Ana María Sánchez Pérez, PhD. Principal Investigator. Professor in Anatomy and Gene Therapy in Medical degree at the Faculty of Health Science at the University Jaume I (UJI). ORCID; Google Scholar. Scopus
Sandra Sánchez-Sarasúa de la Bárcena. Sandra graduated in Psychology and received her MSc in Neurociencias Básicas y Aplicadas (Universidad de Valencia, 2015), and she carried out her Master’s thesis with the grupo Neurobiotecnologia. International PhD (Grupo Neurobiotecnologia UJI 2021), cum laude. Interests: behavioral neuroscience, brain anatomy, nociception, pain matrix, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), rodent stereotaxic surgery, in vivo calcium imaging, microscopy, python, reward circuitry, learning and memory. Current Position: Margarita Salas fellowship (2021-2024), Next Generation EU, Universidad de Burdeos, Francia). ORCID.
Sariah De Los Ángeles Giraldo Narcizo, PhD student Progam CIencias, (co-director Dr Antonio Guerrero). Sariah graduated in Biotechnology at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2016). She received her MSc degree in Applied and Pharmacological Chemistry at UJI, and her Master’s Thesis with the Neurotecnología group. Her interests focus on plastic enzymatic degradation, and developing innovative tools to degrade plastic waste and textiles.
María Meseguer Beltran, PhD student, Program: Biomedical and Health Science. María graduated in Biomedicine at Universitat de Lleida (UdL) in 2020 and received her MSc in Biomedical Research at the same university. She carried out her Master’s Thesis with the Neurobiotecnología group. Currently, she is studying the neuroinflammatory processes underlying Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder symptomatology in a mouse model of the disease.
Ania Canseco Rodriguez, PhD student, Doctorate Program: Biomedical and Health Science. (Co-director Dr Floren Gonzalez Adelantado). Ania graduated in Pharmacy at Universidad Complutense (UCM), Madrid in 2018. She received her MSc degree in Biomolecules and Cellular dynamics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) in 2020, doing her Master’s Thesis on a new mutation of a GABA transporter causing epilepsy. Her research interests focus on neuroinflammation, its interactions with non-coding RNA expression; and developing new therapeutic strategies to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
Carlee Marquez; Fulbright fellow; academic visitor- September 2023-June 2024. Senior at Swarthmore College: bachelor’s degrees in Biochemistry and Psychology. Experience in the synthesis of semiconductor nanoparticles. Interests; Medical studies and research in developing innovative nanoparticles with biomedical applications.
PhD Thesis
Neuroinflammation and insulin resistance underly cognitive impairment. Sex differences and potential treatments. Sandra Sánchez-Sarasúa de la Bárcena. Castellón 2021. PhD supervisor: Dra. Ana M. Sánchez-Pérez.
Relaxin3 effects on septohippocampal function. Hector Albert- Gascó. Castellón 2018, Co-supervisors Dra. Ana M. Sánchez-Pérez and Dr. F. Olucha. Premio Extraordinario 2020
Protein adsorption and macrophage polarization as biocompatibility markers for biomaterial design. Nuno Gomes de Araujo. Castellon 2019, Co-supervisors Dra Ana M Sánchez-Pérez and Dr. J. Suay
Master Thesis
The effect of abscisic acid on behavior and neuroinflammation in an animal model of ADHD. Neus Ibañez Sempere. Master in Investigación en cerebro y Conducta, UJI. (2023) Co-supervision María Meseguer-Beltran
Effects of ABA exposure on oxidative stress in a triple transgenic mice model of Alzheimer´s disease. Rose Guirlene Lafortune. Master nvestigación en cerebro y Conducta, UJI. (2023)
Expresión y purificación de la PETasa y la PETasa S238F W159H y medidas de la actividad enzimática. Sariah De Los Ángeles Giraldo Narcizo, Master Universitario de Química Aplicada y Farmacéutica. (UJI) (2021).
Effects of Lipopolysaccharide and Abscisic Acid on Insulin Signaling in SH-SY5Y Cell Line. Iván Fernández Pérez. Master in Investigación en cerebro y Conducta, UJI. (2021).
