Regulation of Lipid Metabolism in Obesity and Diabetes Group

/Grupo de Regulación del Metabolismo Lipídico en Obesidad y Diabetes Department of Biochemistry and Physiology. School of Pharmacy. Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB) CIBEROBN

PI. Dr. Dolors Serra

- Full professor

B.Sc. Pharmacy. University of Barcelona (1980)
Ph.D. University of Barcelona. (1988)
Postdoctorate. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (1990)
Labior Nestlé. Orbe. Switzerland (1991)
Amsterdam molecular Therapeutics (AMT). Amsterdam. Netherlands (2007)
Full professor since 2019
Fatty acid oxidation in liver and hypothalamus Structural studies of CPT1 and related drugs in obesity and cancer

Co-PI. Dr. Laura Herrero

- Associate professor

B.Sc. Chemistry. University of Barcelona (1999)
Ph.D. University of Barcelona (2004)
Postdoctorate. Boston Medical Center, MA, USA (2005)
Joslin Diabetes Center. Harvard Medical School, MA, USA (2008)
Associate professor since 2016
Fatty acid oxidation in adipose the tissue. Structural studies of CPT1 and related drugs in obesity and cancer

Marijana Todorčević

- Postdoctoral investigator (Maria Zambrano)

B.Sc. University of Belgrade, Serbia (2003)
M.Sc. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway (2005)
Ph.D. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway (2010)
Postdoctorate: Department of Nutrition, Nofima, Norway (2010-2013)
Postdoctorate: Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK (2013-2021)
Adipose tissue metabolism, molecular and cellular control of insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes, human fat distribution, n-3 fatty acids

Dr. María del Mar Romero

- Postdoctoral investigator (CIBEROBN)

B.Sc. Biological Sciences. University of Barcelona (2000)
Ph.D. University of Barcelona (2013)
Postdoctorate. Department of Biochemistry and Biomedicine Molecular, School of Biology, University of Barcelona.
Sex hormones, glucocorticoids and energy metabolism.

Kevin Ibeas

- PhD student (FPU fellowship, Ministry of Spain)

B.Sc Biotechnology University of València. Spain (2016)
M.Sc. Advanced Microbiology. University of Barcelona. Spain (2017)
Fatty acid oxidation in the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)

Marianela Pía Bastías

- PhD Student (CONICYT-ANID fellowship, Chile)

B.Sc Nutritionist. University of Bío-Bío. Chile (2015)
M.Sc. Health Care and Collaborative Practice. University of Barcelona. Spain (2017)
Fatty acid oxidation in the brown adipose tissue

Marjorie Reyes Farias

- PhD Student (CONICYT-ANID fellowship, Chile)

B.Sc Biochemist. University of Chile. Chile (2015)
M.Sc. Biochemist, specialization in toxicology and molecular diagnosis. University of Chile. Chile (2015)
Immunology of the adipose tissue (co-supervised by David Sanchez-Infantes, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute)

Ivonne Palacios Marín

- PhD Student (CONACYT-IDSCEA fellowship, México)

B.Sc. Nutrition. Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. México
M.Sc. in Nutrition and Metabolism. University of Barcelona. Spain (2012)
M.Sc. in Biomedicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism). University of Barcelona. Spain. CONACYT-IDSCEA fellowship, México. (2017)
Adipose tissue in neonatal obesity (co-supervised by Josep Jimenez Chillaron, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu)

Roberto Gómez

- PhD student (FPU fellowship)

B.Sc Chemistry, University of València. Spain (2016)
M.Sc. Organic Chemistry. University of Barcelona. Spain (2017)
Synthesis and study of C75 derivatives as potential FAS and CPT1 inhibitors (co-supervised by Jordi García, School of Chemistry, UB)

Marc Reina

- PhD student (IBUB fellowship)

B.Sc. Pharmacy. University of Barcelona (2020)
Synthesis of new flavonoid derivatives and their effect as potencial white adipocytes' thermogenic activators (co-supervised by Jordi García, School of Chemistry, UB)