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

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
Four lines of research, one shared goal

How the cytoskeleton controls cell adhesion and coordination during collective migration, and how this is subverted during cancer invasion.
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Novel genetic signatures and biomarkers for the early detection of human cancers, to improve diagnosis and personalized therapy.
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AI-assisted, structure-based discovery of anticancer compounds, from in silico prediction to validation in cellular and animal models.
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How the actin cytoskeleton relates to metabolic plasticity, and how cells respond energetically to stress.
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Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia — Valencia Biomedical Research Foundation
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.