News - Stem Cells & Human Diseases Lab

We are pleased to announce that our eight Ph.D. candidate, Tiago Moreira, has successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled 'Deciphering the Impact of Diet-Induced Obesity on Cellular Reprogramming and Pluripotency.' His remarkable research, coupled with unwavering dedication and talent, has distinguished him on this significant journey, representing a pivotal achievement for both his academic and professional development, as well as for our field.
As you embark on the next chapter of your career, we are confident that your enthusiasm for research will lead to many outstanding accomplishments. We eagerly anticipate your ongoing contributions to science.
Congratulations to Dr. Moreira on achieving this well-deserved milestone! We wish you a future filled with exciting opportunities, success, and personal fulfillment.

July 17, 2025

We are delighted to announce that our seventh Ph.D. candidate, Adriana Escudero, has successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled 'Study of the Function of the Histone Acetyltransferase HAT1 in the Pluripotency of Stem Cells.' In addition to her groundbreaking research, Adriana has also graduated in Medicine and will continue her journey in this discipline. Your dedication, talent, and perseverance have truly shined throughout this journey, marking a significant milestone not only for your academic and professional growth but also for our field.
As you move forward, we are confident that your passion for research and medicine will lead to remarkable achievements. We look forward to seeing your continued contributions to science and healthcare, and hope you stay actively involved in research endeavors.
Congratulations, Dr. Escudero, on this well-deserved accomplishment! Wishing you a future filled with exciting opportunities, success, and fulfillment.

July 07, 2025

We were honored to host Dr. Julian Valdes´ seminar at CiMUS

July 03, 2025
CiMUS Seminar: "Reversing the Epigenetic and Transcriptional Imprints of Glucose-Induced Memory"

Dr. Julian Valdes. Principal Investigator at the Environmental Epigenetics Lab. Institute of Cellular Physiology (UNAM) - México

We are pleased to announce that our sixth Ph.D. candidate, Cristina de la Parte, has successfully defended her doctoral thesis titled 'Study of the Function of TET2 Through Its Interactors in Pluripotency and Aging'. Your dedication and talent have led to this significant milestone. Congratulations, Dr. de la Parte, on this well-deserved achievement! We wish you continued success in your future endeavors.

July 29, 2024

Congratulations, CELIA, for obtaining the CIMUS, XUNTA de GALICIA and FPU PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS!!
https://cimus.usc.gal/jobs/vi-contratos-de-iniciacion-la-investigacion-cimus
https://www.xunta.gal/dog/Publicados/2024/20240710/AnuncioG0761-020724-0001_es.html
https://www.ciencia.gob.es/Convocatorias/2024/FPU2023.html

We were honored to host Dr. Carlos Clavel´s seminar at CiMUS

March 05, 2024
CiMUS Seminar: "Fate of the Hair Follicle Stem Cell Niche During Growth, Pigmentation, and Ageing"

Dr. Carlos Clavel. Principal Investigator at the A*Star Skin Research labs of Singapore

We are thrilled to announce that our fifth Ph.D. candidate, Dr. Vera Garcia-Outeiral, has brilliantly defended her doctoral thesis, titled 'DNMT2 and cellular plasticity: analysis of its functions in pluripotency, cell reprogramming and cancer'. Your dedication and talent shine brightly, marking a significant milestone in our field. As you move forward, we're confident in your continued success and remarkable achievements. Congratulations, Dr. Garcia-Outeiral, on this well-deserved accomplishment! Wishing you a future filled with boundless opportunities and fulfillment.

March 04, 2024

Congratulations to David Martinez-Delgado and Lucia Ramos, our recent recipients of the XUNTA de GALICIA PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP!
https://www.edu.xunta.gal/portal/es/node/40578

November 27, 2023

We would like to thank the Gobierno de España (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades/Agencia Estatal de Investigación) for having awarded us with a Research Grant (Generación Conocimiento 2022 #PID2022-143105NB-I00)

Our fourth PhD student, Cristina Ameneiro, has successfully defended her doctoral thesis titled 'Study of CCM Function in Pluripotency and Endothelial Specification.' Congratulations, Dr. Ameneiro, on your outstanding thesis defense! Your dedication and talent shine through in your remarkable work, offering a significant contribution to our field. Your resilience and passion are truly inspiring. We are confident that your future will be filled with continued success and remarkable achievements

September 22, 2023

Our third PhD student Alejandro Fuentes-Iglesias has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Induced pluripotency: dissecting the role of ADAR-mediated RNA editing”. Congratulations on your successful thesis defense, Dr. Fuentes-Iglesias!! We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished.
We wish you all the best for your future.

February 09, 2023

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Congratulations to Dr. HELENA COVELO-MOLARES, who has obtained the MSCA-ISCIII-HEALTH-2022 project through her Seal of Excellence Award in the Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship application !!

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Congratulations to CRISTINA for her "best poster presentation award", and sincere congratulations to the rest of the members of Stem Cells & Human Diseases for an excellent job!

Our second PhD student Yara Souto has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Determining the role of the zinc-finger protein ZMYM2 in pluripotency”. Great show and many congratulations on your amazing work, Dr. Yara Souto!!
We wish you all the best for your future.

