Laura Grasa, PhD, DVM
Dr Laura Grasa is Associate Professor in Physiology in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Forensic and Legal Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Zaragoza (Spain).
Her principal lines of investigation are:
-Antibiotic-induced intestinal dysbiosis. Modulation of the intestinal microbiota through prebiotics obtained from milk.
-Role of the gut microbiota in the immune system activation and intestinal motor function regulation
-Evaluation of organometallic compounds as drugs against colon cancer.
-Carbon nanotubes as a drug delivery system for intestinal diseases
Dr Grasa has published 45 peer reviewed scientific papers with more than 500 times cited and has an h-index of 14.
She is a Fellow of the Spanish Society of Physiological Sciences, the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility and the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) organisation.
She has extensive experience in animal models and has the licence to carry out procedures on animals (functions a, b, c and d according to Orden ECC/566/2015).
Education
2019-2021
Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Sevilla (Spain)
Master of Advanced Bioinformatics Analysis
2018-2019
Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Sevilla (Spain)
Diploma of Specialization in Bioinformatics Analysis
2008-2009
Traslational Research Center in Gastrointestinal Disorders. KU Leuven (Belgium)
Visiting Fellowship in the lab of Dr. Guy Boeckxstaens
2007
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Visiting Fellowship in the lab of Dr. Marcel Jiménez
2006
University of Sheffield (UK)
Visiting Fellowship in the lab of Dr. David Grundy
2003-2006
Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain)
PhD in Pharmacology and Physiology
1997-2002
Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain)
Bachelor´s Degree in Veterinary Medicine
Contact information
Unit of Physiology
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Zaragoza
Miguel Servet, 177
Zaragoza 50013
Spain
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email: lgralo@unizar.es