Dr. Mónica Carrera is a tenured
scientist at the Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC) in Vigo, Spain (since
2020). She received her Ph.D. in Biology with Honors at IIM-CSIC in 2008. From
2008 to 2013, Dr. Carrera worked in the Proteomics and Systems Biology group
headed by the scientist Prof. Dr. Ruedi Aebersold at the Institute of Molecular
Systems Biology (IMSB; ETH Zürich) in the fields of proteomics, food safety,
and allergies. In 2015, Dr. Carrera was invited by the company Thermo Fisher
Scientific (San Jose, CA, USA) to work in its Food Proteomics facilities in
collaboration with the scientist Dr. Daniel Lopez-Ferrer in the field of food
quality and safety. Dr. Carrera is an internationally recognized expert in
advanced proteomics and molecular systems biology in the context of seafood
quality and safety. Dr. Carrera is an advisor to different international food
and proteomics societies. Her trajectory was recognized through 10 scientific
awards: best Ph.D. thesis 2009; best scientific publication 2010; best chairman
2012; best scientific publication 2016; honorific distinction CSIC 2017;
excellent poster prize 2019; best scientific publication 2019; excellent
congress presentation 2021; excellent European female researcher AcademiaNet
2021; finalist award alumni-UVigo 2022; and investigation award alumni-UVigo
2023.
Dr. Camino Gestal is a tenured scientist at Intitute of Marine Reseach (IIM-CSIC) in Vigo, Spain (since 2007) and head of the research group Marine Pathobiology (IIM-CSIC) since 2016. She
received her PhD in Biology with honors in 2000 in parasitology and pathology of marine moluscs. Dr. Gestal research trajectory was recognized by postdoctoral Marie-Curie EU fellow and MC Reintegration Grant, National Research Contracts “Parga Pondal” and “Ramón y Cajal” in the fields of
pathology, functional immunology, and functional genomics in molluscs with
aquaculture interest. Dr. Gestal research is focussed on the
study of diseases, host-pathogen interactions, and welfare and health of marine mollusc with aquaculture interest (bivalves and
cephalopods), as well as the study of the molecular basis of their immune competence capability.
