MoCaA Lab/BoNaARG

Salvador Macip Group Leader sm460@le.ac.uk	Professor of Molecular Medicine at the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester (2022-) Professor and Director at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2023-) Group Leader at the BarcelonaBeta Brain Research Center (2025-) Career: - MD (1988-1994) at the Universitat de Barcelona. - PhD in Medicine (Physiology/Human Genetics, 1994-1998) at the Universitat de Barcelona. - Post-doctoral fellow at the Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (1998-2003). - Instructor, Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (2004-2007). - Lecturer at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester (2008-2015). - Associate Professor (2015-2021) at the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester. - Associate Professor (2020-2022) at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. - Group Leader at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Reserach Institute (2023-2024).
Mechanisms of Cancer and Ageing Lab	Maha Abbas, PhD Student (2022-) Kamal Khidir, PhD Student (2024-) Noura Alolyani, PhD Student (2024-) Júlia Gras, PhD Student (2025-) Manijeh Maleki-Dizaji, Lab Manager (2019-)
Biology of Neurodegeneration and Ageing Research Group	Marta Massip-Salcedo, Co-PI Júlia Rius, Post-doc (2026-) Ainhoa Pérez, PhD Student (2025-) Eloy Santos, PhD Student (2026-) Yao Xu, PhD Student (2026-)

PAST MEMBERS	Larissa Lezina, Post-doc (2012), MoCaA Lab Samantha Carrera, PhD Student (2009-12), MoCaA Lab Alice Wignall, iBSc Student (2012-13), MoCaA Lab Chris Clements, iBSc Student (2014-15), MoCaA Lab Jesvin Samuel, PhD Student (2010-14), Post-doc (2015), MoCaA Lab Mohammad Althubiti, PhD Student (2012-2016), MoCaA Lab Christine Stephens, Technician (2015), MoCaA Lab Miran Rada, PhD Student (2015-16), MoCaA Lab Diana Kuczna, iBSc Student (2015-16), MoCaA Lab Sandra Germano, Lab Manager (2013-2016), MoCaA Lab Marwah Maashi, PhD Student (2013-2017), MoCaA Lab Ghalia Shelmani, PhD Student (2014-2017), MoCaA Lab Yishiang Chen, Post-doc (2013-2018), MoCaA Lab Gabriella Kocsis-Fodor, Lab Manager (2017), MoCaA Lab Akang Ekpenyong-Akiba,PhD Student (2015-2018), MoCaA Lab Jacquie Greenwood, Lab manager (2018-2019), MoCaA Lab Konstantinos Polymeros, PhD Student (2015-2019), MoCaA Lab Vikki Smith, PhD Student (2016-2020), MoCaA Lab Antonella Tabasso, PhD Student (2016-2020), MoCaA Lab Marta Poblocka, PhD Student (2017-2021), MoCaA Lab Marta Falcicchio, PhD Student (2018-2022), MoCaA Lab Vinesh Dhokia, PhD Student (2018-2022), MoCaA Lab Jake Ward, PhD Student (2019-2022), MoCaA Lab Hanna Smith, PhD Student (2019-2023), MoCaA Lab Fares Almansour, PhD student (2019-2023), MoCaA Lab Christian Clarke, PhD Student (2020-2023), MoCaA Lab Buwei He, PhD Student (2019-2023), MoCaA Lab Anes Saleh, PhD Student (2020-2024), MoCaA Lab Abdullah Al-Radaddi, PhD Student (2020-2024), MoCaA Lab Amal Abati, PhD Student and Post-doc (2018-2024), MoCaA Lab John Moss, PhD Student (2020-2024), MoCaA Lab Marta Torrubiano, Technician (2023-25), BoNaARG Júlia Rius, PhD Student (2021-25), BoNaARG Beth Ward, PhD Student (2024-25), MoCaA Lab
