I joined the Welm Lab to help efforts in precision oncology. I currently supervise the lab’s high-throughput screening pipelines and drug libraries. After refining my skills on PDxO breast establishment, I wanted to expand the lab’s expertise with other tissues. A small seed fund allowed me to create a clinical collaboration resulting in melanoma, colorectal, pancreatic, ovarian, and endometrial patient-derived organoids establishment with a novel pipeline. My current research focus is on generating high success pipelines to establish an array of patient-derived models in an economical way. Originally from Spain, I trained in chemical engineering (BSc, MSc), then moved to Scotland for Synthetic Biology training (PhD) and had a short postdoc on medicinal chemistry at the University of Utah before joining HCI. When I’m not in the lab, I need to burn energy by mountain biking, climbing, and backpacking in the summer and snowboarding and skiing in winter. I’m also an avid fly fisherman (and am sponsored!).
