Carolina is a biologist with a PhD in Genetics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a M.S. in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics from Open University of Catalonia (Spain).
Her research interests focus on epigenetics, genetics , single-cell RNA sequencing and multi-omic approaches to identify novel variants, genes and pathways implicated on aging-associated diseases, with special attention to Stroke and Alzheimer’s disease. Her interests are also in the field of epigenetics of aging. To achieve her objectives she combines different tools: large and well characterized human cohorts, next generation sequencing (e.g. GWAS, EWAS, exome sequencing, single-cell RNAseq), bioinformatics, biostatistics and omic-data integration. She is fascinated by how epigenetic mechanism might modulate gene expression as a consequence of micro/environmental exposures, working as environmental mediator In her free time she enjoys crafts, running, hiking and movies.