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I am a developmental biologist with over 15 years of experience studying the molecular mechanisms that govern brain development. I earned my degree in Pharmacy from the University of Granada in 2008 and completed my PhD at the University of Barcelona in 2015, where I investigated how oncogenic mutations disrupt neural tube development using the chick embryo model. Following my first postdoctoral training at IBMB-CSIC in Barcelona, where I studied the role of β-catenin in spinal cord development, I joined EPFL in Prof. Gioele La Manno’s lab in 2021. My research combines developmental biology with spatial transcriptomics, single-cell analysis, and embryo culture to understand brain organization in both physiological and pathological contexts. I have recently been awarded a Ramón y Cajal grant and will join the University of Granada to establish my own research group.