Principal Investigators

Dr. Signe Altmäe, Associate Professor
In 2010 she obtained her Ph.D. in Genetic Technology at the University of Tartu (Estonia) and in 2011 her second Ph.D. in Medical Sciences at the Karolinska Institute (Sweden). In 2011 she was awarded a scholarship from the Ministry of Spain 'Stays of young foreign doctors in Spanish centers' and in 2013 she obtained the Marie Curie Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship to carry out Postdoctoral research at the University of Granada (Spain). In 2016 she was elected Marie Curie Senior Researcher at the Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and in 2018 she obtained the position of Ramon y Cajal Research Fellow at the University of Granada. Starting from 2023 she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada.

Dr. Cristina E. Requena, Assistant Professor
She started her career with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Granada in 2014, doing her thesis at the Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine López Neyra (Granada, Spain). In 2016, she moved to the London Institute of Medical Science, MRC/Imperial College London (London, UK) to continue her postdoctoral research. In 2022, she joined the University of Granada (Granada, Spain) as a senior researcher with a María Zambrano Junior Grant to attract international talent. In 2023, she was established as a principal investigator at the University of Granada under the EMERGIA Program from the Regional Government of Andalusia, being now a part of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Faculty of Science, University of Granada.
Group members

Miriam Gámiz-Aguilera Susana Ruíz Durán
PhD student Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist
@email Hospital Virgen de las Nieves de Granada
Previous Members
- Dra. Analuce Canha. Posdoctoral Researcher (2022-2024)
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Dra. Inmaculada Pérez-Prieto. PhD student (2020-2023), Posdoctoral Researcher (2023-2024)
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Dra. Nerea M. Molina. PhD student (2020-2023), Posdoctoral Researcher (2023-2024)
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Dra. Eva Vargas-Liébanas. Posdoctoral Researcher (2021-2023)
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Dr. Alberto Sola-Leyva. PhD student (2019-2022), Posdoctoral Researcher (2022-2023)