Cristina Cruz Zambrano
Member of the Cancer profiling research line
Email: cristina.cruz@umedicina.cat
ORCID: 0000-0002-6474-7504
Scientific Profile: URECERCA
Cristina Cruz is a lecturer at the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC). Her research focuses on cancer biomarkers of prognosis and treatment response.
She graduated in Biochemistry in 1996 (University of Barcelona) and earned the doctorate in Biochemistry in 2001. In 2006 she graduated in Medicine (University of Barcelona) and is a Medical Oncology specialist since 2011. From 2011 to 2018 she was a clinical and translational investigator at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO). She participated in a number of clinical trials in the field of early drug development (Phase I) and Phase II & III clinical trials investigating targeted therapies for hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. As a postdoctoral researcher from VHIO’s Experimental Therapeutics Group, she also developed translational projects to investigate the determinants of treatment response and resistance among BRCA1/2 germline mutation carriers, including the functional biomarker RAD51. In 2019, she joined the Faculty of Medicine at UVic-UCC, where she teaches Human Genetics, Histology, Medical Embryology and Physiology.
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 [...]
