Mònica DÃaz Ferrer
Research assistant
Biochemistry
Centro de Medicina Regenerativa de Barcelona
Spain
Biography
Mònica Díaz holds a bachelor degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Physiology from the University of Barcelona. During the PhD she studied the role of insulin regulating the glucose transport in skeletal muscle under the supervision of Dr Josep Planas. After finishing her PhD she stayed at the same laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher and assistant professor for one year. In 2008, she did a short stay as postdoctoral researcher in CIBBIM-Nanomedicine at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, in the laboratory of Dr Julián Cerón that was focused on the modeling of human diseases in C. elegans. Then she moved to Omnia Molecular, a biotech company devoted to the design and development of new anti-infectives targeted at difficult-to-treat infections, as a project manager. She participated in the setup and development of a proprietary technology platform. Among her tasks, she was in charge of the cell-based assays, in particular their design and miniaturization to be incorporated into a high-throughput screening campaign. In 2013, she joined the CMR[B] as a research assistant. Here, she is involved in several projects aimed to model in vitro different diseases through the generation of patient-derived pluripotent stem cells.
Research Interest
Modeling of human diseases
Publications
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Castillo J, Crespo D, Capilla E, DÃaz M, Chauvigné F, Cerdà J, Planas JV. (2009) Evolutionary structural and functional conservation of an ortholog of the GLUT2 glucose transporter gene (SLC2A2) in zebrafish. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 297(5): R1570-R1580.
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Capilla E, DÃaz M, Hou JC, Planas JV, Pessin JE. (2010) High basal cell surface levels of fish GLUT4 are related to reduced sensitivity of insulin-induced translocation toward GGA and AS160 inhibition in adipocytes. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 298(2): E329-E336.
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Vraskou Y, Roher N, DÃaz M, Antonescu CN, MacKenzie S, Planas JV. (2011) Direct involvement of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the regulation of glucose uptake in rainbow trout muscle cells. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 300(3): R16-R23.
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Goetz FW, Planas JV, DÃaz M, Iliev DB, MacKenzie S. (2012) Culture of Fish Head Kidney Mononuclear Phagocytes and Muscle Satellite Cells: Valuable Models for Aquaculture Biotechnology Research. Aquaculture Biotechnology. Ed. Wiley-Blackwell. United Kingdom; p. 207-221. ISBN: 978-0-8138-1028-7.
