Institute of Biomedical Technologies

Training programme for researchers

Training programme for researchers

The ITB professors and researchers participate extensively in the post-graduate programmes at the ULL related to biomedicine, biotechnology and health sciences. To complement this, the institute organizes a programme of weekly research seminars, with the participation of national and international researchers in scientific areas of interest. Most of the ITB researchers participate as professors and/or tutors in these post-graduate programmes, whose academic direction is the responsibility of Dr Guadalberto Hernández (PhD in Health Sciences) and Dr Ángel Acebes (Master’s in Biomedicine), who are members of the institute. In addition, there is a strong participation of ITB professors and researchers in the Academic Committee of both programmes, and all the research groups at the institute are ascribed as official research lines for both programmes, acting as recipient laboratories for the corresponding students.

ACTIVITIES 2019

Organisation of Courses and Seminars

The ITB works together with the Medical School on the Health Sciences Campus to organize a programme of courses and scientific seminars, co-funded by other public and private entities (Bioavance Foundation, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competiveness -MINECO, Institute of Health Carlos III, ULL, EU, etc.). The Institute has organized 14 of these seminars and courses that were included in the programme for 2019, as listed below:

  1. Deciphering the brain: From its anatomy and activity to pathologies. Scientific Conferences at the Institute of Biomedical Technologies (ITB). University of La Laguna, School of Medicine (17/05/2019). Dr Francisco Gómez Scholl (Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, Institute for Biomedicine in Seville (IBiS), Dr Javier De Felipe (Cajal Cortical Circuit Laboratory, Centre for Biomedical Technolgy, Technical University of Madrid).
  2. Advanced Systems for a better future. Simposium en honor al Dr Nicholas A. Peppas (University of Texas, Austin, USA). Faculty of Pharmacy, University of La Laguna (15-16/05/2019).
  3. Seminars on neurodegeneration. Scientific Conferences at the Institute of Biomedical Technologies (ITB). University of La Laguna, Medical School (24/05/2019). Dr Adolfo López de Munaín (University Hospital of Donostia, Biodonostia), Dr José J. Lucas (Centre for Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa”, CSIC).
  4. Nuevas perspectivas en el tratamiento de las enfermedades neurodegenerativas (New perspectives for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases). Scientific Conferences at the ITB. ULL, School of Medicine (10/05/2019). Dr José Luis Lanciego Pérez (Applied Medical Research Centre (CIMA, University of Navarre), Dr Jordi Alberch Vié, Institute of Neurocience, University of Barcelona).
  5. Update in digestive disease for general practitioners internal residents. University Hospital of the Canary Islands, San Cristóbal de La Laguna (06-08 and 13-15 May 2019). Dr Manuel Hernández-Guerra.
  6. Update in gastroenterology and liver diseases. University Hospital of the Canary Islands, San Cristóbal de La Laguna (June-November 2019). Dr Manuel Hernández-Guerra, Dr Enrique Quintero.
  7. Orfan Biotech SL: Primeros pasos de una empresa farmacéutica en Tenerife (First steps of a pharmaceutical company in Tenerife). End-of Master’s project, «Communication Skills» Seminar. Health Sciences Campus, School of Medicine, University of La Laguna (05/11/2019). Dr Miguel X. Fernandes.
  8. Perspectiva genómica del aislamiento y adaptación en las poblaciones humanas contemporáneas de Canarias (Genomic perspective on isolation and adaptation in the contemporary human population of the Canary Islands). University of La Laguna (06/11/2019). Dr José Miguel Lorenzo (Genomics Unit at the Technological and Renewable Energy Institute).
  9. De la Universidad a la empresa privada y vice versa (From the University to the private sector and back). School of Medicine, University of La Laguna (07/11/2019). Dr J.C. Luis Jorge (Applications of Plant Biology group, ULL).
  10. Análisis de los factores genéticos asociados con la enfermedad de Chagas mediante un estudio amplio del genoma – GWAS (Analysis of genetic factors associated with Chagas disease through a genome-wide association study -GWAS). Biology Section, Faculty of Sciences, University of La Laguna (08/11/2019). Dr Marialbert Acosta Herrera («López Neira»Parasitology and Biomedicine Institute, CSIC, Granada).
  11. Descifrando un genoma milenario: la historia de un cáncer transmisible (Deciphering a millennial genome: the story of a transmissible cancer) School of Medicine, ULL (09/11/2019). Dr Adrián Báez Ortega (University of Cambridge).
  12. DNA-protein crosslink proteolysis repair: from molecular insight to cancer therapy. School of Medicine, University of La Laguna (11/12/2019). Dr Kristijan Ramadan, Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, UK).
  13. Co-translational association of mRNAs encoding components of the action potential (Gail A Robertson, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin – Madison). School of Medicine, University of La Laguna (16/12/2019). Dr Guadalberto Hernández.
  14. The K+ homeostasis machinery in a bacterium (Joao Cabral, Instituto de Investigaçao a Inovaçao em Saúde and Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Porto, Portugal). School of Medicine, University of La Laguna (17/12/2019). Dr Guadalberto Hernández.

PhD Theses Directed or co-directed by Members of the Institute

  1. Title: Behavioral consequences of electrical versus chemical synapse restoration in a Drosophila model of neurodegeneration. Author: Ana Ninovska Romero Luis. Supervisor: Ángel Acebes Vindel. Host Institution: University of La Laguna. Date of thesis defence: 12/07/2019. Qualification: Summa Cum Laude
  2. Title: Aldosterone-induced morphological and functional remodeling of colon epithelium in health and disease. Author: Natalia Serrano Morillas. Supervisors: Diego Álvarez de la Rosa and Teresa Giráldez. Host Institution: University of La Laguna. Date of thesis defence: 12/04/2019. Qualification: Summa Cum Laude
  3. Title: Optoelectrical Dynamics of Ion Channels and Subcellular Calcium Nanodomains. Author: Roger Gimeno Llobet. Supervisors: Teresa Giráldez and Diego Álvarez de la Rosa. Host Institution: University of La Laguna. Date of thesis defence: 01/02/2019. Qualification: Summa Cum Laude
  4. Title: Hidrogeles bioactivos para la regeneración ósea en osteoporosis («Bioactive hydrogels for bone regeneration in osteoporosis«). Author: Elisabet Segredo Morales. Supervisors: Araceli Delgado and Carmen M. Évora. Host Institution: University of La Laguna. Date of thesis defence: 21/05/2019. Qualification: Summa Cum Laude
  5. Title: Investigating TDP-43 mutations in mouse and developing a knockin humanised TDP-43 mouse model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Author: Francesca De Giorgio. Supervisor: Abraham Acevedo. Host Institution: University College London. Date of thesis defence: 28/08/2019.
  6. Title: Post-translational modifications in the DNA damage response. Author: Ignacio Alonso de Vega. Supervisor: Veronique Smits. Host Institution: University of La Laguna. Date of thesis defence: 12/12/2019. Qualification: Summa Cum Laude.

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