Cristina Jou Muñoz
Investigador pre-doc
Research group
Cristina Jou graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1997 from the University of Lleida Barcelona and obtained her specialist degree in Pathological Anatomy in 2002. Since 2008, she works at the SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital at the service of Pathological Anatomy, being the responsible for neuropathology.
In 2014, she made a stay at the Institute de Myologie in Paris with a dedication to muscle pathology, expanding his knowledge in electron microscopy.
Since 2015, she is a member attached to the Center for Biomedical Research in Rare Diseases Network (CIBERER), and is the author and co-author of more than 50 scientific publications.
Since 2018 she has been the scientific director of the Biobank of the SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital, focused on promoting biomedical research in paediatrics at our centre but with an open assignment to other researchers. The Biobank has been part of the National Network of Biobanks of the Carlos III Health Institute since 2010, has been registered with the Generalitat since 2013.
Professional network profiles
Last Publications
- Luque J, Mendes I, Gómez B, Morte B, de Heredia ML, Herreras E, Corrochano V, Bueren J, Gallano P, Artuch-Iriberri R, Fillat C, Pérez-Jurado LA, Montoliu L, Carracedo Á, Millán JM, Webb SM, Palau F, CIBERER Network and Lapunzina P CIBERER: Spanish national network for research on rare diseases: A highly productive collaborative initiative. CLINICAL GENETICS . 101(5-6): 481-493.
- Casas-Alba D, Oliva C, Salgado MDC, Codina-Bergadà A, Agut-Quiijano T, García-Alix A, Garcia-Puig M, Garcia-Cazorla A, Taglialatela M, Jou-Munoz C, Artuch-Iriberri R and Fons-Estupina C Cerebrospinal Fluid Ion Analysis in Neonatal Seizures. PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY . 128: 16-19.
- Girona M, Argüello G, Esteve-Sole A, Bobillo-Perez S, Paolo-Burgos X, Bonet-Carne E, Mensa-Vilaró A, Codina-Bergadà A, Hernández-Garcia M, Jou-Munoz C, Alsina L and Jordán-García I Low levels of CIITA and high levels of SOCS1 predict COVID-19 disease severity in children and adults. iScience . 25(1): 103595-103595.
Projects
- Project name:
- Plataformas de apoyo a la Investigación en Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Salud
- Leader
- Teresa María Ribalta Farrés, Cristina Jou Muñoz
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- PT17/0015/0036
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2018 - 2021
News
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Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu joins the european platform EBRAIN
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD) strengthens its european position in the neuroscience’s field and the human brain’s study with its incorporation to the EBRAINS platform. A digital research infrastructure, created by the Human Brain Project (HBP) and partly funded by the European Union, which brings together a wide range of data and tools for brain research.
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Measuring antibodies in saliva is a useful and easy strategy to detect SARS-CoV-2 infections
A study, published in BMC Medicine, performed through the Kids Corona platform from Sant Joan de Déu in collaboration with ISGlobal, shows that measuring antibodies in saliva is a useful and easy strategy to detect SARS-CoV-2 infections.