Member Profile
Membership type: friends
Paula Santa Bárbara Ruiz
Country of origin: Spain Currently in: France, Paris General field of specialization: Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology-
Degrees
2017 Doctorate Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology -
Current Research Activities
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Postdoctoral researcher at the Institut Curie, Paris, France. Currently focused on cancer biology using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as animal model.
Publications resulting from Research:
https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/comments?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1007926
https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1005595
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.05.370411v1
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchPost-doctoral researcher at the Institut Curie – Centre de Recherche, Genetics and Developmental Biology Unit (U934/UMR3215) in Paris, France. 01/01/2018-Present (Current position). Supervisor: P. Léopold, PhD (http://minilien.curie.fr/kue9m2) Head of a project to study cancer biology and molecular mechanisms driving cancer cachexia (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.05.370411v1). In charge of student supervision, written and oral communications, external collaborations, data management and the experimental part. Granted by the ARC Foundation with an individual fellowship for young researchers (1/01/2019 to 31/12/2021).
Workshop and Conference Attended
2021 Online S4D4C Final Networking Meeting2019 VWR, Paris, France Le système CRISPR/Cas92019 ICM, Paris, France. Member of the organizing committee of the 6th Drosph’Ile-de-France meeting (DIF day).2019 INSERM, Paris, France. Statistiques: Outils fondamentaux.2019 IRB Barcelona, Spain. Drosophila as a cancer model.2019 Institut Curie, Paris, France. Journée Louise Harel “Evolution and Cancer in 2019”2018 Begur, Girona, Spain. 5th Drosophila Growth and Regeneration meeting2018 Nice, France. Jury at Journées de l’École Doctorale de Nice (JEDNs)2018 Nice, France. TOR de France meeting.2018 INSERM, Nice, France. Systems Biology training.2017 Barcelona, Spain. IV Congreso Nacional de Científicos Emprendedores.2016 Barcelona, Spain. Training in Optogenetics. Societat Catalana de Biologia2013 Washington, EEUU. 54th Annual Drosophila research conferencePresentation given
2013Signals that trigger imaginal disc regenerationIRB Barcelona, Spain.Event: Growth and Regeneration of Drosophila imaginal discs meeting2013Signals that trigger imaginal disc regenerationBarcelona, Spain.Event: 23th European Drosophila Research Conference (EDRC)2014Signals that trigger imaginal disc regenerationSant Feliu de Guixols, Girona, Spain.Event: EMBO Conference 2014: The molecular and cellular basis of regeneration and tissue repair2014Signals that trigger imaginal disc regenerationMadrid, Spain.Event: X Meeting SEBD (Sociedad Española Biología del Desarrollo)2015A model to study regeneration: Fruit fliesBarcelona, Spain.Event: 3rd JIPI 2015 (Jornadas de Investigación pluridisciplinaria)2015Tissue repair in Drosophila imaginal discs: From Oxidative Stress to CytokinesBarcelona, Spain.Event: Societat Catalana de Biologia Developmental Retreat.2015Tissue repair in Drosophila imaginal discs: From Oxidative Stress to CytokinesBarcelona, SpainEvent: Barcelona BioMed conference: Drosophila as a model in cancer.2015Tissue repair in Drosophila imaginal discs: From Oxidative Stress to CytokinesHeidelberg, GermanyEvent: 24th European Drosophila Research Conference (EDRC)2016Tissue repair in Drosophila imaginal discs: From Oxidative Stress to CytokinesPaestum, ItalyEvent: EMBO Conference 2016: The molecular and cellular basis of Regeneration and Tissue Repair.2016Tissue repair in Drosophila imaginal discs: From Oxidative Stress to CytokinesGirona, Spain.Event: 11th Meeting Spanish Society for Developmental Biology (SEBD)2017Tissue repair in Drosophila imaginal discs: From Oxidative Stress to CytokinesBarcelona, SpainEvent: PhD Day2017Tissue repair in Drosophila imaginal discs: From Oxidative Stress to CytokinesBarcelona, SpainEvent: Dissertation defense2019Ecdysone signaling drives cachexia-like symptoms in tumor-bearing larvaeKolymbari, Crete, GreeceEvent: 4th International Insect Hormone Workshop2019Ecdysone signaling drives cachexia-like symptoms in tumor-bearing larvaeParis, FranceEvent: Journées Jeunes Chercheurs en cancérologie (ARC Fondation)2019Ecdysone signaling drives cachexia-like symptoms in tumor-bearing larvaeParis, FranceEvent: Curie-Pasteur Get Together.2021An Oatp transporter-mediated steroid sink promotes tumor-induced cachexia in DrosophilaEEUU - OnlineEvent: 62nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference -
Other Awards
Jan 2019Individual fellowship for young researchers granted by the ARC foundation (Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer de France).Funding for 3 years.Nov 2016Best poster Award in IV Developmental Biology Meeting (SCB). Barcelona, Spain.IV Developmental Biology Meeting (SCB). Barcelona, Spain.Feb 2015Best Talk Award for: A model to study regeneration: fruit flies3rd Jornada d’Investigadors predoctorals Interdisciplinària (JIPI 2015) Barcelona, Spain.Jul 2011Enterprise Erasmus grantExchange practical training period in Biomolecular Chemistry Institute (CNR), Sassari, Italy. Fully-funded.Sep 2009SICUE GrantOne-year fully-funded exchange at University of Malaga, Spain.Sep 2008ERASMUS GrantOne-year fully-funded exchange at Università Politecnica delle Marche. Ancona, Italy.
