Olalla Iglesias GarcÃa
Postdoctoral Researcher
Molecular biology
Centro de Medicina Regenerativa de Barcelona
Spain
Biography
Dr. Olalla Iglesias obtained her bachelor´s degree in Pharmacy at University of Salamanca in 2007. She continued her studies with a Master´s degree in Molecular & Cellular Biology at University of Navarra. Afterwards, between 2008 and 2013, she did her International PhD at the laboratory of Cellular Therapy of the Dr. Felipe Prosper at the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra. Her research was focused on the study of the regenerative potential of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in a model of acute myocardial infarction in mice. In 2011, during her PhD, she visited the laboratory of professor Juerguen Hescheler at the Institute of Neurophisiolgy of the University of Cologne (Germany), where she analyzed the phenotype and level of maturation of iPS-derived cardiomyocytes. Upon completion of her PhD, she continued her scientific work at theCIMA, from 2013 to 2015, developing different strategies to promote the engraftment and survival of iPS-derived cardiomyocytes. In March 2015, she joined as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMRB) focusing on the differentiation of hESC/hiPS cells toward functional cardiomyocytes for pre-clinical testing in large animal models.
Research Interest
Pluripotent Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine, Cell Therapy, Reprogramming, Stem Cell Culture, Stem Cell Differentiation, Stem Cell Biology, Differentiation, ES Cell Culture, Stem Cell Isolation, Cell Culture, Cell Transplantation, Tissue Regeneration, Acute Myocardial Infarction
Publications
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Macri-Pellizzeri L, Pelacho B, Sancho A, Iglesias-Garcia O, Simon-Yarza AB, Soriano-Navarro M, Gonzalez-Granero S, GarcÃa Verdugo JM, Dejuanpardo E, Prosper F. (2015) Substrate stiffness and composition specifically direct differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells. Tissue Eng Part A Epub 2015 Mar 18.
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Linares J, Arellano-Viera E, Iglesias-GarcÃa O, Ferreira C, Iglesias E, Abizanda G, Prósper F, Carvajal-Vergara X. (2016) Generation of iPSC from cardiac and tail-tip fibroblasts derived from a second heart field reporter mouse. Stem Cells Res 16(3):617-21. Epub 2016 Mar 19.
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Gálvez-Montón C, Soler-Botija C, Iborra-Egea O, Diaz-Guemes I, Martà M, Iglesias-Garcia O, Prat-Vidal C, Crisóstomo V, Llucià -Valldeperas A, Perea-Gil I, Roura S, Sanchez Margallo FM, Raya Ã, Bayés-GenÃs A. (2017) Preclinical safety evaluation of allogeneic iPS cell-based therapy in a swine model of myocardial infarction. . Tissue Eng Part C Methods. Epub 2017, Jul 12.
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Coppiello G, Abizanda G, Aguado N, Iglesias E, Iglesias-Garcia O, Lo Nigro A, Prosper F, Aranguren XL. (2017) Isolation and characterization of Sprague-Dawley and Wistar Kyoto GFP rat embryonic stem cells. . Stem Cell Res. 21:40-43. Epub 2017, Mar 29.
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Coppiello G, Abizanda G, Aguado N, Iglesias E, Iglesias-Garcia O, Lo Nigro A, Prosper F, Aranguren XL. (2017) Generation of a Sprague-Dawley-GFP rat iPS cell line. Stem Cell Res. 21:47-50. Epub 2017, Mar 31.
