He is an expert in cardiac physiology and mouse surgery, including procedures such as transverse aortic constriction (TAC).
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Manuel Rosa-Garrido
Principal Investigator
Manuel received his Ph.D. from UC (Spain), where he investigated the role of the epigenetic factor CTCF in cancer progression. He then completed his postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA (USA), where he pioneered high-resolution chromatin conformation capture methods to study genome remodeling in cardiac disease. He was subsequently hired as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at UAB (USA), where he led a research program focused on epigenetic therapies for heart failure.
Manuel is now a Principal Investigator at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and works at IBBTEC in Spain, where he leads his group in cardiac epigenetics and chromatin structure.
email: rosam at unican.es
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Xiaoxiao Geng
Graduate student
Xiaoxiao is a Ph.D. trainee in the Biomedical Engineering program at UAB (USA), participating in a collaborative initiative between the Zang and the Rosa-Garrido labs.
Her research focuses on cellular therapy for myocardial infarction and epigentic regulation in cardiovascular disease. She has extensive expertise in molecular biology and sequencing library preparation.
Outside the lab, she likes cooking, playing ukelele, and hiking.
Eduardo Useche Bernal
Physician
Eduardo Useche is a physician holding a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine awarded by the UC (Spain). His scientific curiosity has led him to delve into the field of biomedical research, with the aim of integrating his clinical training with laboratory work.
Outside the academic sphere, Eduardo is a musician and enjoys activities such as basketball, motorsports, traveling, reading, and spending time with his family and friends.
Manuel Cobo Belaustegui
Physician
Dr. Cobo is the Medical Transplant Coordinator at Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, with extensive experience in obtaining patient samples, developing protocols for their collection and processing for research, as well as conducting clinical trials.
He is an expert in cardiac physiology and echocardiography and provides both technical and intellectual support to the Rosa-Garrido Lab.
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Javier Gámez Luque
Student Collaborator
Javier earned his Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from UGR (Spain). Since then, he has been collaborating remotely with the Rosa-Garrido Lab, contributing to the analysis of RNA-seq and Hi-C datasets generated by the group.
The primary interest of his reaseach lies in understanding how cardiac epigenetics drives the development of heart failure and in identifying potential therapeutic targets to halt disease progression.
Outside the lab, Javier enjoys listening to and playing music, as well as attending punk and rock ’n’ roll concerts.
email: javiergamezluque at gmail.com
Diego González Pérez
Undergraduate thesis (TFG)
Diego is a final-year Biomedical Sciences student at the UC (Spain). He is particularly interested in bioinformatics, molecular biology and genomics.
His current research focuses on the computational analysis of sex-based differences in the cardiac genome. Through this experience, he aims to strengthen his computational skills and deepen his understanding of genomic data interpretation in cardiovascular research.
Outside of academia, Diego enjoys traveling, cinema, and music.
Karleigh G. Henegar
Undergraduate thesis (TFG)
Karleigh is a student at UAB (USA), majoring in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in chemistry.
She is passionate about applying bioinformatics and tissue engineering, which she is currently using in pursuit of her Science and Technology Honors Program in collaboration with the Rosa-Garrido lab.
Giorgia Codispoti
Erasmus+
Giorgia is a Biotechnology visiting scholar from the University of Padova who joined the Rosa-Garrido Lab through the Erasmus+ program.
She is very interested in developing new bioinformatics tools to analyze high-throughput sequencing data and new protocols to improve cardiomyocyte differentiation from iPS cells.
email: giorgia.codispoti at studenti.unipd.it
Former Members
Justin Bridges (Graduate Student)
Arman Verma (Graduate Student)
Rujula Predeep (Undergraduate Student)
Larry Byers (Undergraduate Student)
Jose Ramirez Guerrero (Undergraduate Student)
Avantika Reddy (Undergraduate Student)
Cristen Elizabeth Knapp (Undergraduate Student)
Oliver Borrks (Undergraduate Student)
Vrund Patel (High School Summer Volunteer)
Christopher Lobo (High School Summer Volunteer)