Alejandro Iglesias PhD

Dr. Alex Garanto Iglesias studied Biology at the University of Barcelona. Subsequently, he enrolled in the Ph.D. program of the Department of Human Genetics of the same university under the supervision of Prof. R. Gonzàlez-Duarte and Dr. G. Marfany. After the completion of his PhD (2011) on the functional characterization of a gene associated with inherited retinal disease, he stayed for one year in the group of Dr. Marfany working on the exciting world of deubiquitinating enzymes and their role in the retinal fate. In 2012, he moved to Nijmegen and joined the group of Prof. Collin at the Radboudumc as a post-doc. Since then, he has focused his scientific career on the development of novel therapeutic interventions for inherited retinal disease. In 2021, after a successful tenure track, he established his group at the Department of Pediatrics and Department of Human Genetics on therapeutic RNA and DNA editing for retinal and neurometabolic diseases. Currently, he is a full principal investigator at the Radbodumc.