María Yáñez-Mó has been focused on the functional characterization of tetraspanin-enriched microdomains in different biological processes: cell migration, tumor and leukocyte extravasation, viral infection, fibrosis, and embryonic implantation. In 2009, she was appointed as Director of Technical Facilities and Young Group Leader at the Hospital Santa Cristina, to which she moved in May 2010. In 2014, she applied to the competitive contract Ramón y Cajal, which offered her a link with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and she moved to the Center of Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa on the campus in 2016. Recently, because of her data relating tetraspanins in exosome biogenesis, she became a member of the International Society of Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) and IOC member of its international meetings in 2016 and 2018. She is also a founding member of the Spanish Group of Research in Extracellular Vesicles (GEIVEX) and a Member of the Management Committee in BM1202 European Network on Microvesicles and Exosomes in Health and Disease COST ACTION. In this context, her group is devoted to the functional characterization of tetraspanins in exosome biogenesis and function, and in the utilization of tetraspanin-based reagents for exosome quantification and detection in biological samples.
Prof. Dr. Carlos Cabañas is a Scientific Researcher of Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center (CBMSO), Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). Prof. Dr. Carlos Cabañas received a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology/Doctor’s degree in Molecular Biology from Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain, in 1990. Prof. Dr. Carlos Cabañas’s research mainly focuses on exosomes, metastasis, cell adhesion, integrins, and tetraspanins.
