Laia Nogué Navarro
Member of the Determinants of Arrhythmogenesis Research Line
Email: laia.nogue@umedicina.cat
ORCID: 0000-0002-1734-143X
Scientific Profile: URECERCA
Director of the Anatomy Laboratory and Body Donation Service for Science – Faculty of Medicine, UVIC-UCC Senior Technician in Pathological Anatomy and Cytology, with a degree in Criminology, multiple postgraduate qualifications in Forensic Medicine and Forensic Anthropology, and a Master’s in Legal, Forensic, and Criminological Psychopathology. She has practical experience in legal autopsies at the Institute of Legal Medicine of Catalonia (Girona division) and as a dissection room technician at the University of Girona. She currently directs the Body Donation Service for Science and the Anatomy Laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine of UVIC-UCC and serves as a collaborating professor of anatomy. She is also a PhD candidate in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, with research focused on unexplained sudden death, and a collaborating member of the Cardiovascular Genetics Research Group at IdiBGi. Her international experience includes a research stay at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University (USA) as part of Operation Identification (OpID), where she developed practical and methodological expertise in the forensic identification of human remains. She completed the Fatal Fire and Mass Disaster Scene Recovery course at HD Forensics, PA, USA, gaining hands-on expertise in the recovery of biological and non-biological evidence, forensic scene mapping, and operations in fire and mass disaster scenarios. This training enhanced her multidisciplinary collaboration skills, working alongside forensic anthropologists, pathologists, law enforcement, and technical teams in complex forensic contexts. These combined experiences have enabled her to serve as an Associate Responder for KENYON Emergency Services, applying her forensic and disaster-response expertise in real-world emergency scenarios.
My last happenings:
Clara Masó participates in the “Present Your Thesis in 4 Minutes” competition at UVic-UCC
Clara Masó, PhD candidate, participated on May 13 in the 9th edition of the competition “Present Your Thesis in 4 Minutes”, hosted by the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) in the context of the first European Doctoral Day. The event brought together 14 doctoral students from 8 different PhD programmes, all taking on the challenge of explaining their research in just four minutes. The competition aims to promote clear, engaging, and accessible scientific communication, encouraging participants to present their work using only their oral communication skills. This initiative highlights the importance of bringing research closer to [...]
Marta Casals Zorita presented her doctoral thesis at the International Nurses Day in Osona
Marta Casals, a member of TR2Lab, delivered a presentation on her doctoral thesis titled "Education program to improve adherence to self-care recommendations for people with complex wounds of the lower extremities" on May 12th. The event provoided an opportunity for professionals to meet and share experiences and insights regarding the nursing profession. The theme of the meeting was "Empowerment that saves lives: caring as nurses in the context of war and humanitarian crises".
Extracellular Matrix-Derived Hydrogel to Model and Study COPD
Renata Kelly da Palma carried out a three-month research stay in Brazil, at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (USP), in collaboration with the research group led by Prof. Dr Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes. During this period, she worked on the development of extracellular matrix-derived hydrogels to model and study Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). These hydrogels are biomaterials obtained from extracellular matrix components and are designed to reproduce some characteristics of the natural environment of tissues. They can be used to create more realistic experimental models for studying disease mechanisms and may also have future applications in [...]
