Education

• Open University London, UK/ DIBIT, Milan, Italy. PhD, 2000 (Cell Signaling)
• Columbia University, New York, USA. Postdoctoral training. 1998-2000 (Developmental Biology)
• University College London, London, UK. Postdoctoral training. 2001-2003 (Developmental Biology)
• UCSF, USA. Postdoctoral training. 2004 (Development Biology)
• University College London, London, UK. 2005-2009 (Development Biology)

Professional experience

• 1995-1998: Graduate student. Growth Factors and Signal Transduction Unit, DIBIT, S. Raphael's Hospital, Milan, Italy
• 1998-2000: Postdoctoral Fellow. Department of Genetics, Columbia University, New York, USA
• 2001-2003: Postdoctoral Fellow. Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK
• 2004: Postdoctoral Fellow
• 2005-2009: Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry. University of California San Francisco. San Francisco, USA. Postdoctoral Fellow
• Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. University College London. London, UK
• 2010-to date: Ramon y Cajal Fellow, IBBTEC-CSIC, Santander, Spain

Grants and Prizes

• DIBIT, S. Raphael Hospital Predoctoral Fellowship: 1995-1998
• EMBO Short-Term Fellowship: 3/1996-6/1996
• EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
• Telethon Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship: 1999-2001
• Ramon y Cajal: 2010
• Research Career Development Award
• Ministry of Science and Innovation: 2010
• National R&D+I Plan, Government of Spain 2010