Research interest: detectable anatomical alterations in neurodegenerative diseases
“I am a PhD student interested in using non-invasive imaging techniques to study the brain across the lifespan. Particularly, I will aim to trace back histopathological signs of Alzheimer’s to in vivo information that can be obtained with MRI.
I studied Biomedical Engineering at the University Carlos III of Madrid. During the third year of my Bachelor’s I had the opportunity to study abroad at the University of California. There I got in contact for the first time with neuroscience, which I was fascinated about. I continued my education in Dresden, Germany, which became a second home for me while I studied the Master’s on Regenerative Biology and Medicine. This is a research-intensive program where I got involved in varied research projects and expanded my background.”
Education
Master’s on Regenerative Biology and Medicine at TU Dresden (Germany)
Master’s thesis at the Vastenhouw Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Medicine (MPI-CBG): “Identifying proteomic components of the first transcriptional foci during early zebrafish development”
Bachelor’s on Biomedical Enrineering at University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain)
Bachelor’s thesis at the Epithelial Biomedicine Division of the CIEMAT Research Institute: “Advanced therapy for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology”
Publications
- de Diego A. M. G, Ortega-Cruz D., García A. G. (2020) Disruption of Exocytosis in Sympathoadrenal Chromaffin Cells from Mouse Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases. Int. J. Mol. Sci 21, 1946.