Amaia Ercilla

Ikerbasque Research Fellow, CIC bioGUNE

Ikerbasque Research Fellow at CIC bioGUNE.

Research line:

Genome homeostasis in pathophysiology.

Predoctoral Fellowship from the Spanish Government, Juan de la Cierva-Incorporation Fellowship, and Ramón y Cajal Contract.

Previous research experience in Cell cycle, Genome integrity maintenance and High-content microscopy acquired at the University of Barcelona (Spain), Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Stockholm (Sweden) and Center for Chromosomal Stability (CCS) in Copenhagen (Denmark).

PhD in Biomedicine (2016) from the University of Barcelona (Spain).

Publications
Doctoral dissertations

2026

Article / Polyamine-dependent metabolic shielding regulates alternative splicing

Nature

Amaia Zabala-Letona, Mikel Pujana-Vaquerizo, Belen Martinez-Laosa, Maria Ponce-Rodriguez, Saioa Garcia-Longarte, Isabel Mendizabal, Ana Gimeno, Malgorzata Rogalska, Joycelyn Tan, Diana Cabrera, Sebastiaan van Liempd, Pilar Ximenez-Embun, Sergio Espinosa, Maider Fagoaga-Eugui, Francesca Peccati, Maciej Zakrzewski, Ianire Astobiza, Mikel Arana-Castañares, Sarah Cherkaoui, Maria Sendino, Inés Martín-Barros, Amaia Ercilla, Laura Bozal-Basterra, Onintza Carlevaris, Amaia Arruabarrena-Aristorena, Encarnación Pérez-Andrés, Telmo Santamaría-Zamorano, Juan A. Ferrer-Bonsoms, Fernando Carazo, Maciej Cieśla, Cesar Lobato, Joan Seoane, Natalia Martín-Martín, Rosa Barrio, James D. Sutherland, Ana M. Aransay, Juan Manuel Falcón-Pérez, Barbara Martínez-Pastor, Angel Rubio, Francisco J. Blanco, Michael D. Hogarty, Raphael J. Morscher, Edurne Berra, Remigiusz A. Serwa, Jesús Jiménez-Barbero, Gonzalo Jiménez-Osés, Alejo Efeyan, Lydia Finley, Jose M. Lizcano, Javier Muñoz, Juan Valcarcel & Arkaitz Carracedo

2025

Article / Syndecan-3 positively regulates the pro-inflammatory function of macrophages

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Lee, S.Y.; Prieto-Fernández, E.; Egia-Mendikute, L.; Antoñana-Vildosola, A.; Velasco-Beltrán, P.; Bosch, A.; Jimenez-Lasheras, B.; de Blas, A.; Etxaniz-Diaz de Durana, J.; Valdaliso-Díez, E.; Bozal-Basterra, L.; Ercilla, A.; Martin, J.E.; Carracedo, A.; Gros, A.; Aransay, A.M.; Palazón, A.; Pérez-Gutiérrez, L.

Article / A bioinformatics screen identifies TCF19 as an aggressiveness-sustaining gene in prostate cancer

Molecular Oncology

Ercilla, A.; Crespo, J.R.; Garcia-Longarte, S.; Fidalgo, M.; del Palacio, S.; Martin-Martin, N.; Carlevaris, O.; Astobiza, I.; Fernández-Ruiz, S.; Guiu, M.; Bárcena, L.; Mendizabal, I.; Aransay, A.M.; Graupera, M.; Gomis, R.R.; Carracedo, A.

Article / Aggressive prostate cancer is associated with pericyte dysfunction

Molecular Oncology

Martinez-Romero, A.; Martinez-Larrinaga, A.; Grego-Bessa, J.; Garcia-Longarte, S.; van Splunder, H.; Astobiza, I.; Ercilla, A.; Bozal-Basterra, L.; Mendizabal, I.; Villacampa, P.; Carracedo, A.; Graupera, M.

2024

Article / The PP2A regulator IER5L supports prostate cancer progression

Cell Death and Disease

Crespo, J.R.; Martín-Martín, N.; Garcia-Longarte, S.; Corres-Mendizabal, J.; Carlevaris, O.; Astobiza, I.; Zabala-Letona, A.; Guiu, M.; Azkargorta, M.; Gonzalez-Lopez, M.; Macías-Cámara, N.; Doan, P.; Elortza, F.; Mendizabal, I.; Westermack, J.; Gomis, R.R.; Ercilla, A.; Carracedo, A.

2022

Article / PI3K-regulated Glycine N-methyltransferase is required for the development of prostate cancer

Oncogenesis

Zabala-Letona, A. ;Arruabarrena-Aristorena, A. ;Fernandez-Ruiz, S. ;Viera, C. ;Carlevaris, O. ;Ercilla, A. ;Mendizabal, I. ;Martin, T. ;Macchia, A. ;Camacho, L. ;Pujana-Vaquerizo, M. ;Sanchez-Mosquera, P. ;Torrano, V. ;Martin-Martin, N. ;Zuniga-Garcia, P. ;Castillo-Martin, M. ;Ugalde-Olano, A. ;Loizaga-Iriarte, A. ;Unda, M. ;Mato, J.M. ;Berra, E. ;Martinez-Chantar, M. ;Carracedo, A.