Javier Villacieros Álvarez I am a neurologist and I am currently doing my PhD in basic research on MOG antibodies associated disease (MOGAD). Institutions of which they are part Predoctoral researcher Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca Investigador/a predoctoral Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia Twitter Orcid Javier Villacieros Álvarez Twitter Orcid Institutions of which they are part Predoctoral researcher Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca Investigador/a predoctoral Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia I am a neurologist and I am currently doing my PhD in basic research on MOG antibodies associated disease (MOGAD).
I completed my training period in Neurology at the Hospital Universitario de La Princesa (Madrid). Subsequently, I worked as a Specialist Physician in Hospital Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid) from September 2019 to January 2022, with care activity focused mainly on neuroimmunology. At the moment I work as a predoctoral researcher at the Center d 'Sclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Vall d'Hebron Hospital (Barcelona), after obtaining a PFIS grant from the Carlos III Health Institute. The research project is focused on MOG antibodies associated disease (MOGAD), studying biomarkers in MOGAD with different laboratory techniques (cell-based assay, immunocytochemistry, flow cytometry, SIMOA, etc), as well as the analysis of different clinical and radiological characteristics, and evolution and prognosis of patients with a first demyelinating event suggestive of multiple sclerosis based on the presence or absence of MOG antibodies. I spent a stay at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, learning about different laboratory techniques (ELISA, Cell based assays, immunoblot, immunohistochemistry, immunoprecipitation, etc), and actively collaborating in the experiments of different groups. To date I am part of 8 publications of scientific articles, being first or second author in 5 of them. In addition, I have made more than 10 presentations at conferences as first author.
Projects SGR-Cat 2021: Neuroimmunologia Clínica IP: Xavier Montalban Gairín Collaborators: Ana Isabel Guerrero Perez, Carlos Nos Llopis, Sunny Malhotra Sareen, José Ant. Graells Salvador, Jaume Sastre Garriga, Jordi Rio Izquierdo, Ingrid Galán Cartaña, Rosalia Horno Ocaña, Manuel Comabella Lopez, Andrea Serrano Mascarós, Margarida Capell Maymo, Samuel Sánchez Pous, Elisenda Anglada Clofent, Montserrat Aroca Alsina, Silvia Soler García, Sergio Cabello, Carmen Tur Gomez, Gabriel Ig Camiña Rodríguez, Herena Eixarch Ahufinger, Carme Santoyo Medina, Oriol Nualart Mundo, Mar Tintore Subirana, M Jesus Arevalo Navines, Edwin Roger Meza Murillo, SGR-Cat 2021: Neuroimmunologia Clínica, Miguel Angel Robles Sanchez, Dunia Muñoz Valdivielso, Carmen Espejo Ruiz, Nuria Filló Papiol, Marta Rodríguez Barranco, Gaizka Loyola Sanmillan, Mireia Resina Salles, Angela Vidal Jordana, Lucía Gutiérrez Ruiz, Ana Zabalza de Torres, Sergio Vergara Ruiz, Javier Villacieros Álvarez, Rafael Garcia Merida, Maria Arantza Dema Etxezarreta, Luciana Midaglia Fernandez, Alvaro Cobo Calvo, Neus Mongay Ochoa, Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Milagros Fraga Pereira, Breogan Rodriguez Acevedo, Andres Miguez Gonzalez, Mireia Castillo Juarez, Rucsanda Pinteac, Nicolás Miguel Fissolo Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 40000 Reference: 2021 SGR 00782 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025 Deciphering clinical features and pathogenesis of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibodies in adult patients with a first demyelinating syndrome IP: Alvaro Cobo Calvo Collaborators: Javier Villacieros Álvarez, Miriam Izquierdo Sans Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 119567 Reference: FI21/00282 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025
