Cristina Gutiérrez

Since 1993 I work in the Molecular Biology Department of the Clinical Laboratory of University Hospital Joan XXIII in Tarragona. This department acts as a Molecular Core of molecular diagnostic demands from different clinical areas such as Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology or Oncology. Since 2007 I have been part of the Research Group on Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Alterations (DIAMET) collaborating as a researcher in several of the group's projects. DIAMET is a dynamic and multidisciplinary research group focused on the study of metabolic disorders associated with diabetes mellitus and the morbidity of obesity. The group co-directed by Joan J. Vendrell (MD; PhD) and Sonia Fernández-Veledo (PhD), belongs to the Pere Virgily Institute (IISPV) and Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, and is integrated into a national network for the study of diabetes, CIBERdem, which was started in 2008 by the Carlos III Health Institute of Spain. Likewise, the group is recognized as a group consolidated by the Agency of Management of University Annexes and Research (AGAUR) of the Generalitat de Catalunya since 2009, located in the URV. In that same year, the group joined the Cooperative Research Thematic Network-REDIMET, in which it participated during the year it was active. As a result of these collaborations, I have published more than 80 scientific articles in national and international journals. As a relevant aspect in the business field linked to research, I want to highlight my participation in Mellitus SL, a spin-off linked to the University of Girona and with the collaboration of Genoma España (Genoma Foundation), which ended up generating 3 patents, subsequently purchased by Bridge BioResearch.