RESEARCHERS
Prof. Ciara o'Sullivan (Interfibio - URV)
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Ciara O' Sullivan received a BSc in Analytical Chemistry from Dublin City University in 1992, a PhD in Biotechnology from Cranfield University in 1996 and then went on to lead the sensors group at University College Cork from 1996-99. She then took up a Marie Curie Fellowship at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (1999-2001) and was then awarded a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship which she pursued for 1 year prior to taking up her current position as ICREA Research Professor and establishing the Nanobiotechnology and Bioanalysis Group at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. She is group leader of the GENCAT funded Consolidated Group INTERFIBIO.
Prof. Abdulaziz Saleh Bashammakh (KAU)
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Dr. Abdulaziz Saleh Bashammakh is an assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry and General Supervisor of Administration of Self Financing of the King Abdulaziz University.
Prof. Mohammad Soror El-Shahawi (KAU)
Prof. Mohammad Soror El-Shahawi is professor Professor of Chemistry at the King Abdulaziz University.
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Prof. Ioanis Katakis (Interfibio - URV)
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Ioanis Katakis studied Chemical Engineering in The University Aristoteles of Thessaloniki, Greece completing two semesters at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He continued his studies for a M.Eng. and then a PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. After a short post doctoral stay in the same University, he went to Spain as member of the Department of Chemical Engineering, in The Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), first as a visiting professor, then as assistant profesoor and as associate professor from 1997. In 2000 ha completed a stay in Bayer as as a senior scientist participating in the development of minimally invasive glucose sensors.
Dr. Vasoula Skouridou (Interfibio - URV)
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Dr. Vasoula Skouridou (Cyprus, 1975) received her B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering (1998) and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2004), both from the National Technical University of Athens (Greece). She worked as a Post-Doctoral researcher at the University of Texas at Austin (USA) (2004-2007) and the University of California San Franscisco (USA) (2007-2010). Dr. Skouridou joined the Interfibio Group as a Post-doc in 2012 and she is currently working on the selection of aptamers against steroids and viral proteins. She is also working of the development of different platforms for the detection of nucleic acids and proteins using paper-based assays and DNA binding proteins.
Dr. Markéta Svobodová (Interfibio - URV)
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Dr. Markéta Svobodová (Czech Republic, 1981) received her degree in Biology with specialization in Anthropology and Human Genetic (2006) at Charles University (Czech Republic). She joined Interfibio Group as Ph.D. student (2008-2012) and gained experience with molecular biology techniques related to aptamer selection. Since 2012 she is working as Postdoctoral Researcher. In 2015 she received a Tecniospring/Marie Curie fellowship at URV in collaboration with 2bind company (Regensburg, Germany). Her research interests lie in the development of new aptamers, exploiting their unique properties and applications in diagnostic and therapeutic areas.
Mrs. Maryluz Botero (Interfibio - URV)
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Mrs. Mary Luz Botero (MSc) was born in Medellin (Colombia). She obtained a BSc in Microbiology and Bioanalisis from the University of Antioquia (Colombia) and then a MSc in Nutricion y Metabolismo, from the University Rovira i Virgili (URV). She began to work in 2005 in the Interfibio Group from the URV, place where she is currently working as project technician. She specialized in electrochemical biosensors, but she also has experience in ELISA, ELONA, electrophoresis, surface chemistry, protein/DNA modification and purification and SELEX. Her research interests lie in the development of electrochemical biosensors for medical, environmental and food sciences. She has published 6 scientific articles and participated in several European Union funded projects.
Dr. Teresa Mairal (Interfibio - URV)
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Dra. Tersesa Mairal Lerga (Spain, 1976), graduated in Chemistry and Biochemistry (2000) at University Rovira I Virgili (Spain), Ph.D. In Pharmacy (2006) at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain). Dr. Teresa Mairal Lerga joined Interfibio Group as Post-Doctoral Researcher (2006-present), and is developing research/work in aptamer lupin development.
Dr. Miriam Jauset (Interfibio - URV)
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Dr. Miriam Jauset Rubio (Spain, 1987) received her degree in Biology (2010) at University Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) and obtained her MSc. in Applied Microbiology (2011) at University Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain). She joined Interfibio Group as Ph.D Student (2012-2016) and gained experience with molecular biology techniques related to aptamer selection. Since 2016 she is working as Postdoctoral Researcher. Her research interests lie in the development of new aptamers and their application in lateral flow assays.
Dr. Ángel Gonzalez (Interfibio - URV)
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Dr. González (Spain, 1978), graduated in Biochemistry (2000) at University Rovira i Virgili (Spain). Obtained his M. SC. in Nutrition and Metabolism (2002) at University Rovira i Virgili (Spain) and obtained his Ph.D in “Application of molecular techniques for the identification and enumeration of acetic acid bacteria” (2005) at University Rovira i Virgili (Spain). He did his post-doctoral research at the VUB and UGent (Belgium) and later at the University Rovira i Virgili (Spain). Dr. González joined Interfibio Group as Post-Doctoral Researcher (2012) and is currently working as a Researcher for CTQC and as a Visiting Professor at the Chemical Engineering department of the University Rovira i Virgili (Spain).