Targeting neuroinflammation as a potential therapeutic intervention for altered pain sensitivity in an Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Mouse Model. María Meseguer-Beltran. Master in Biomedical Research, Universidad de LLeida (2021). Co-supervision Sandra Sánchez-Sarasúa
Eficacia del programa OTAGO para la prevención de caídas en la tercera edad. Teresa Gómez Vives. Máster en Envejecimiento Normal y Patológico. Máster propio de la UJI, Castellón. 2020.
Abscisic acid Prevents Memory Loss and Neuroinflammation and Increases IRS-2 Expression in Alzheimer’s disease Mice Model. Aroa Ojeda-Mañas. Master in Investigación en cerebro y Conducta. UJI. 2019. Co-supervision Verónica Espinosa-Fernandez
High-fat diet and abscisic acid: their effect on perineuronal nets. Nayima Quílez Playán. Master: Investigación en cerebro y Conducta (Research in Brain and Behaviour, UJI). 2019. Co-supervision with Dra Marta Miquel. Castellón
Generation of a shIRS2 expressing AAV particle. Borja Miquel-López. Master: Biotechnology and Biomedicine; Universidad Politécnica, Valencia. 2019.
Quantification of Insulin/IGF-1 Pathway Gene Expression in a model of Neuroinflammation. Mariam Atef Mohamed Othman. Euro-Mediterranean Master in Neuroscience and Biotechnology, Alexandria (Egypt). 2018
Effects of Insulin in conditioned place preference using exercise as a stimulus. Verónica Espinosa-Fernández. Máster: Investigación en cerebro y Conducta (Research in Brain and Behaviour, UJI). Castellón, 2017. Co-supervision Sandra Sánchez-Saraúsa
Insulin signaling in the hippocampus. María Teresa Beltran-Bretones. Master: Investigación en cerebro y Conducta (Research in Brain and Behaviour, UJI). Castellón, 2017. Co-supervision Sandra Sánchez-Saraúsa
A comparative study of protein expression of Insulin and IGF-1 receptors and substrates in a rat model of development and aging in the Prefrontal area, dorsal Hippocampus, Amygdala, and Cerebellum. Cristina García-Díaz Master Investigación en cerebro y Conducta (Research in Brain and Behaviour, UJI). Castellón, 2016
Effects of Abscisic acid in a high-fat diet rat model. Salma Moustafa Master TEMPUS-ISIS. Alexandria (Egypt). 2016.
Abscisic Acid chronic treatment restores neuroinflammatory alterations induced by a high-fat diet. Sandra Sánchez-Sarasúa de la Bárcena; Master; Applied Neuroscience. Valencia. 2015.
Students Internships
Nadia Gregori Galan, Bilateral Agreement Faculty of Biology Universitat Rovira y Virgili (Spain). 2023
Paloma Ribes Ojeda, Student from “CURSO DE ESPECIALIZACIÓN EN CULTIVOS CELULARES” at IES JORGE JUAN (Sagunt, Spain). 2022
Marti Romero, Bilateral Agreement Faculty of Biology Universitat Rovira y Virgili (Spain), 2022
Laryssa Alves Borba, ERASMUS + Universitat de Trento (Trento, Italia). 2022
Valeria Masola, ERASMUS+, Universitat Federico II (Napoli Italia). 2022
Lidia Soto, Master Química Aplicada y Farmacéutica (University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain). 2021
Alba Adelantado, Bilateral Agreement Faculty of Biology Universitat Rovira y Virgili (Spain), 2021
Cristina Dominguez, Bilateral Agreement Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) 2021
Ivan Fernandez-Pérez, Bilateral Agreement Faculty of Chemistry, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain), 2020
Xavier Roig, Bilateral Agreement Faculty of Biology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain), 2018
Zoe Schimdt, Bilateral Agreement University of Grenoble, Master Sciences et Management des biotechnological (France). 2018
Alexandra Geaca, Bilateral Agreement with Faculty of Biotechnology, Universitat de Lleida (Spain). 2015
Alberto Ribes Navarro. PRECIPITA (2017);
contrato art 83 ABLAZE (2018)
Research Assistant
Program “Estudia i Investiga”
Medical students interested in and motivated by biomedicine research have participated in the program in our Neurobiotecnology group.
Currently:
Miguel López-Ceron Corredor, 2023-
Maxim Garcia-Caballero, 2022-
Past memebers:
Paloma Gomez-Solano, 2022-23
Sol Cervera-Traver 2018-19
Ricardo Vedrí, 2014-15
Raquel Alcalde 2014-15