Nuria Genicio Bouza is a Research Fellow working half time for the Nanomedicine group and half time for the Department of Life Sciences. She will be involved in different projects within the department, giving either technical support as well as hands-on support. In particular, in the Nanomedicine group, she will be carrying out studies on cells-nanostructures interactions, as well as the characterization of designed nanomaterials and their performance and preclinical validation.

She took a BSc in Chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela and an MSc in Biochemistry at the University of Salamanca. As for her professional career, she worked in several institutes, such as CIC biomaGUNE in Basque Country, under Professor Penadés supervision; later at the Institute of Ophthalmology-UCL in London under Clinician Scientist and Consultant Ophthalmologist Alex Shortt; and, finally, at the CBMA-University of Minho.

• Genicio N., Gallo J. Shortt A.J
  Quantum dot labelling and tracking of cultured limbal epithelial cell transplants in-vitro
  IOVS 2015 56 3051-3059

• Tarín C, Carril M, Martín-Ventura JL, Markuerkiaga I, Padró D, Moreno JA, García I, Genicio N, Plaza S, Blanco-Colio LM, Penadés S, Egido J.
  Targeted gold-coated iron oxide nanoparticles for CD163 detection in atherosclerosis by MRI
  Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 30;5:17135

• Ainhoa Irure, Marco Marradi, Blanca Arnaiz, Nuria Genicio, Daniel Padro and Soledad Penades
  Sugar/Gadolinium-loaded gold nanoparticles for labelling and imaging cells by magnetic resonance imaging
  Biomaterials Science 2013 1 658

• Gallo J, Genicio N., Penadés S
  Uptake and intracellular fate of fluorescent-magnetic-glyconanoparticles
  Advanced Healthcare Materials 2012 1 302-307

• Gallo J., Genicio N., Garcia I., Padro D., Penadés S.
  Specific labelling of cell populations in whole blood with targeted immuno-fluorescent magnetic glyconanoparticles
  Biomaterials 2011 32 9818-9825