Ana Maria Gonzalez Castro I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Neuro-Immune-Gastroenterology Research Group. My interest is focused on improving the understanding of the role of immune cells (mast cells, eosinophils and plasma cells) askey playeres in the control of intestinal mucosal barrier mechanisms in patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Microscopic Colitis. Institutions of which they are part Postdoctoral researcher Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Digestive Tract Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca Email Ana Maria Gonzalez Castro Email Institutions of which they are part Postdoctoral researcher Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Digestive Tract Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Neuro-Immune-Gastroenterology Research Group. My interest is focused on improving the understanding of the role of immune cells (mast cells, eosinophils and plasma cells) askey playeres in the control of intestinal mucosal barrier mechanisms in patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Microscopic Colitis.
I graduated in Biology from the Faculty of Biology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1999 and completed my doctoral thesis in Digestive Pathophysiology (University of Barcelona, 2006). I then joined the laboratory of the Digestive System Service of the Hospital Vall d'Hebron under the supervision of Dr. Xavier Molero in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Pancreatic Diseases group. From 2009 to 2011, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Neuro-Immuno-Gastroenterology group led by Dr Javier Santos, VHIR, where together with Dr. María Vicario I focused on the study of immune cell populations, with particular attention to the role of mast cells and plasma cells in the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome. In 2011 I received a postdoctoral research fellowship from Linkoping University (Sweden). My research there focused on studying the humoral immune response in the colonic mucosa of patients with ulcerative colitis and the effect of stress on the colonic mucosa of healthy volunteers. In 2013, I joined the group of Mucosal Translational Immunology as a post-doctoral researcher, together with Dr María Vicario. My research has been aimed at improving the current understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying gastrointestinal disorders and identifying immune changes in the intestinal mucosa that are associated with altered intestinal permeability and the development of intestinal inflammation. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Neuro-Immuno-Gastroenterology Laboratory led by Dr Santos, collaborating with the principal investigators on varius research projects and coordinating the research work in the laboratory. I also participate in the training of undergraduate, masters and pre-doctoral students and I am very committed to the training of young researchers.. Since 2022, I have been a professor in the Master in Translational Biomedical Research (VHIR-UAB).
Projects Desarrollo de un panel diagnóstico innovador para el Síndrome del Intestino Irritable basado en la expresión sistémica diferencial de miRNAs, asociado a manifestaciones clínicas y a patología intestinal IP: Fco Javier Santos Vicente Collaborators: Ana Maria Gonzalez Castro, Cristina Martínez Martínez Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 171215 Reference: PI14/00994 Duration: 01/01/2015 - 30/04/2018 Unitat de Recerca del Sistema Digestiu (GRC) IP: Unitat de Recerca del Sistema Digestiu (GRC) Collaborators: Fco Javier Santos Vicente, Beatriz Lobo Alvarez, Claudia Maria Herrera de Guise, Natalia Borruel Sainz, María Antolín Mate, Mar Guilarte Clavero, Unitat de Recerca del Sistema Digestiu (GRC), Francesc Casellas Jordá, Carmen Alonso Cotoner, Carolina Malagelada Prats, Ana Maria Gonzalez Castro, Marc Pigrau Pastor, Virginia Robles Alonso, Cristina Martínez Martínez, Chaysavanh Manichanh, Elizabeth Barba Orozco Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 30000 Reference: 2014 SGR 1285 Duration: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2016 Mecanismos neuroinmunológicos de activación de la respuesta humoral en la fisiopatología del Síndrome del Intestino Irritable: base orgánica de la disfunción intestinal IP: - Collaborators: Beatriz Lobo Alvarez, Inés de Torres Ramirez, Ana Maria Gonzalez Castro Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 80465 Reference: PI13/00935 Duration: 01/01/2014 - 31/03/2017 Distinctive humoral activity in the intestinal mucosa of IBS. New approach to IBS etiopathogenesis. IP: - Collaborators: Inés de Torres Ramirez, Carmen Alonso Cotoner, Ana Maria Gonzalez Castro Funding agency: Rome Foundation Funding: 36829.7 Reference: ROMEF-13_M.VICARIO_ROMEFOUNDATION 2012 Duration: 01/07/2013 - 30/06/2014 Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Next page › Last page »
