Sergio Mera Gallardo

Experience

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  Centro de Apoio Científico-Tecnolóxico á Investigación (CACTI)

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2016

  Bachelor's degree's external practices

  120 hours of practices due to the schedule of the Biology Degree in which I learnt in a practical way how to prepare samples in order to analize them using Electron Microscopy techniques (TEM and SEM).

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  Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CINBIO)

  Sept 2017 - Jun 2018

  Final BS degree Project

  Final Degree Project focused on the study of tuberculosis disease and the detection of potential microRNA biomarkers related to its immune response by Surface Plasmon Resonance technique (SPR). We aim to find differences on the levels of various up-regulated microRNAs on TB, LTBI and non-infected volunteers coming from saliva and plasma samples.

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  Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)

  Oct 2018 - Jul 2019

  Collaboration fellowship - Final MSc Project

  Expression and role of the ZEB family of transcription factors in multiple myeloma.

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  Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)

  Oct 2019 - Feb 2022

  Research Scientist

  Oncology - Tumor cell-microenvironment interaction: Role of ZEB family of transcription factors in thereprogramming of tumor and stromal cells.Maintenance and handling of "in vitro" lymphoma and multiple myeloma cell lines, stable gene silencing and/or overexpression with lentiviral particles, MTT cell proliferation assays, transwell migration assays and exosomal isolation and analysis.Maintenance and handling of “in vivo” lymphoma mice models: crossings management, genotyping, organ extraction and processing for histological staining, bone marrow cell extraction and transplant. Show less

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  HIPRA

  Jun 2022 - Sept 2022

  Investigador asociado
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  VWR, part of Avantor

  Jun 2023 - now

  Internal Product Specialist