These are the 13 CERFA members that this year host students of science from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and Universidad de Castilla la Mancha (UCLM) as part of our 2022 CERFA Traineeship Programme. To further aid to develop the careers of these students, CERFA awards them with a travel grant and a workshop in career exploration (more information here).
We thank our host CERFA members for providing the students with this opportunity and hope that the students can make the best out of their international experience.
- Dr. Beatriz Blanco Redondo
- Student: Irene Ginés Alcober (UAM)
- Institution: Uniklinikum Leipzig
- Project: “Investigation of adhesion GPCR signaling pathways”
- Dr. Beatriz Blanco Redondo
- Student: Javier Pereira Fernández (UAM)
- Institution: Uniklinikum Leipzig
- Project: “Molecular and physiological analysis of two novel adhesion GPCRs (CG15556/ketchup and CG11318/mayo) in Drosophila melanogaster”
- Dr. Ana del Arco Ochoa
- Student: Andrea Lara Pardo (UAM)
- Institution: University of Konstanz, Department of Biology
- Project: “Assessing virus virulence changes under abiotic stress”
- Dr. Ana del Arco Ochoa
- Student: Daniel Pastrana Ortega (UAM)
- Institution: University of Konstanz, Department of Biology
- Project: “Viral infections impact on nutrient cycling”
- Dr. Alba Lloret Compañ
- Student: Diana Carolina Perea Castro (UAM)
- Institution: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
- Project: “Role of microRNA156/7 and SPL15 in age-dependent flowering response in annual and perennial plants“
- Dr. Lídia Cantacorps Centellas
- Student: Miguel Ángel Serrano Lope (UAM)
- Institution: German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-
Rehbrücke (DIfE) - Project: “Investigating the effects of lactational metformin on offspring’s brain development in mice.”
- Dr. Elisa Rojo Nieto
- Student: Manuel Morales Medina (UAM)
- Institution: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ
- Project: “Applying passive equilibrium samplers for studying bioaccumulation of pollutants in mammals on the top of the food web”
- Dr. Celia Escudero Hernández
- Student: Mario Pérez Manrique (UAM)
- Institution: University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
(UKSH) – Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (CAU) - Project: “Collagenous colitis is triggered by microbial infiltration, which provokes collagen deposition in the colonic mucosa”
- Dr. Celia Escudero Hernández
- Student: Álvaro Guzmán Rincón (UCLM)
- Institution: University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
(UKSH) – Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (CAU) - Project: “Intestinal epithelial cell stress modulates enteric fibroblastic and neuronal profiles in inflammatory bowel disease”
- Dr. Carmen Villacañas de Castro
- Student: Cenaida Largo Rubio (UAM)
- Institution: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
- Project: “Investigating how temperature differences during larval development influences the fitness of adult mosquitoes”
- Dr. Miguel Álvaro-Benito
- Student: Paula de Diego Valera (UCLM)
- Institution: Freie Universität Berlin
- Project: “APC mimics for cellular (immune) therapies”
- Dr. Samuel Peña Llopis
- Student: Andrés Corrochano Ruiz (UCLM)
- Institution: Translational Genomics in Solid Tumors, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) at University Hospital Essen
- Project: “Targeted drug screens in cell lines and patient-derived organoids from renal cell carcinoma and uveal melanoma”
- Dr. Silvia Moreno Pinilla
- Student: Mercedes González Rico (UCLM)
- Institution: Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research
- Project: “Responsive Polymeric Vesicles with Dual Therapeutic Action”
