{"id":69,"date":"2025-11-26T14:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:03:10","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"69\" class=\"elementor elementor-69\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb92301 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bb92301\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a21a858 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a21a858\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2405a90 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2405a90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f07229a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f07229a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Manuel Rosa-Garrido<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Principal Investigator<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"371\">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.<\/p><p data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"371\">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.<\/p><p data-start=\"1542\" data-end=\"1883\"><cite><strong>email: rosam at unican.es<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=0bxc29kAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/manuel-rosa-garrido-0a2713132\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-450f028 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"450f028\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Manuel-1-1-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-585\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Manuel-1-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Manuel-1-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Manuel-1-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Manuel-1-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Manuel-1-1-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Manuel-1-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3198f88 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3198f88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a53fc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"38a53fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-619e4f4 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"619e4f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49689c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49689c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h2><strong>Xiaoxiao Geng<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Graduate student<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>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.<\/p><p>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.<\/p><p>Outside the lab, she likes cooking, playing ukelele, and hiking.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><cite><br \/><strong>email: xgeng at uab.edu<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/xiaoxiao-geng-500a1133b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/cite><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8814fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8814fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0510-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-584\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0510-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0510-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0510-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0510-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0510-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3215cb9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3215cb9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-560e5dd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"560e5dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7181f9b e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7181f9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0abff3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0abff3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h2><strong>Eduardo Useche Bernal<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Physician<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"322\">Eduardo Useche is a physician holding a Master\u2019s 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.<\/p><div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"><article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:018cbaf7-4cab-4cd4-914d-8309404ecc5e-19\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-40\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\"><div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"><div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"1fc7a1f6-373a-430a-991b-17e748df7e24\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"123\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">He is an expert in cardiac physiology and mouse surgery, including procedures such as\u00a0 transverse aortic constriction (TAC).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><p data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"746\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">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.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><cite><br \/><strong>email: eduardo.useche at unican.es<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eduardo-luis-useche-bernal-27aa2b1a2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/cite><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c90ed76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c90ed76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eduardo-239x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-176\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eduardo-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eduardo.jpg 579w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a63bfb8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a63bfb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6477ca8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6477ca8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-850ec5b e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"850ec5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f353bc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f353bc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Manuel Cobo Belaustegui<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Physician<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Dr. Cobo is the Medical Transplant Coordinator at Hospital Universitario Marqu\u00e9s de Valdecilla, with extensive experience in obtaining patient samples, developing protocols for their collection and processing for research, as well as conducting clinical trials.<\/p><p>He is an expert in cardiac physiology and echocardiography and provides both technical and intellectual support to the Rosa-Garrido Lab.<\/p><p><cite><strong>email: <span class=\"button button--secondary\" title=\"Email\">manuel.cobo at scsalud.es<\/span><\/strong><\/cite><\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/portalinvestigacion.idival.org\/investigadores\/440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/cite><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86426ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86426ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Manuel-Cobo-2-217x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-217\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Manuel-Cobo-2-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Manuel-Cobo-2.png 382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-694b188 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"694b188\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fae222 elementor-widget-divider--view-line 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Collaborator<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"314\">Javier earned his Bachelor\u2019s 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.<\/p><p data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"509\">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.<\/p><p data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"618\">Outside the lab, Javier enjoys listening to and playing music, as well as attending punk and rock \u2019n\u2019 roll concerts.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><cite><br \/><strong>email: javiergamezluque at gmail.com<\/strong><\/cite><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db7fb5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db7fb5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Javier-Gamez-1-252x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-257\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Javier-Gamez-1-252x300.jpeg 252w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Javier-Gamez-1-768x915.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Javier-Gamez-1.jpeg 827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14f0f38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14f0f38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-103d584 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"103d584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33904b5 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33904b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a57e81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a57e81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h2><strong>Diego Gonz\u00e1lez P\u00e9rez<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Undergraduate thesis (TFG)<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"72\" data-end=\"253\">Diego is a final-year Biomedical Sciences student at the UC (Spain). He is particularly interested in bioinformatics, molecular biology and genomics.<\/p><p data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"604\">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.<\/p><p data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"669\">Outside of academia, Diego enjoys traveling, cinema, and music.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><cite><br \/><strong>email: diego.gonzalezp at alumnos.unican.es<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/diego-gonz%C3%A1lez-p%C3%A9rez-317782199\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/cite><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8e22c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8e22c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Diego-Gonzalez-1-245x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-255\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Diego-Gonzalez-1-245x300.jpeg 245w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Diego-Gonzalez-1-835x1024.jpeg 835w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Diego-Gonzalez-1-768x942.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Diego-Gonzalez-1.jpeg 1244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc90a35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cc90a35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d5d134 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9d5d134\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77e2eda e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77e2eda\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf445ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf445ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h2><strong>Karleigh G. Henegar<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Undergraduate thesis (TFG)<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><cite>Karleigh is a student at UAB (USA), majoring in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in chemistry.\u00a0<\/cite><\/p><p>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.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><cite><br \/><strong>email: khenegar at uab.edu<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karleigh-henegar-281b4b277\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/cite><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8749f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8749f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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276px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f884b0b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f884b0b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1b44a4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b1b44a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9f71a4 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c9f71a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a011ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a011ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h2><strong>Giorgia Codispoti<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Erasmus+<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"125\">Giorgia is a Biotechnology visiting scholar from the University of Padova who joined the Rosa-Garrido Lab through the Erasmus+ program.<\/p><p data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"306\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">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.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><cite><br \/><strong>email: giorgia.codispoti at studenti.unipd.it<\/strong><\/cite><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdc970f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cdc970f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Immagine-profilo-CV-279x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-219\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Immagine-profilo-CV-279x300.jpeg 279w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Immagine-profilo-CV-951x1024.jpeg 951w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Immagine-profilo-CV-768x827.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/grupos.unican.es\/cardiacchromatinepigenetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Immagine-profilo-CV.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade8439 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ade8439\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b92cd74 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b92cd74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51eb998 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con 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data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"359\" \/>Oliver Borrks (Undergraduate Student)<\/p><p data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"398\">Vrund Patel (High School Summer Volunteer)<br data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"111\" \/>Christopher Lobo (High School Summer Volunteer)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team 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. 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