Noelia UrbÃn
GROUP LEADER
Department of Molecular Biotechnology
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
Australia
Biography
"Education and Research Experience • GROUP LEADER, IMBA, Vienna. From October 2017. • INVESTIGATOR SCIENTIST, Guillemot Lab, The Francis Crick Institute, London. 2014-2017. • POSTDOC, Guillemot Lab, National Institute for Medical Research, London. 2009-2014. • PhD in NEUROSCIENCE, under the direction of Dr. Canals, University of Barcelona. 2004-2009. • DEGREE IN BIOLOGY, University Autónoma de Barcelona. 2000-2004. Fellowships and Awards • Young Investigator Award 2017, Stem Cell Center, Lund, Sweden. • International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Travel award, 2016. • International Society for Developmental Neurobiology (ISDN), Travel award, 2016. • Stem Cells in Homeostasis and Disease Keystone Symposium, Travel award, 2013. • CDF award, MRC -National Institute for Medical Research, 2012. • PhD Fellowship from FI program of Generalitat de Catalunya (2005-2009). • Special award of the Biology Degree, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 2004 Selected Oral Presentations in Meetings and Invited Talks • Young Investigator symposium, Stem Cell Center, Lund, Sweden, January 2017. • MRC centre for Regenerative Medicine, Edinburgh, UK, external speaker, September 2016. • ISSCR meeting, San Francisco, US, June 2016. • ISDN meeting, Juan Les Pins, France, May 2016. • The Stem Cell Niche –Copenhagen Bioscience Conferences, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2016. • Spanish Society for Neuroscience meeting, Granada, Spain, 2015. • International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), symposium organizer and speaker, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015. • Adult Neurogenesis Keystone Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014. • Stem Cells in Homeostasis and Disease Keystone Symposium, Banff, Canada, 2013. "
Research Interest
SYSTEMIC REGULATION OF ADULT NEUROGENESIS
Publications
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Urbán N*, Guillemot F*. Neurogenesis in the embryonic and adult brain: same regulators, different roles. Front Cell Neurosci. 27;8:396. November 2014. Review. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00396.
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Urbán N.*, van den Berg D.L.C., Forget A., Andersen J., Demmers J.A.A., Hunt C., Ayrault O., Guillemot F*. Return to quiescence of mouse neural stem cells by degradation of a proactivation protein. Science, July 2016. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf4802.
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Katz S., Cussigh D., Urbán N., Blomfield I., Guillemot F., Bally-Cuif L., Coolen M. A Nuclear Role for miR-9 and Argonaute Proteins in Balancing Quiescent and Activated Neural Stem Cell States. Cell Reports, October 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.088.
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"van den Berg D.L.C., Azzarelli R., Oishi K., Martynoga M., Urbán N., Dekkers D.H.W., Demmers J.A., Guillemot F. Nipbl Interacts with Zfp609 and the Integrator Complex to Regulate Cortical Neuron Migration. Neuron, January 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.11.047.