STUDENTS AND VISITING SCIENTISTS	Neha Sabnis, MSc Student (2009), MoCaA Lab Dean Hallam, MSc Student (2010), MoCaA Lab Deepthi Dasari, MSc Student (2010), MoCaA Lab Mayur Bokhiria, MSc Student (2011), MoCaA Lab Kaori Kashi, MSc Student (2012), MoCaA Lab Ahalya Sekhar, MSc Student (2012), MoCaA Lab Maria Acosta, MSc Student (2013), MoCaA Lab Mohammed Isse, MSc Student (2014), MoCaA Lab Laura Pacheco, MSc Student (2015), MoCaA Lab Jason Rodencal, MSc Student (2015-16), MoCaA Lab Yu Shi, MSc Student (2017), MoCaA Lab Adam Malik, MSc Student (2019), MoCaA Lab Cherie Akpotor, MSc Student (2020), MoCaA Lab Carla Bayliss, MSc Student (2021), MoCaA Lab Ethan York, MSc Student (2023), MoCaA Lab Mojtaba Soleimanidodaran, MSc Student (2024), MoCaA Lab Kieran Clarke, MSc Student (2025), MoCaA Lab Vinyet Duran, MSc Student (2026), BoNaARG Alex Henricksen, MSc Student (2026), MoCaA Lab Martin Price, Project Student (2008), MoCaA Lab Denula Suthaharan, Project Student (2009), MoCaA Lab Liam Musto, Project Student (2009), MoCaA Lab Ann Akeredolu, Project Student (2010), MoCaA Lab Rajeeve Parmar, Project Student (2011), MoCaA Lab Chris Jones, Project Student (2012), MoCaA Lab Sami Kimyongur, Project Student (2012), MoCaA Lab Nick Sillet, Project Student (2013), MoCaA Lab Rima Basu, Project Student (2013), MoCaA Lab Harry Waterworth, Project Student (2014), MoCaA Lab Tim Wormull, Project Student (2014), MoCaA Lab Christina Halm, Project Student (2015), MoCaA Lab Justine Dacanay, Project Student (2015), MoCaA Lab Sam Resendez, Project Student (2016), MoCaA Lab Angie Anifalaje, Project Student (2016), MoCaA Lab Jonathan Harding, Project Student (2017), MoCaA Lab Sophie Stevenson, Project Student (2017), MoCaA Lab Lydia Terrell, Project Student (2018), MoCaA Lab Cherie Akpotor, Project Student (2018), MoCaA Lab Anna Jurkiewicz, Project Student (2019), MoCaA Lab Clementien Bird, Project Student (2019), MoCaA Lab Aimen Nasir, Project Student (2020), MoCaA Lab Mary Dosumu, Project Student (2020), MoCaA Lab Leena Wassim, Project Student (2021), MoCaA Lab Ben Yates, Project Student (2021), MoCaA Lab Cordelia Taylor-Byne, Project Student (2022), MoCaA Lab Amy Cheetham, Project Student (2022), MoCaA Lab Tom Broder, Project Student (2023), MoCaA Lab Sharun Nadarajah, Project Student (2023), MoCaA Lab Amna Qayyum, Project Student (2024), MoCaA Lab Varum Vijayanand, Project Student (2024), MoCaA Lab Maddison Wicken, Project Student (2025), MoCaA Lab Ninu King-Akins Adubiagbe, Project Student (2025-26), BoNaARG/MoCaA Lab Florian Busch, Erasmus/Project Student (2008), MoCaA Lab Ionica Masgras, Erasmus Student (2009-10), MoCaA Lab Marc de Manuel, Erasmus/Project Student (2013), MoCaA Lab Eduard Teixidor, Erasmus/Project Student (2014), MoCaA Lab JM Escorsa, Erasmus/Project Student (2014), MoCaA Lab Lenny Ferreira, Erasmus/Project Student (2014), MoCaA Lab Carlos Martínez, Erasmus/Project Student (2015), MoCaA Lab Laura Castilla, Erasmus/Project Student (2015-16), MoCaA Lab Mireia Casulleras, Erasmus/Project Student(2016), MoCaA Lab Júlia Ortega, Erasmus/Project Student (2016), MoCaA Lab Chlóe Peubez, Erasmus/Project Student (2017), MoCaA Lab Yoel Sánchez, Erasmus/Project Student (2017), MoCaA Lab Hamsa Naser, Erasmus/Summer Student (2017), MoCaA Lab Rebeca Melero, Erasmus/Project Student (2017), MoCaA Lab Laura Vergara, Erasmus/Project Student (2017), MoCaA Lab Alice Cadiz, Erasmus/Project Student (2018), MoCaA Lab Alice Panigutti, Erasmus/Project Student (2018), MoCaA Lab David Pujal, Erasmus/Project Student (2018), MoCaA Lab Cèlia Ventura, Erasmus/Project Student (2018), MoCaA Lab Carolina Franco, Erasmus/Project Student (2018), MoCaA Lab Manon Szczepan, Erasmus/Project Student (2019), MoCaA Lab Júlia Rius, Erasmus/Project Student (2019), MoCaA Lab Liliana Restrepo, Erasmus/Project Student (2019), MoCaA Lab Marc Valeros, Erasmus/Project Student (2019), MoCaA Lab Kimberley Nobel, Erasmus/Project Student (2019), MoCaA Lab Julia Bonjoch, Erasmus/Project Student (2020), MoCaA Lab Júlia Gras, Erasmus/Project Student (2022), MoCaA Lab Maria Grifeu, Erasmus/Project Student (2022), MoCaA Lab Warda Ahmed, Visiting Scientist (2022), MoCaA Lab Burak Oymak, Visiting Scientist (2022), MoCaA Lab Christos Mavrommatis, Visiting Scientist (2023), MoCaA Lab Sandra Landa, Erasmus/Project Student (2024), MoCaA Lab David Medina, Erasmus/Project Student (2024), MoCaA Lab Carla Marcet, Erasmus/Project Student (2025), MoCaA Lab Ariadna Silva, Erasmus/Project Student (2025-26), BoNaARG/MoCaA Lab Cristina Cano, Erasmus/Project Student (2026), MoCaA Lab
PICTURES
The BoNaARG in April 2026 (3rd FPM/BBRC retreat)
The MoCaA Lab in Winter 2025
The BoNaARG in Winter 2025
The MoCaA Lab in Summer 2025
The BoNaARG in Summer 2025
The BoNaARG and collaborators, March 2025
The MoCaA Lab in Winter 2024
Past and present of the lab: Akang and Júlia Rius at the I International SENESCEL conference, Santiago de Compostela, October 2024
The MoCaA Lab in Summer 2024
The embryo of the BoNaARG in Semptember 2023
The MoCaA Lab in Summer 2023
The MoCaA Lab in December 2022
The MoCaA Lab in Summer 2022
The MoCaA Lab in December 2021
The MoCaA Lab in December 2019
The MoCaA Lab in Summer 2019
The MoCaA Lab in December 2018
The MoCaA Lab in Summer 2018
The MoCaA Lab in December 2017
The MoCaA Lab in Summer 2017
The MoCaA Lab in December 2016
The MoCaA Lab in May 2016
The MoCaA Lab in December 2015
The MoCaA Lab in Summer 2015
M. Althubiti and S. Macip 10 years later! (August 2025)
M. Althubiti and S. Macip at the ICSA meeting (Santiago de Compostela, 2015)
The MoCaA Lab in April 2014
J. Samuel, S. Macip and M. Dyer in 2014
The MoCaA and Dyer Labs in 2013
The MoCaA Lab in 2013
J. Samuel, A. Wignall and S. Macip at the UK CLL Forum (London, 2012)
The MoCaA Lab, 2011