Roger Paredes
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Location
Badalona
Description
In 2004 he was awarded a fellowship from the ”la Caixa” Foundation for a postdoctoral placement at Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA), where he began to establish his international profile in translational research into HIV and infectious diseases.
Since 2007, he has led the Microbial Genomics Group at IrsiCaixa, overseeing projects in HIV therapy, emerging diseases, the microbiome and personalised medicine, and he coordinates international studies such as the European Horizon 2020 MISTRAL project. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he directed Spain’s participation in international clinical trials and, in 2024, was elected co-chair of the scientific committee of STRIVE, a clinical trials platform for treatments targeting emerging viral infections.
He has published more than 370 scientific articles and has received the Award for Professional Excellence from the Barcelona Medical Association. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, an associate professor at Case Western Reserve University, and an adviser to the World Health Organisation on HIV and COVID-19.
Marc Expòsit Goy
PhD student in Molecular Engineering at the Baker Lab, University of Washington
He holds a degree in Biotechnology from the Universitat de Girona, where he was awarded the outstanding prize for the best academic performance of his class. In 2016, he commenced his research activity in the field of bioengineering with a one-year ...
Oliver Binks
BSc in Ecology, PhD from the University of Edinburgh and postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)
Oliver Binks graduated with an honours degree in Ecology and completed his PhD at the School of GeoSciences of the University of Edinburgh in 2016, on the ecophysiology of tropical rainforests. He then spent five years at the Australian National ...
Albert Francesc Gimó Contreras
Máster MVA en la École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (Francia)
Thanks to a postgraduate fellowship abroad from the "la Caixa" Foundation, Albert Gimó is studying for an MVA (Mathematics, Vision and Learning) master’s degree at ENS Paris-Saclay. His main interest lies in the safe and effective integration of ...