Soraya L Valles
Assistant Professor
University of Valencia
Spain
Biography
In 1990, Soraya L Valles graduated in Biological Science from the University of Valencia and completed her PhD in 1996under the supervision of Consuelo Guerri at Research Institution (Instituto de Investigaciones Citologicas). In 1997 she joined Eva Qwanstrom’s group at the Hallamshire Hospital (University of Sheffiel) in Sheffield, UK and spent three years involved in the identification of an adhesion-regulated subunit of the interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor complex. She was working in immunology, cytokines, inflammation processes and matrix regulation of IL-1 responses. In 2000 she joined University of Valencia as a lecturer. She was also involved in the mechanisms of oxidative stress in the generation of Alzheimer’s disease with Jose Viña’s group. At this moment she work in Alzheimer’s diseases and in inflammation and oxidative stress mechanisms. Also she would like to work in precursor cells and the subsequently ability to further differentiate into neurons and astroytes inside the brain. I order a grant from my sanity government and I still waiting for the resolution grant, about stem cells and brain.
Research Interest
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Neuroscience Medicine