Marta del Pozo Valero

Phone: +32 (0) 933 21342
​ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3934-0873

Principal Investigator

• Elfride De Baere
  

​Projects

• Solving undiagnosed rare eye diseases using integrated omics

Fields of Expertise

• Inherited retinal dystrophies
• NGS analysis (WES, WGS)

Appointments

• 2022- present Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Belgium
• 2021 Postdoctoral researcher, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
• 2017-2020: PhD student, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain

Awards and Honours

• 2022: Extraordinary Doctorate Award, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)
• 2021: Postdoc fellowship Fundación Alfonso Martín Escudero
• 2021: Profesor Julio Rodríguez Villanueva Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis of Quironsalud
• 2021: The Best PhD Thesis Award of Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital (HUFJD)
• 2020: Doctor in Molecular Biosciences. Thesis with International Mention “Cum Laude”
• 2019: ESHG fellowship to attend the 6th Course in Eye Genetics
• 2018: Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Travel Grant by Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
• 2017-2020: Predoctoral Grant supported by the Conchita Rábago Foundation

Degrees

• 2017-2020: PhD in Molecular Biosciences. Genetics and Genomics Department Biomedical Research Institute Fundación Jimenez Diaz (IIS-FJD, UAM). Autonomous University of Madrid. Madrid, Spain
• 2015-2016: Master’s Degree in Genetics and Genomics. Human Genetics and Genomics Specialty. University of Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain
• ​2011-2015: Bachelor’s Degree in Biotechnology. University of Salamanca. Salamanca, Spain

​ Lab Totem

Vibrant Kohola -Levendige Kohola

This majestic seacreature is active and communicative. A great team player, with impressive skills of travelling the needed distance and is very cooperative.

Characteristics: active, engaged, intelligent and cooperative

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