Juan Alberto Ortega Cano

Researcher Ramon i Cajal program

Scopus Author ID: 57201133300

Researcher ID: AAA-3139-2020

Research group:

Desarrollo Neural (Desenvolupament Neural)
Fisiologia i patologia de la relació funcional glia-neurona

Contact Information
Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics
Feixa Llarga s/n
+34 934 024 288
jalbertoortega(a)ub.edu

Academic training

B.S. Biology . University of Barcelona . 23/02/2004 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Ph.D. Neuroscience . University of Barcelona . 03/10/2011 . (Ph.D.)

M.S. Experimental Biochemistry . University of Barcelona . 09/06/2005 . (Official Master)

M.S. Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude . University of Barcelona . 06/2004 . (Official Master)

D.E.A. Neurosciences . University of Barcelona . 15/07/2007 . (Specialized Training)

Basic Skills and tools to teach content subjects in English . Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, Universitat de Barcelona . 2010 . (Specialized Training)

Professional experience

Undergraduate_Collaboration Fellowship. Faculty of Biology / University of Barcelona. 2003 - 30/06/2004

Research Assistant. School of Medicine and Health Sciences / University of Barcelona. 01/04/2005 - 30/11/2006

Pre-doctoral Fellowship of University of Barcelona. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences / University of Barcelona. 02/2007 - 14/09/2007

Assistant Professor. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences / University of Barcelona. 15/09/2007 - 14/09/2012

Postdoctoral Research Scholar. University of Connecticut Health Center. 01/12/2012 - 14/07/2015

Research Projects

Caracterización proteomica de los microambientes de la corteza cerebral humana durante el desarrollo: implicaciones evolutivas y clínicas . 2021 - 2025 . Ref.PID2020-114407RA-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Juan Alberto Ortega Cano

Journal Publications

Ortega JA; Memi F; Radonjic N; Filipovic R; Bagasrawala I; Zecevic N; Jakovcevski I. (2018). The Subventricular Zone: A Key Player in Human Neocortical Development. Neuroscientist, 24, pp. 156 - 170 . ISSN: 1073-8584

Ziller MJ; Ortega JA; Quinlan KA; Santos DP; Gu H; Martin EJ; Galonska C; Pop R; Maidl S; Di Pardo A; Huang M; Meltzer HY; Gnirke A; Heckman CJ; Meissner A; Kiskinis E. (2018). Dissecting the Functional Consequences of De Novo DNA Methylation Dynamics in Human Motor Neuron Differentiation and Physiology. Cell Stem Cell, 22(4), pp. 559 - 573 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2018.02.012 . ISSN: 1934-5909

Kiskinis, E.; Kralj, J.M; Zou, P.; Weinstein, E.N.; Zhang, H.; Tsioras, K.; Wiskow , O.; Ortega, J.A.; Eggan, K.; Cohen, A.E. (2018). All-Optical Electrophysiology for High-Throughput Functional Characterization of a Human iPSC-Derived Motor Neuron Model of ALS. Stem Cell Reports, 10(6), pp. 1991 - 2004 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2213-6711

Ortega JA; Daley EL; Kour S; Samani M; Tellez L; Smith HS; Hall EA; Esengul YT; Tsai YH; Gendron TF; Donnelly CJ; Siddique T; Savas JN; Pandey UB; Kiskinis E. (2020). Nucleocytoplasmic Proteomic Analysis Uncovers eRF1 and Nonsense-Mediated Decay as Modifiers of ALS/FTD C9orf72 Toxicity. Neuron, 106(1), pp. 90 - 107 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.01.020 . ISSN: 0896-6273

Simkin, D.; Marshall, K.A.; Vanoye, C.G.; Desai, R.R.; Bustos, B.I.; Piyevsky, B.N.; Ortega, J.A.; Forrest, M.; Robertson, G.L.; Penzes, P.; Laux, L.C.; Lubbe, S.J.; Millichap, J.J.; George Jr, A.L.; Kiskinis, E. (2021). Dyshomeostatic modulation of Ca2+-activated K+ channels in a human neuronal model of KCNQ2 encephalopathy. eLife . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2050-084X

Franz CK; Puritz A; Jordan LA; Chow J; Ortega JA; Kiskinis E; Heckman CJ. (2018). Botulinum Toxin Conditioning Enhances Motor Axon Regeneration in Mouse and Human Preclinical Models. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 32(82), pp. 735 - 745 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1545968318790020 . ISSN: 1545-9683

Ayoub AE; Dominguez MH; Benoit J; Ortega JA; Radonjic N; Zecevic N; Rakic P. (2019). Coordination of Neuron Production in Mouse and Human Cerebral Cortex by the Homolog of Drosophila Mastermind Protein. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 93(2-3), pp. 152 - 165 . https://doi.org/10.1159/000500494 . ISSN: 0006-8977