Santiago Roura
Santiago Roura, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
Department
Cardiology
University degree
Biochemistry, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona
PhD
PhD in Biochemistry, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona
Professional career
1-7/2002.- Servei d’Inmunologia (I+D) a Ipsen Pharma S.A (Beaufour Group) de Sant Feliu del Llobregat (Barcelona)
2003-2006.- Laboratori de Fisiologia Cel.lular, Servei de Cardiologia de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau de Barcelona
2006-2010.- Institut Català de Ciències Cardiovasculars, Barcelona
2010-2015.- Institut Germans Trias i Pujol
2016-2018.- Investigador associat a Centre de Medicina Regenerativa de Barcelona
2018-present.- Institut Germans Trias i Pujol
Research stays
1995-2000.- Unitat de Biologia Cel∙lular i Molecular de l’Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM)
Fellowships
1997-2000.- Beca pre-doctoral de formació de personal investigador de la Generalitat de Catalunya (CIRIT)
Professional Highlights
2008.- Spanih patent ES2325715-B1: New isolated adult stem cell, from fatty mammalian heart tissue, expressing GATA binding protein 4 and/or constitutive form of Cx43, useful for preparing a composition for treating ischemic heart disease and post-myocardial infarction (inventors: Büscher D, Bayés-Genís A, Roura S, Farré J, Prat-Vidal C). Extensió internacional (2009, WO2009027563-A1)
Interests
Cellular biology
Regenerative medicine
Heart failure
Cardiac regeneration
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Stem cells
Umbilical cord blood
Tissue engineering
Extracellular vesicles
Immunomodulation
Bioreactors
GMP production
Publications
See a listing of publications on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
Research
See a description of research activies:
Stem cells
Tissue engineering
Cardiomyiopathies
Extracellular vesicles