here to view his CV. Contact Francesc.
Pablo Barbeito Gonzalez
Postdoctoral Researcher
Pablo is the senior postdoc in the lab. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry (Univ. Santiago de Compostela, 2014), which he did in Dr. Manuel Freire's lab studying how prothymosin controls apoptosis. He then spent a year characterizing plant pathogens at the phytopathology station of Areeiro (Pontevedra, Spain). In February 2017, he joined the Garcia-Gonzalo lab. Pablo is the lead author of our work on ciliary GPCR targeting (Barbeito et al. 2021 Life Sci. Alliance), and is also deeply involved in our INPP5E and EVC research, as well as in student training. Contact Pablo.
Raquel Martin Morales
Postdoctoral Researcher
Raquel holds a Degree in Biology (UAM, 2012), a Master in Biotechnology (UAM, 2014), and a PhD (UAM, 2023), which she recently obtained in our lab, which she joined in April 2016, right when the lab was getting started. Raquel has partaken of many of our projects (INPP5E, EVCs, NRF2, GPCRs), with her main contribution being on the mechanisms of INPP5E ciliary targeting, as reflected in our eLife 2022 paper and her PhD thesis. She is now a postdoc in the lab and will soon hit the job market. Contact Raquel.
Florencia Balverde Caballero
Undergraduate Student
Flor joined the lab in February 2023 to carry out her Final Degree Project (TFG), with which she will complete her Biology degree at the University of Alcala de Henares (UAH). In our lab, she is trying to identify novel ciliary localization signals in G protein-coupled receptors known to localize to cilia, like MCHR1 and NPY2R.
For a list of former Garcia-Gonzalo lab members, click here.
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