Andrés Vidal-Itriago

I have fully dedicated my research career to neuroscience, specially to study microglial biology, having more than 5 years of research experience in different laboratories in Barcelona, Amsterdam and Sydney. I obtained my Master’s degree in Translational Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine at University of Barcelona (Spain), where I studied the role of POMC neurons in energy balance using mice models. In 2016 I joined the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Academisch Medisch Centrum in Amsterdam, studying the role of microglia in obesity and diabetes. In 2018 I moved to Sydney to pursue my PhD studies at Macquarie University joining Dr. Marco Morsch's group, studying the role of microglia-neuron interactions in neurodegeneration. I am currently establishing novel methods for the study of microglia in zebrafish, using techniques such as in vivo confocal imaging, 3D rendering and electron microscopy. In 2019, I received the award for the best poster presentation at the Macquarie Neurodegeneration Meeting. Later that year, he was awarded the Magnified-Justin Yerbury Travel Scholarship to attend the 30th International Symposium on ALS/MND. In 2020, I received prizes for my 3 Minutes Thesis Competition entry.