Mireia Salut Puig-Segui

EDUCATION

College / University

Polytechnic University of Valencia, UPV

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Cell biology, Animal and Human Physiology, Human Molecular Pathology

Spain

Lab Experience

Models: E. coli, yeasts and mammalian cell culture, C. elegans and mice. Experimental techniques: Cultivation and storage of cells/organisms, DNA/RNA extraction and analysis (electrophoresis and RT-PCR), protein extraction and analysis (Western blotting), immunofluoresce confocal microscopy, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), single molecule RNA FISH (smFISH), flow cytometry, gene editing (CRISPR/Cas9), mobility assays and neuronal aggregates counting in C. elegans. Digital skills: FIJI (ImageJ), Icy software, kymograph generation, Wormbase, Addgene, BLAST (NCBI), statistical analysis using R and Graphpad Prism.

Projects / Research

2025: Molecular genetics of angiogenesis, focusing on atherosclerosis (CICERONE Internship). CNIC, Madrid, Spain.
2024-2025: The role of LIM kinases in regulating the formation of functional tunneling nanotubes in neurodegenerative diseases (AMGEN Internship). Bachelor’s thesis. Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

Scholarships / Awards

2025 – 2026:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2025:	ERASMUS+ EU Traineeship Grant

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I have always been fascinated by the enormous capabilities of the human brain and how they change throughout life, from learning in childhood to the progressive loss of these abilities in old age. My current scientific interests are in the field of neuroscience. I am particularly interested in studying the molecular basis of increasingly common neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, the mechanisms that enable learning and memory, as well as studying conditions such as autism and depression.