Background

• Born in Spain
• BSc in Biology, University of Navarra
• BSc in Biochemistry, University of Navarra
• MSc in Applied Bioscience and Biotechnology, Imperial College London

Project

My project has two main parts:

1. Study the transcriptome of pancreatic progenitor cells, to find new pancreatic progenitor markers
2. Understand the mechanism by which retinoic acid active the pancreatic progenitor markers on endodermal cells

Supervisor

Bernard Peers

Secondments

• November 2016 at University of Birmingham
• June-July 2017 at Imperial College

Keywords

transcriptomics, retinoic acid, pancreas, gene regulation, development