Education

Graduate in Biochemistry, Facultad de Biología, University of Valencia 1998

Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Facultad de Biología, University of Valencia 2003

Professional Positions

Distinguished Researcher Plan CIDEGENT, Generalitat Valenciana 2021

Group leader at PEBC-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain 2012-2020

Junior Group leader. Ramon y Cajal contract at PEBC-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain, 2008-2012

Ramon y Cajal contract at CIPF, Valencia, Spain, 2007-2008, Supervisor Susana Rodriguez-Navarro.

Postdoctoral Fellow Cancer Research UK, London, UK 2003-2007 Supervisor: Dr. Frank Uhlmann.

Predoctoral student FPI at the University of Valencia, Spain. Supervisor: Juan Carlos Igual.

Merits

Undergraduate internship at the University of Valencia, Spain (Beca de Colaboración). 1997.

PhD Fellowship FPI MICIN 1999-2003.

Innogenetics Diagnostics Award, XXVII Conference of the SEBBM (Spanish Biochemistry Society), Lérida, Spain. 2004.

Accreditation Program I3, 2012

Member of the Teaching Committee, IDIBELL, Spain 2016-2019

Graduate Student Advisor, University of Barcelona, Spain (2012 and 2020) and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (2014)

Emergent Research Group recognition by the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR). Catalan Government 2009

Consolidated Research group recognition by the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR), Catalan Government 2014, 2017

Evaluator of R&D projects. Agencia estatal de investigación, National Agency of Evaluation and Prospective Studies (ANEP), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) and Health Institute Carlos III, Junta de Castilla y León, Cancer Research UK and committee for Ramon y Cajal, Juan de la Cierva, Beatriu Pinos (AGAUR)

Member of the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM) since 2012 

Featured Publications

Játiva S, Calabria I, Moyano-Rodriguez Y, Garcia P, Queralt E. Cdc14 activation requires coordinated Cdk1-dependent phosphorylation of Net1 and PP2A-Cdc55 at anaphase onset. (2019). Cell Mol Life Sci. 76(18):3601-3620.

Baro B, Játiva S, Calabria I, Vinaixa J, Bech-Serra JJ, deLaTorre C, Rodrigues J, Hernaez ML, Gil C, Barcelo-Batllori S, Larsen MR, Queralt E. SILAC-based phosphoproteomics reveals new PP2A-Cdc55-regulated processes in budding yeast. (2018). GigaScience 7(5).

Rodriguez-Rodriguez J-A, Játiva S, Moyano Y, Queralt E. The mitotic exit function of polo-like kinase Cdc5 is dependent on sequential activation by Cdk1. (2016). Cell Reports. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2016.04.079. 

Baro B, Rodriguez-Rodriguez J-A, Calabria I, Hernaez ML, Gil C, Queralt E. Dual regulation of the Mitotic Exit Network (MEN) by PP2A-Cdc55 phosphatase. (2013). PLoS Genetics 9:e1003966.

Calabria I, Baro B, Rodriguez J, Russiñol N and Queralt E. Zds1 regulates PP2A-Cdc55 activity and Cdc14 activation during mitotic exit via its Zds_C motif. (2012). Journal of Cell Science 125:2875-2884. 

Book Edition

Monje-Casas F#, Queralt E#. The Mitotic Exit Network: Methods and Protocols (2016). Methods in Molecular Biology 1505. Springer Protocols. Humana Press. #Co-corresponding editors.