April 22, 2022

Many congratulations to Dr. HELENA COVELO-MOLARES, who has been awarded a MARGARITA SALAS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP!!
(Ministerio de Universidades, Spain)

Congratulations to DAVID and Lucia for obtaining the CIMUS PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP!!

Congratulations TIAGO for being awarded with the highly competitive
Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP!!

https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos/individuais2021.phtml.en

Congratulations ALBA for getting XUNTA de GALICIA PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP!!
http://www.edu.xunta.gal/portal/sites/web/files/anunciog0598-170621-0003_es.pdf
http://www.edu.xunta.gal/portal/es/node/33048

Our first PhD student Jose Angel Pardavila has successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “Deciphering the role of bromodomain proteins in the generation of pluripotent cells” just recently. Thank you Jose Angel for your tremendous amount of hard work, great dedication and good spirit! Congratulations on your PhD, Dr. Jose Angel Pardavila! We wish you all the best for your future.

June 08, 2021

Our PhD student Vera Garcia-Outeiral presented her research project "Investigating the relevance of m5C RNA modification in Stemness and Oncogenic Transformation" at VII edition of the Cancer Biomedical Research Conference in Galicia (IBCG2021), and won the Best Oral Presentation Award. Congratulations Vera!!

June 03, 2021

We were honored to host Dr. Alejandro Ocampo´s seminar at CiMUS

June 04, 2021
Online CiMUS Seminar: "Novel epigenetic approaches for the treatment of aging and disease"

Dr Alejandro Ocampo. Assistant Professor at Department of Bomedical Science, Université de Laussenne, Switzerland

We were honored to host Dr. Francesco Faiola´s seminar at CiMUS

01/22/2021
Online CiMUS Seminar: "Stem Cell Toxicology: features and applications"

Dr Francesco Faiola. Professor at Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

We were honored to host Dr. Ana Sevilla´s seminar at CiMUS

January 22, 2021
Online CiMUS Seminar: "An Esrrb and Nanog Cell Fate Regulatory Module Controlled by Feedback Interactions"

Dr Ana Sevilla. Head of Stem Cells, Development and Disease Lab, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain

Wow! Congratulations to Dr. DIANA GUALLAR, who has been awarded with the highly competitive LEONARDO grant from BBVA fundation.
A great achievement and trully derserved!!.

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DIANA and ALEJANDRO, congratulations on winning the Royal Galician Academy of Sciences (RAGC) Award. No one deserves this great recognition more than you two.

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Check out our new publication to identify and characterize novel protein-RNA interactions: An Optimized Immunoprecipitation Protocol for Assessing Proteing-RNA Intereactions In Vitro. STAR Protocols september 4, 2020 (DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100093).
Congratulations ALEJANDRO as well as the rest of the authors for this great job!!

We were honored to host Dr. Perez Palacios´ seminar at CiMUS

September 04, 2020
Online CiMUS Seminar: :"Maternal epigenetic contribution to early embryonic development"

Dr Raquel Perez-Palacios. Institute Curie, France.

Congratulations to our recent XUNTA de GALICIA PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Recipients: Cristina Ameneiro and Cristina De La Parte
https://www.edu.xunta.gal/portal/sites/web/files/resolucion_do_12_de_agosto_de_2020_0.pdf

Congratulations to VERA for her "best oral presentation award", and sincere congratulations to the rest of the UNIT members for an excellent job

We would like to thank the Gobierno de España (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación/Agencia Estatal de Investigación) for having awarded us with a Research Grant (Generación Conocimiento 2019 #PID2019-105739GB-100)

A huge congratulations to Dr. DIANA GUALLAR, who has been awarded the prestigious RAMÓN Y CAJAL grant. Recently, Dr. Guallar was also awarded with the highly competitive JIN-RETOS grant and the prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie award. These are fabolous news . Congratulations, Diana.
Well done and so well deserved!!

https://www.elcorreogallego.es/tendencias/esta-pandemia-marca-un-antes-y-un-despues-en-investigacion

Congratulations DIANA and ALEJANDRO as well as the rest of the authors for this outstanding piece of work:
ADAR1-Dependent RNA Editing Promotes MET and iPSC Reprogramming by Alleviating ER Stress.
CELL STEM CELL (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2020.04.016

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Congratulations CRISTINA and the rest of the authors for this excellent piece of work:
BMAL1 coordinates energy metabolism and differentiation of pluripotent stem cells.
LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE (2020) http://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.201900534

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We were honored to host Dr. Gaspar-Maia´s seminar at CiMUS

December 20, 2019
CiMUS Seminar:"Unraveling enhancer activation in breast and ovarian cancer"

Dr Alexandre Gaspar Maia. Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic, USA

We were honored to host Dr. Blanco´s seminar at CiMUS

October 17, 2019
CiMUS Seminar: 'RNA methylation in stem cells and cancer'
Dr Sandra Blanco. Científica Titular CSIC - USAL, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer , Spain

https://afondo.farodevigo.es/suplementos/estela/las-celulas-que-lo-pueden-todo-se-investigan-en-galicia.html/

