Oscar Yanes

Oscar Yanes, Ph.D. Co-ordinator of the Metabolomics Platform of the Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM) and Assistant Professor at the Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona, Spain). I received my bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2000 and a doctorate in Biochemistry from the same university in 2006, with a thesis dissertation award. In 2007 I joined The Scripps Center for Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry (The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, California). I have combined metabolomics with other “omic” approaches including proteomics and transcriptomics, and more classical biochemical and molecular biology techniques to interrogate biologically relevant areas such as: stem cell differentiation and reprogramming, stem cell therapy in ischemic retinopathy, diabetes and associated metabolic conditions, protease inhibitors in cardiovascular disease, oxidative stress, and neuropathic pain.