Modeling human diseases in C. elegans

Julian Ceron Madrigal
PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS (R1)
  • David Ricardo Ahumada Brena
  • Carmen Martinez Fernandez
  • Xenia Serrat Farran
  • Dmytro Kukthar
  • Jeremy Vicencio Gumarao
Translational Medicine
Genes, Disease and Therapy

Scientific production

2

PAPERS

Impact factor: 9,099

2 PUBLICATIONS IN FIRST QUARTILE

Selected publications

  • Kukhtar, Dmytro; Rubio-Pena, Karinna; Serrat, Xenia; Ceron, Julian. Mimicking of splicing-related retinitis pigmentosa mutations in C. elegans allow drug screens and identification of disease modifiers. HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS. 10.1093/hmg/ddz315
  • Brena, David; Bertran, Joan; Porta-de-la-Riva, Montserrat; Guillen, Yolanda; Cornes, Eric; Kukhtar, Dmytro; Campos-Vicens, Lluis; Fernandez, Lierni; Pecharroman, Irene; Garcia-Lopez, Albert; Islam, Abul B. M. M. K.; Marruecos, Laura; Bigas, Anna; Ceron, Julian; Espinosa, Lluis. Ancestral function ofInhibitors-of-kappaB regulates Caenorhabditis elegans development. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 10.1038/s41598-020-73146-5

Research highlights

PROJECTS

5 Ongoing projects

1 Granted project

PUBLISHED WORKS

4 Ongoing theses

Selected projects

  • Towards the first tumor in the genetic model Caenorhabditis elegans (2020 – 2022) PI: CERON MADRIGAL, JULIAN. Funder: ASOCIACION ESPAÑOLA CONTRA EL CANCER.
  • Optimización de CRISPR en C. elegans: nuevos reporteros y reemplazo de genes (2020 – 2020) PI: CERON MADRIGAL, JULIAN. Funder: MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION Y CIENCIA.
  • Genome editing as prognostic and therapeutic tool in human diseases (2018 – 2021) PI: CERON MADRIGAL, JULIAN. Funder: Fundació “La Caixa”.
  • Ajuts per contractar personal investigador novell (FI-DGR 2018) (2018 – 2021) PI: CERON MADRIGAL, JULIAN. Funder: AGAUR-GENERAL.CATALUNYA.
  • C. elegans como modelo de enfermedades: uso de CRISPR/Cas9 para investigar respuestas a fármacos y patologías relacionadas con alteraciones en factores de splicing. (2016 – 2020) PI: CERON MADRIGAL, JULIAN. Funder: FIS-Instituto de Salud Carlos III.