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Laia de Nadal, sole candidate for the post of UPF rector

On 7 February, the full professor with the UPF Department of Medicine and Life Sciences was firmly proclaimed by the Electoral Board as a candidate for the rectoral elections, which will be held exclusively by means of e-voting between 17 and 20 February 2023.

07.02.2023

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Laia de Nadal, a full professor with the UPF Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS), was firmly proclaimed by the Electoral Board on 7 February as a candidate for the rectoral elections, which will be held exclusively by means of e-voting between 17 and 20 February 2023. No other candidacies have been submitted.

The campaign for the 2023 rectoral elections will run from 7 to 16 February. On 20 February, the last day of voting, the votes will be counted and the results published. The following day, 21 February, the elected candidate will be declared, and following the period for lodging an appeal, the final declaration will be made on 27 February.

Candidate profile

Laia de Nadal (Barcelona, 1972) graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and later did her doctorate in the same discipline, specializing in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, in 2000. She later did postdoctoral research stays as a Ramón y Cajal researcher at Pompeu Fabra University and at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zurich.

She is currently a full professor with the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) at Pompeu Fabra University. She teaches on the bachelor’s degrees in Human Biology and Biomedical Engineering, and also supervises several doctoral theses.

Regarding her research, she co-directs the Cell Signaling Research Group, affiliated to the Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona, which studies how cells respond and adapt to changes in their environment. The group focuses on characterizing the signalling process, biological targets and the regulation of physiological functions such as cell cycle and the expression of the genes required for organisms to adapt to stress. She also sits on several scientific boards and has been awarded the ICREA Acadèmia in the editions of 2012 and 2020.

In the field of management, she has been deputy manager at the Department of Health and Life Sciences, and since May 2021 she has held the position of vice-rector for Knowledge Transfer at UPF.

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