Mercè Carmona

Studies and academic degrees:

• 1989-1991: Graduate in Scientific Officer in the School “Escola Bonanova” of Barcelona
• 1991  “ Mútua de Terrassa”
• 1991-1993: “ Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau  ” supported by a research grant.
• 1994-2001: Scientific Officer  “Institut de Recerca Oncológica”
• 2001-present: Scientific Officer at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

Publications :

Zuin, A., Carmona, M., Morales-Ivorra, I., Gabrielli, N., Vivancos, A.P., Ayté, J. and Hidalgo, E. 2010. Life-span extension by calorie restriction relies on the Sty1 MAP kinase stress pathway. EMBO J. 29:981-991.

Limón  A,  Bertrán J, Llucià M, Carmona M, Canals C, Ortega JJ, García J and Rueda F. Presentation of a PCR-nuclease protection strategy for minimal residual disease monitoring in B-ALL.  Leukemia 9: 656-661, 1995.  

Curcó N, Servitje O, Llucià M, Bertrán J, Limón A, Carmona M, Peyri J. Informative use of PCR amplification of the TCRg  gene for early detection of cutaneous T cell lymphoma. A comparative study with Southern blot analysis. British Journal of Dermatology 1997, 137:673-679.

Jordi Pétriz, José O’Connor, Mercè Carmona and Joan García-López. Is rhodamine 123 an appropiate fluorescent probe to assess P-glycoprotein mediated multidrug resistance in vinblastine-resistant CHO cells? Analytical Cellular Pathology 14 1997, 129-140.
 
Ana Limón, Javier Briones, Teresa Puig, Mercè Carmona, Oscar Fornas, José Antonio Cancelas, Margarita Nadal, Joan García, Félix Rueda and Jordi Barquinero. High titer retroviral vectors containing the enhanced green fluorescent protein(EGFP) gene for efficient expression in hematopoietic cells. Blood 1997 90:3316-3321.

GA Martín-Henao, M Picón, A Limón, M Carmona, B Amill, C Azqueta, R López, E Gonzalez-
Barca, A Grañena, S Brunet, and J García.  Immunomagnetic bone marrow  (BM) and peripherical blood progenitor cell (PBPC) purging in follicular lymphoma (FL). Bone Marrow Transplantation 1999, 23:579-587  

Servitje O, Limón A, Blanco A, Carmona M, Serrano T, Romagosa V, Gallardo F, Gracia J, Peyri.
Cardiac involvement and molecular stating in fatal case of mycosis fungoides.  J Br J Dematol 1999, 141:531-535.

E González-Barca, A Fernández de Sevilla, A Domingo-Claros, V Romagosa, GA Martín-Henao, S. De Sanjose, Carmona M, J Petit, J García and A Grañena. Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) vith immunologically purged progenitor cells in patients vith advanced stage follicular lymphoma after early partial or complete remission: toxicity, follow-up of minimal residual disease and survival. Bone Marrolw Transplantation 2000, 26: 1051-1056.