Postdoctoral researcher
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del principado de Asturias (ISPA)
My name is Andrea Acebes-Huerta, I am postdoctoral researcher at the Platelet Research Lab (supervisor: Laura Gutiérrez) that belongs to the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA).
I obtained my bachelor degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Faculty of Biochemistry (University of Oviedo, Spain) in 2009. During the bachelor studies, I was awarded with an Erasmus Exchange Grant with which she stayed at Prof. Vincenzo Russo ́s Lab (San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy), participating in a research project focusing on gene therapy. In 2010, I obtained the MSc degree in Cancer Research (University Institute of Oncology - University of Oviedo, Spain; Project supervisor: Dr. Segundo González). Next, I joined the Tumor Immunology Research Group as a PhD student and obtained the PhD degree with International mention (EMBO short-term fellowship at G. Martino Hospital, Sicily, Italy) in December 2015 (Thesis entitled: “Novel strategies to activate the antitumor immune response mediated by Natural Killer cells”; Directors: Dr. Segundo González and Dr. Alejandro López Soto; thesis awarded with a honorable mention by the Royal Academy of Medicine of Asturias) with several relevant international publications.After obtaining the PhD degree, I joined the Ocular Surface and Inflammation Research Group led by Prof. Jesús Merayo (Ophthalmology Research Foundation, Fernández-Vega Ophthalmological Institute, Oviedo, Spain) as a postdoctoral researcher. During my stay I gained valuable experience in advanced therapeutic techniques applied to human corneal tissues, focusing on the role of the inflammatory response in corneal nerve regeneration after
injury.
Currently, as part of the Platelet Research Group, I am currently leading a research line focused on the development of novel platelet-derived bio-products with the aim of improved their applications in and beyond regenerative medicine, considering the plethora of functions assigned to platelets in the recent years, and their potential use as diagnostic/prognostic biomarkers.
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM