AECC Talent Postdoctoral Researchers

Meet our team of researchers

AECC Talent researchers are working in individual cancer research projects to tackle the greatest challenges in cancer research in the most excellent research centres in Spain. Get to know them!

  • Project:
    SMART-T cells: a new immunotherapy to fight solid tumors

    Dra. Patricia Hernández
    • Dra. Patricia Hernández
    • Research centre: Centro Nacional Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Targeting the hidden enemy in obesity-related liver cancer

    Dra. Amaia Navarro
    • Dra. Amaia Navarro
    • Research centre: Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Biociencias (CIC bioGUNE)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    SWEET‑STAb: A new strategy to fight solid tumors using T lymphocytes

    Dr. Daniel Salas
    • Dr. Daniel Salas
    • Research centre: Centro Nacional Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Study of skin bacteria in the progression of squamous cell carcinoma

    Dra. Virginia Llopis
    • Dra. Virginia Llopis
    • Research centre: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IISLAFE)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Uncovering how gut bacteria interact with microplastics in young cancer patients

    Dra. Serena Galie
    • Dra. Serena Galie
    • Research centre: Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IRB Barcelona)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Exploring the role of blood vessels during esophageal tumor formation

    Dra. Sandra Camargo
    • Dra. Sandra Camargo
    • Research centre: Instituto de Investigación contra la Leucemia Josep Carreras (IJC)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Innovative breast cancer prevention strategies exploiting the immune system

    Dra. Rosa Pascual
    • Dra. Rosa Pascual
    • Research centre: Hospital del Mar Research Institute
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    T-REX: Translating the Role and Elucidating the impact of the X chromosome on childhood leukemias

    Dra. Reid Blanchett
    • Dra. Reid Blanchett
    • Research centre: Instituto de Investigación contra la Leucemia Josep Carreras (IJC)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Computational modelling of tumour evolution and treatment resistance in prostate cancer: towards personalised therapeutic strategies

    Dr. Richard Norris
    • Dr. Richard Norris
    • Research centre: Vall d'Hebron Instituto de Oncología (VHIO)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Tracing the Origins of Childhood Cancer

    Dr. Quirze Rovira
    • Dr. Quirze Rovira
    • Research centre: Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IRB Barcelona)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    How chemotherapy affects healthy blood cells: uncovering hidden long-term risks

    Dra. Maria del Rocio Chamorro
    • Dra. María del Rocío Chamorro
    • Research centre: Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IRB Barcelona)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Understanding how cancer changes by studying our genes

    Dr. Manuel Jara
    • Dr. Manuel Jara
    • Research centre: Vall d'Hebron Instituto de Oncología (VHIO)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Understanding how chronic lymphocytic leukemia evolves to improve treatment

    Dra. Manon Zala
    • Dra. Manon Zala
    • Research centre: Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Stopping advanced prostate cancer by disrupting its molecular “conversations”

    Dra. Magali Scocozza
    • Dra. Magali Scocozza
    • Research centre: Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IRB Barcelona)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Unraveling and Dismantling the Inflammatory Signals that Drive Pancreatic Cancer

    Dr. Davide Carra
    • Dr. Davide Carra
    • Research centre: Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IRB Barcelona)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    A new strategy to block the progression of castration‑resistant prostate cancer

    Dra. Alba Jimenez
    • Dra. Alba Jiménez
    • Research centre: Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)
    • Year: 2025

  • Project:
    Decoding the impact of tumor-intrinsic MHC loss in cancer trough genome engineering

    • Dr. Dario Ruiz Ciancio
    • Research centre: Vall d'Hebron Instituto de Oncología (VHIO)
    • Year: 2024

  • Project:
    Determining the role of neutrophils in ovarian cancer

    Alejandro Herreros
    • Dr. Alejandro Herreros
    • Research centre: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IISLAFE)
    • Year: 2024

  • Project:
    Unlocking the Secrets of B-cell Lymphomas: Innovative omics to decode the tumor microenvironment.

    • Dr. Álvaro López
    • Research centre: IJC
    • Year: 2024

  • Project:
    BiTing-SCLC: Discovery and validation of novel immunotherapeutic treatments specific for SCLC

    • Dr. José Garrido
    • Research centre: Instituto de investigación Hospital 12 de octubre (i+12)
    • Year: 2024

  • Project:
    Regulation of blood and leukemia stem cells by the gene HLF: a path to find new cures

    • Dr. Julia Aguadé
    • Research centre: IJC
    • Year: 2024

  • Project:
    Exploiting the tumour microenvironment for the development of immunotherapies against solid tumours

    • Dr. Lorena Pérez
    • Research centre: CIC bioGUNE
    • Year: 2024

  • Project:
    Harnessing Anti-tumor T cells from the Blood: A Game-changer for Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy

    • Dr. Melissa Thone
    • Research centre: Vall d'Hebron Instituto de Oncología (VHIO)
    • Year: 2024

  • Project:
    Analysis of the DNA blocks present in blood samples to predict radio- and immunotherapy success in lung cancer

    • Dr. Miriam Yagüe
    • Research centre: Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS)
    • Year: 2024

  • Project:
    Understanding Prostate Cancer Resistance: Seeking Better Treatment Strategies

    • Dr. Nicolás Anselmino
    • Research centre: Vall d'Hebron Instituto de Oncología (VHIO)
    • Year: 2024

  • Project:
    Study of the loss of oncogenic dependencies in cancer

    • Dr. Pawel Sobczuk
    • Research centre: Vall d'Hebron Instituto de Oncología (VHIO)
    • Year: 2024

  • Project:
    Exploring gene regulatory DNA in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia to improve patient outcomes

    • Dr. Teresa Robert
    • Research centre: IJC
    • Year: 2024