Jone Mitxelena

Ikerbasque Research Fellow, UPV/EHU

Currently works at the Molecular Biology of Cancer research group lead by Prof. Ana María Zubiaga at the Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology of the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU.
Research line: 
Cell cycle control, DNA replication and genome integrity maintenance.
Prize for the Best Overall Performance in M.Sc. Molecular Biology and Biomedicine at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU and University of Cantabria, Spain; Highest Grade Point Average Award in B.Sc. in Biochemistry at the national level in Spain, granted by the Spanish Education Ministry.
Previous research experience: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Ph.D. student, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain; Visiting Scientist, CNIO (Spanish National Cancer Research Centre), Spain.
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (2014), University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain.