Our team

Principal investigator
Predoctoral researchers

Prof. José R. Castón
Department of Structure of Macromolecules
Centro Nacional Biotecnología/CSIC
Campus de Cantoblanco
C/ Darwin nº 3.
28049 Madrid, Spain
Guy Novoa

José M. Fernández-Palacios

Juan M. Martínez-Romero

Pablo Becana Mínguez

Date: 2020 - present
Date: 2021 - present
Visiting scientist
Date: 2022 - present
Date: 2025 - present

Daniel Luque, PhD

María J.Rodríguez Espinosa, Ph.D.
Date: 2019 - 2024
Present: CNB-CSIC
Past lab members

Javier M. Rodríguez, Ph.D.
Date: 2008 - 2023
Present: CNB-CSIC

David Gil-Cantero, PhD
Date: 2018 - 2023
Present: CNB-CSIC

Carolina Allende-Ballestero, Ph.D.
Date: 2015 - 2021
Present: ROVI

Esther Martin-Forero, Technician
Date: 2018 - 2021
Present: CNB-CSIC

Celia Gutiérrez García
Date: 2018 - 2019
Present: ZENDAL

Alvaro Ortega Esteban, Ph.D.
Date: 2016 - 2018
Present: RIBA, UK

Carlos Pérez Mata, Ph.D.
Date: 2012 - 2017
Present: CNB-CSIC

Mariana Castrillo-Briceño, Ph.D.
Date: 2009 - 2013
Present: Bedfordshire Univ., UK

Ana Correia, Ph.D.
Date: 2011 - 2013
Present: Amgen, USA

Josué Gómez-Blanco, Ph.D.
Date: 2008- 2013
Present: UCM, Madrid

Elena Pascual Vega, Ph.D.
Date: 2007 - 2013
Present: UFV, Madrid

Nerea Irigoyen Vergara, Ph.D.
Date: 2009 - 2010
Present: Univ. Cambridge, UK

Irene Saugar Gómez, Ph.D.
Date: 2003 - 2006
Present: Agencia Española del Medicamento