Cristina Viéitez
Cris studied Biology at the University of León, did a PhD in Chromatin Biology at UPF Barcelona (Posas & de Nadal groups) and then moved to Germany for a postdoc in Systems Biology at EMBL-EBI (Beltrao group) and EMBL Heidelberg (Typas group). After one year as a senior scientist at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, she came back to Spain with the Ramon y Cajal talent attraction programme to start her group at IBFG (CSIC-USAL) in April 2023.
Outside the lab, you can find her well entertained with her two small kids.
Elvira Portales
Elvira studied Pharmacy at the University of Salamanca. She holds a permanent position at IBFG and has more than 20 years of experience working with yeast mutant libraries and supporting core facilities. In July 2023 she joined our lab!
In her free time she enjoys travelling and gardening.
Marina Z. Aeberhard
Marina studied Biology at the University of Navarra in Spain and during this time she interned at University of California San Diego in USA (UCSD, Hemal PatelGroup). In 2022 she completed her Master’s Degree in Neuroscience and Physiology at the University of Seville (Spain).
She holds a Predoc contrat associated to the FuncHis project - Funded by Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and University & AEI (previoulsy FPI).
In her downtime she enjoys studying Korean and listening to music.
Mario Sánchez Alonso
Natalia Fernández-Parejo
Natalia studied Biology at the University of Extremadura and completed a PhD in Cancer Biology at the Cancer Research Centre (CIC) at Bustelo & Dosil groups. She joined our lab in February 2025 as a Postdoctoral Researcher to understand the language of PTM crosstalk.
Outside the lab, she spends her time doing arts and crafts. She also enjoys scuba diving and exploring the underwater world.
Alumni
Nan Chen Wei - BSc Biochemistry student from Imperial College London, UK (July-Sept 2024)
Helena García Carrasco - ERASMUS student - University of Skövde, Sweden (Jan- May 2024)