Lab Members

Laura Modol
➜ Group leader in Barcelona (Spain)

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Bio

Laura graduated from the Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona (Spain) where she obtained my master’s degree and PhD in Neuroscience (2014) investigating brain development from a systems Neuroscience perspective. Her interest to further study emergent network dynamics in the developing brain, lead her to join the lab of doctor R. Cossart in Marseille (France) as a postdoctoral fellow, were she was awarded a Marie-Curie fellowship (2015). In 2019, she joined the Marín lab to interrogate how cellular diversity integrates into the developing brain and into functional adult circuits, by combining state-of-the-art molecular techniques with her previous knowledge in functional dynamics.

Besides her scientific interests, she has always been passionate in understanding the issues that generate discrimination, particularly those related to gender equality. That is why she also completed a master’s degree in Gender studies, to improve research models for future generations and to engage young women in scientific careers and leadership positions.

Laura was a postdoc in the Marín lab between 2019 and 2023.