Lab members
Javier García Nafría, PI
I was born in Madrid and studied at the University of Alcalá de Henares and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Biochemistry, 2007). For my PhD I moved to the York Structural Biology Laboratory (York, UK). I did two post-dcotral stays at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge, UK) where I studied neuronal membrane proteins by combining biochemistry, biophysics and structural biology. My post-doctoral work revealed the architecture of the heteromeric AMPA receptors (Science, 2016) and the human serotonin 5-HT1B receptor bound to a G-heterotrimer of the Go type (Nature, 2018). During this time I also had industrial collaborations with MRC-T, MedImmune (AstraZeneca) and Sosei Heptares Therapeutics . In 2019 I moved to the Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of complex systems (BIFI, Universidad de Zaragoza) with a Jóvenes Investigadores project and a Ramón y Cajal contract. Our research group focuses on understanding signal transduction in neuronal cells and the mechanisms of current therapeutics against CNS disorders.
Andrés M. Gonzalez Ramírez
Post-doctoral researcher
Andrés did a structural biology PhD at the BIFI institute. He is now focused on the application of cryo-electron microscopy to the study of orphan receptors.
Contact: andres.manuel.gonzalez_at_bifi.es
Sandra Arroyo Urea
PhD student
Sandra did a Biochemistry degree at the University of Granada and a Master in Biomedicine at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Her work is focused on understanding structure-function mechanisms of neuronal receptors as well as the mode of action of targeting drugs.
contact: sarroyo_at_unizar.es
Angela Carrión Antolí
PhD student
Ángela did a Biochemistry degree at the University of Murcia. Her work is focused on developing new tools for the study of membrane proteins as well as working of G protein promiscuity and biased signalling.
Contact: acarrion_at_unizar.es
Iris del Val García
PhD student
Iris did a Biotechnology degree at the University of Zaragoza. Her work is focused on the study of orphan G protein-coupled receptors.
Contact: idelval_at_unizar.es
Natalia Garré Ramo
Researcher
Natalia did a Biotechnology degree at the University of Zaragoza. Her work is focused on the study of orphan G protein-coupled receptors and biotechnological applications on the study of membrane proteins.
Contact: ngarre_at_unizar.es
Javier Castillo García
Biotechnology undergraduate student at Unizar.
Motivational Hedgehog
He motivates team members during hard times.
Alumni
Kleopatra Pappadouli. Erasmus+ student from Greece. March - july 2023.
Andrés Gordo Ortiz. UNIVERSA summer student. Biotechnology degree student. 2022.
Jorge Mallor Franco. Researcher. 2021-2022
Nickolas McVay. Visiting student from the University of North Arizona. 2021-22.
Sofía Nadal Delgado, TFG student. 2020-21
Iris del Val García, TFG student, Beca Colaboración MICINN y estudiante UNIVERSA. 2020-21