We were honored to host Dr. Jantsch´s seminar at CiMUS

September 20, 2019
CiMUS Seminar: "Rewriting the transcriptome: functional consequences of RNA editing"

Dr Michael Jantsch. Professor at Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Congratulations to DIANA and ALEJANDRO for your respectively prizes of best manuscript and poster presentation, and sincere congratulations to the entire Team for an excellent job

Congratulations ADRIANA for getting both the XUNTA de GALICIA and the
FPU PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS!!
http://www.edu.xunta.gal/portal/node/27774
http://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/servicios-al-ciudadano-mecd/en/catalogo/general/educacion/998758/ficha/998758-2018.html

We were honored to host Dr. Landeira´s seminar at CiMUS

June 21, 2019
CiMUS Seminar: "Polycomb function is regulated across cell cycle in pluripotent cells"

Dr David Landeira. Principal Investigator at Centro de Genómica e Investigación Oncológica - GENYO, Universidad de Granada, Spain

Congratulations VERA for getting CIMUS PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP!!
www.usc.es/cimus/sites/default/files/job_offers/resolucion_ii_contratos_iniciacion_a_la_investigacion_cimus_2018.pdf

and even more for being awarded with the highly competitive Spanish
FPU PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP!!
http://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/servicios-al-ciudadano-mecd/catalogo/general/educacion/998758/ficha/998758-2017.html

We were honored to host Dr. Walkley´s seminar at CiMUS

April 01, 2019
CiMUS Seminar: 'Rewriting the transcriptome: Adenosine-to-Inosine RNA editing by ADARs'

Dr. Carl Walkley. Associated Professor at Department of Medicine, St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Australia

We were honored to host Dr. Wang´s seminar at CiMUS

September 24, 2018
CiMUS Seminar: 'Molecular control of stem cell and developmental biology'

Dr. Jianlong Wang. Associated Professor at Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA.

We were honored to host Dr. Pereira´s seminar at CiMUS

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September 20, 2018
CiMUS Seminar: 'Programming hematopoiesis and immunity'

Dr. Filipe Pereira. Assistant Professor at Department of Molecular Medicine, Lund University, Sweden. Assistant Professor at University of Coimbra University, Portugal.

Congratulations to YARA for her oral presentation Award and the rest of the Lab members for your hard work and dedication!

Congratulations ALEJANDRO for getting a FPI PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP!
Ayudas para contratos predoctorales para la formación de doctores 2017

http://www.gciencia.com/premio-comunicacion-cientifica/contar-a-ciencia-5/avances-celulas-nai/

https://amp.farodevigo.es/suscriptor/estela/2018/05/06/celulas-investigan-galicia/

Congratulations JOSE ANGEL and the rest of the authors for this great work: RNA-dependent chromatin targeting of TET2 for endogenous retrovirus control in pluripotent stem cells Nature Genetics (2018) doi:10.1038/s41588-018-0060-9

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We would like to thank the Axencia Galega de Innovación/Xunta de Galicia for having awarded us with a Research Grant (CONVENIO DE COLABORACIÓN ENTRE A AXENCIA GALEGA DE INNOVACIÓN, A CONSELLERÍA DE CULTURA, EDUCACIÓN E ORDENACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA E A UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA PARA FOMENTAR A ACTIVIDADE INVESTIGADORA DO PERSOAL INVESTIGADOR FINALISTA NAS CONVOCATORIAS DE AXUDAS DO ERC NO MARCO DO H2020 #2017-CP140)

Congratulations CRISTINA, for winning the XVI Certamen Universitario "
ARQUIMIDES/Accésit award!
https://www.mecd.gob.es/servicios-al-ciudadano-mecd/en/catalogo/educacion/estudiantes/premios/universitarios/certamen-universitario-arquimedes.html

Congratulations YARA for getting XUNTA de GALICIA PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP!!
http://gain.xunta.gal/artigos/279/ayudas+apoyo+etapa+predoctoral

Congratulations ADRIANA for getting CIMUS PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP!!
http://www.usc.es/cimus/sites/default/files/job_offers/resolucion_-_contratos_iniciacion_a_la_investigacion_cimus_0.pdf

Congratulations VERA for getting 1st CIMUS SUMMER SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP!!
http://www.usc.es/cimus/sites/default/files/job_offers/resolucion_summer_school_2017_0.pdf

We were honored to host Dr. Guallar´s seminar at CiMUS

July 29, 2016
CiMUS Seminar: 'RNA-dependent recruitment of epigenetic regulators: new modes for transcriptional regulation'
Dr. Diana Guallar. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Hablamos con siete de los científicos más prometedores de España, recientemente premiados por la Fundación Ramón Areces. Sus proyectos abarcan desde las enfermedades raras a la nanotecnología, desde el CO2 hasta la obesidad o el cáncer. Todavía no han cumplido los 40 años y ya están liderando sus propios equipos de investigación: la ciencia en España cuenta con un talento joven de primer nivel internacional, especialmente en áreas como la salud, la energía o el desarrollo de nuevos materiales. En INNOVADORES hemos hablado con siete de los perfiles más prometedores de la academia patria sobre sus proyectos, retos y barreras.
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