Nuria Oliva Vilarnau
Postdoctoral Researcher
E-mail: nuria.oliva.vilarnau@ki.se
Visiting address: Anna Steckséns gata 53, 17176 Stockholm
Postal address: K1 Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, K1 MMK Signaltransduktion, 171 76 Stockholm
About me
- 2015-2017 - Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Biomedicine, Lund University,
Sweden.
2013-2014 - Erasmus Fellowship - University of Bergen, Norway.
2010-2015 - Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Biotechnology, Universitat
Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Research
- The liver has an inherent power to regenerate after injury that is unseen in
other organs in mammals. Such capacity is reflected when the liver is induced
to regrow to its original size after removal of two-thirds of its mass (a
procedure called partial hepatectomy). This repair process became the
reference model used to understand the molecular underpinnings of tissue
regeneration. My research is focused on studying the molecular mechanisms
underlying liver regeneration taking advantage of a 3D culture system for
primary human hepatocytes we recently developed in our lab. In this setup
hepatocytes can be maintained for several weeks in culture and remain
phenotypically stable, in a way that they faithfully mimic the human liver.
My interest is to understand the role of different signalling cascades and
their interplay in proliferative responses in hepatocytes, so that we can
shed light into the mechanisms behind the liver's great plastic capability.
Articles
- Article: HEPATOLOGY. 2024;79(6):1337-1351
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):767
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2023;215:115755
- Article: ADVANCED SCIENCE. 2020;7(15):2000248
All other publications
- Doctoral thesis: 2023
Employments
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2024-2026
- Research Assistant, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2024-2024
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2023