Ander Abarrategi studied Biology at University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) and at Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). During his PhD. stays at Hospital Clinico San Carlos (Madrid, Spain) and at UCM Tissue Engineering group, he developed tissue engineering approaches aimed to generate bone and cartilage tissues. Then, he gained experience at industry working as postdoctoral researcher at Noricum Implants S.L., a biotech company located in Madrid, Spain.

He came back to academy in 2011 in order to apply his know-how in tissue engineering approaches to cancer field. At Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) Cellular biotechnology unit, he focused his research on modelling sarcomagenesis and tumor microenvironment using biomaterials. Then, he moved to London Research Institute, later Francis Crick Institute (London, UK). There, he worked on bioengineering human bone marrow niche, and he applied these models to human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) xenotransplantation purposes. He was appointed as Research Associate at University College London (London, UK) and worked in a University-Biotech partnership, aiming to develop a gene therapy approach for congenital diseases.

Among others, Ander has been Juan de la Cierva Post-doctoral fellow, Sara Borrell Post-doctoral fellow, CR-UK Post-doctoral fellow and Braconnot Prize Best European Thesis Award. Now, he is Ikerbasque research fellow and Ramon y Cajal at CIC biomaGUNE.

Publications and Bibliometrics

• ResearcherID (Publons): ABF-2373-2020
• ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6510-2337
• Scopus ID: 24491769100
• Google Scholar page

Positions

• Group Leader (IP) at CICbiomaGUNE (Spain). Regenerative Medicine Lab.    2019-2024
• Postdoc Research Associate at University College London, UCL (UK). Genetics and Genomic Medicine.    2018-2019
• Postdoc Fellow at The Francis Crick Institute, London (UK). Haematopoietic Stem Cell Lab.    2016-2018
• Postdoc Fellow at London Research Institute, LRI (UK). Haematopoietic Stem Cell Lab. 2014-2016
• Postdoc Fellow at Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain). Cell Biotechnology Lab.    2011-2013
• Head of the R&D laboratory at Noricum SL. biotech company (Spain) 2008-2010
• Permanent research staff at Noricum SL. biotech company (Spain) 2007-2010
• PhD. Fellow at Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). Tissue Engineering group.    2003-2007
• PhD. Fellow at Hospital Clinico San Carlos (Spain). Traumatology.    2004-2006

Major achievements and recognitions

• Author in 45 journal articles
• Supervisor of 1 PhD thesis (5 in progress)
• Braconnot Prize to the Best European thesis. Award by European Chitin society
• Extraordinary Prize Thesis. Award by Complutense University of Madrid
• Guest editor of special issues in Stem Cells International and International Journal of Molecular Sciences