Juanes Lab

Cytoskeleton · Cell Migration · Cancer Invasion

Research group led by Dr María Ángeles Juanes at the Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF), Valencia, Spain

About us

The Juanes Lab studies how the cytoskeleton is remodeled during collective cell migration and cancer invasion — combining techniques from single-molecule biochemistry to advanced live-cell and super-resolution imaging, in models ranging from reconstituted proteins to mice.

Our research objectives

  • Understanding the mechanisms underlying cytoskeleton remodeling events in collective cell migration, cancer invasion and metabolism.
  • Identifying novel genetic signatures and/or biomarkers for the early detection of human cancers, to ultimately improve cancer diagnosis and assist in personalized therapy.

Based at CIPF

Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia — Valencia Biomedical Research Foundation

What people say

Mari Angels was a colleague of mine during my PhD in CNRS Montpellier. She was a very creative, intellectually outstanding and hard-working scientist, efficiently addressing challenges and meeting goals. She is really focused on her tasks, well-organized, and very committed. She's been a great colleague to work with, as she is a naturally amicable and open-minded person. She has also proven to be an excellent team player, as Mari Angels is a good listener, very supportive and goes out of her way to help people with her scientific knowledge and problem-solving skills.

Dr Ilaria Scarfone

Specialist of Pharma Analytics, Thermo Fisher Scientific

I have known Mari Angeles from long time ago, we have done the PhD together. She is extremely dedicated to her scientific career. Her passion for science never ceases to amaze me. She has an endeavor desire to achieve excellence in all that she undertakes. Mari Angeles is one of the most dynamic, hard working, detail-oriented and perseverant person that I have the pleasure of knowing. She is open, very kind person and ready to give professional and friendly advice drawn upon her academic experience.

Maria Soriano Carot

Vice President, Business Strategist and Communication Director at IMFAHE

As PhD mentor of Mari Angels I would say that she did an outstanding job. She is extremely hard worker, shows incredible enthusiasm for research and has the ability to quickly understand entangled mechanisms and troubleshoot whatever she found in her way. As a person, she got along wonderfully with everybody. She was the most precious part of the laboratory and a real team player.

Carmen Bañó Aracil

Catedrática de Bioquímica, Universitat de València

Members of the Juanes Lab at CIPF, Valencia.