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Begoña Aran
Barcelona Stem Cell Bank Coordinator
IDIBELL
Hospitalet de Llobregat
Spain
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"Begoña Aran is Coordinator of the Barcelona Stem Cell Bank at the Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica, IDIBELL.
Begoña Aran obtained her PhD in Biological Sciences in the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona. She worked at the in vitro fertilization laboratory of the Institut Universitari Dexeus from 1986 to 2007. She was the Stem Cell Bank Coordinator at the CMRB (Center of Regenerative Medicine) between 2007 and 2010. From 2010 to 2012, she was the responsible of the Advanced Therapies Unit of the Catalan Transplant Organization (OCATT). In 2015, Dr. Aran re-joined at the CMRB (now IDIBELL) as Stem Cell Bank Coordinator. Her activity is focused on the derivation, generation, culture, characterization and banking of human Pluripotent Stem Cell (hPSC) and their clinical translation. She is also interested in legislation and bioethics in hPSC research and clinical application.
She is currently Project Coordinator of the COST Action: Generation of human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from haplo-selected cord blood samples (HAPLO-iPS)(CA 21151)(2022-2026)
Dr. Aran has published more than 70 scientific articles in national and international journals and 10 book chapters. She is professor in several masters related to her areas of interest."
Begoña Aran obtained her PhD in Biological Sciences in the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona. She worked at the in vitro fertilization laboratory of the Institut Universitari Dexeus from 1986 to 2007. She was the Stem Cell Bank Coordinator at the CMRB (Center of Regenerative Medicine) between 2007 and 2010. From 2010 to 2012, she was the responsible of the Advanced Therapies Unit of the Catalan Transplant Organization (OCATT). In 2015, Dr. Aran re-joined at the CMRB (now IDIBELL) as Stem Cell Bank Coordinator. Her activity is focused on the derivation, generation, culture, characterization and banking of human Pluripotent Stem Cell (hPSC) and their clinical translation. She is also interested in legislation and bioethics in hPSC research and clinical application.
She is currently Project Coordinator of the COST Action: Generation of human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from haplo-selected cord blood samples (HAPLO-iPS)(CA 21151)(2022-2026)
Dr. Aran has published more than 70 scientific articles in national and international journals and 10 book chapters. She is professor in several masters related to her areas of interest."