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Freelance Life Science Experts

Profile Summary

At FRESCI (www.fre-sci.com) we have multiple expertise in Life Science and in Tech Transfer field. We also offer scientific platforms and professional training. Personally, I believe in Science and Technology solutions to improve Human and Environmental Health. I am happy to help people solving problems with tailored solutions.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Environmental Health

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Founder and Consultant

FRESCI

July 2016 - Present

Associate Professor

University of Barcelona

February 2018 - August 2019

European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra Sector

May 2017 - September 2017

Post-doctoral researcher

IDIBAPS

January 2012 - June 2016

Pre-doctoral researcher

CSIC Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas de Barcelona

April 2007 - December 2011

Student

CNR Instituto de Biologia Cellulare Adriano Buzzati Traverso

November 2002 - May 2005

Education

Ph.D. in Neuroscience

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Facultat de Medicina

April 2007 - May 2012

Master in International Health and Tropical Medicine

Fundacio Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

October 2006 - September 2008

Bachelor degree in Biology

Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza

October 1998 - March 2005

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2020). Reduced Fractalkine Levels Lead to Striatal Synaptic Plasticity Deficits in Huntington’s Disease . Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience.

(2020). Lack of Helios During Neural Development Induces Adult Schizophrenia-Like Behaviors Associated With Aberrant Levels of the TRIF-Recruiter Protein WDFY1 . Frontiers in cellular neuroscience.

(2019). CD200 is up-regulated in R6/1 transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease . PLOS ONE.

(2019). CCAAT/enhancer binding protein δ is a transcriptional repressor of α-synuclein . Cell Death & Differentiation.

(2018). Kv7 channels are upregulated during striatal neuron development and promote maturation of human iPSC-derived neurons . Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology. p. 1-18.

Pulido-Salgado M, Vidal-Taboada JM, Garcia Diaz-Barriga G, Serratosa J, Valente T, Castillo P, Matalonga J, Straccia M, Canals JM, Valledor A, Solà C, Saura J, Journal of neuroinflammation, 2017, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 54, 2017 .

HD iPSC Consortium, Nature neuroscience, 2017, 2017 .

Telezhkin V, Schnell C, Yarova PL, Yung S, Sanders P, Cope E, Hughes A, Thompson BA, Geater C, Hancock JM, Joy S, Badder L, Connor-Robson N, Comella A, Straccia M, Bombau G, Brown JT, Canals JM, Randall AD, Allen ND, American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2015 .

(2015). Quantitative high-throughput gene expression profiling of human striatal development to screen stem cell-derived medium spiny neurons .

Miguez A, García-Díaz Barriga G, Brito V, Straccia M, Giralt A, Ginés S, Canals JM, Alberch J, Human molecular genetics, 2015, vol. 24, no. 17, pp. 4958-4970, 2015 .

Martín-Flores N, Romaní-Aumedes J, Rué L, Canal M, Sanders P, Straccia M, Allen ND, Alberch J, Canals JM, Pérez-Navarro E, Malagelada C, Molecular neurobiology, 2015 .

(2015). RTP801 Is Involved in Mutant Huntingtin-Induced Cell Death . Molecular Neurobiology.

Castaño J, Menendez P, Bruzos-Cidon C, Straccia M, Sousa A, Zabaleta L, Vazquez N, Zubiarrain A, Sonntag KC, Ugedo L, Carvajal-Vergara X, Canals JM, Torrecilla M, Sanchez-Pernaute R, Giorgetti A, Stem cell reports, 2014, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 1118-1131 .

(2014). Fast and efficient neural conversion of human hematopoietic cells . Stem Cell Reports. 3. (6). p. 1118-1131.

Straccia M, Dentesano G, Valente T, Pulido-Salgado M, Solà C, Saura J, Glia, 2013, vol. 61, no. 10, pp. 1607-1619 .

Valente T, Straccia M, Gresa-Arribas N, Dentesano G, Tusell JM, Serratosa J, Mancera P, Solà C, Saura J, Neurobiology of aging, 2013, vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 2110-2124 .

Valente, T., Straccia, M., Gresa-Arribas, N., Dentesano, G., Tusell, J.M., Serratosa, J., Mancera, P., Solà, C., Saura, J.(2013). CCAAT/enhancer binding protein δ regulates glial proinflammatory gene expression . Neurobiology of Aging. 34. (9). p. 2110-2124.

Straccia, M., Dentesano, G., Valente, T., Pulido-Salgado, M., Solà, C., Saura, J.(2013). CCAAT/Enhancer binding protein β regulates prostaglandin E synthase expression and prostaglandin E2 production in activated microglial cells . GLIA. 61. (10). p. 1607-1619.

(2012). Inhibition of CD200R1 expression by C/EBP beta in reactive microglial cells . Journal of Neuroinflammation. 9.

Dentesano G, Straccia M, Ejarque-Ortiz A, Tusell JM, Serratosa J, Saura J, Solà C, Journal of neuroinflammation, 2012, vol. 9, pp. 165 .

Straccia M, Gresa-Arribas N, Dentesano G, Ejarque-Ortiz A, Tusell JM, Serratosa J, Solà C, Saura J, Journal of neuroinflammation, 2011, vol. 8, pp. 156 .

(2011). Pro-inflammatory gene expression and neurotoxic effects of activated microglia are attenuated by absence of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β . Journal of Neuroinflammation. 8.

Ejarque-Ortiz A, Gresa-Arribas N, Straccia M, Mancera P, Solà C, Tusell JM, Serratosa J, Saura J, Journal of neuroscience research, 2010, vol. 88, no. 5, pp. 1113-1123 .

(2010). CCAAT/enhancer binding protein delta in microglial activation . Journal of Neuroscience Research. 88. (5). p. 1113-1123.

Carissimi C, Baccon J, Straccia M, Chiarella P, Maiolica A, Sawyer A, Rappsilber J, Pellizzoni L, FEBS letters, 2005, vol. 579, no. 11, pp. 2348-2354 .

(2005). Unrip is a component of SMN complexes active in snRNP assembly . FEBS Letters. 579. (11). p. 2348-2354.