Sonia Forcales

Sonia Forcales

Senior lecturer

ORCID: 0000-0002-7111-4959
Scopus Author ID: 6507950682
Researcher ID: B-2157-2013
Knowledge area: Immunologia

Research group: Immunitat, inflamació i càncer (IIC)

Contact Information
Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics


sforcales(a)ub.edu

Teaching imparted (current)

Sistema Bucodental, Immunologia - Odontología - Universidad de Barcelona.
Immunologia Mèdica - Medicina - Universidad de Barcelona.
Màster avançat d'immunologia - Inmunología - Universidad de Barcelona.

Academic training

Llicenciat en Biologia . Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona . 20/06/1995 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Doctor en Biologia . Universitat de Barcelona . 16/03/2001 . (Ph.D.)
Aspectes generals i d'investigació bàsica en càncer de mama . Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Hospital de la Vall d'Hebron . 30/06/1995 . (Specialized Training)

Professional experience

Investigador Associat. Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol. 20/09/2010 - 28/11/2018
Postdoctoral Associate. Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute. 17/02/2006 - 15/09/2010
Postdoctoral fellow. Parco Scientifico Biomedico di Roma. 01/01/2005 - 31/12/2005
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. Fondazione Andrea Cesalpino. 01/01/2003 - 31/12/2004
Early postdoc. Dulbecco Telethon Institute, Italia. 01/01/2002 - 31/12/2002
Editor. Prous Science. 20/06/2001 - 31/12/2001
Professora associada. Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona. 21/03/2017 - 15/09/2018

Research interests

Characterization of a novel lncRNA from a macrosatellite repeat in colon cancer
Chromatin factors as biomarkers and drug targets for combinatorial therapies in colon cancer

Research Projects

Biomarkers and combinatorial drug targets for a personalized therapy for three major cancers . 2017 - 2019 . Ref.PIE16/00011 . Instituto de Salud Carlos III . PI: Marcus Buschbeck; Lorenzo Pasquali; Rafael Rosell Costa; Eva Martínez Balibrea; Sonia Vanina Forcales Fernandez; Lurdes Zamora Plana
Descifrando el mecanismo de acción del macrosatélite NBL2 y su IncRNA, TNBL, en cáncer; su prometedor papel como nuevos biomarcadores y dianas terapéuticas (TNBL-CAN) . 2020 - 2023 . Ref.PID2019-105278RB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Sonia Vanina Forcales Fernandez
Exploring epigenetic alteracions in compulsive gambling / Impulse control disorder patients . 2021 - 2021 . Ref.NEUP2A03 . IDIBELL . PI: Susana Jimenez, Fernando Fernández, Antonella Consiglio, Sonia Forcales
Identification of chromatin biomarkers for predicting and sensitizing response to current treatments in colorectal cancer . 2016 - 2017 . Ref.FOT343 . Fundación Olga Torres . PI: Sonia Vanina Forcales Fernandez
Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations of the Adamts Gene Family in Human Cancer . 2016 - 2018 . Ref.PI15/01763 . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Manuel Perucho Martínez

Journal Publications

Soler-Botija, C.; Forcales, S.V.; Bayés-Genís, A. (2019). Spotlight on epigenetic reprogramming in cardiac regeneration. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, S1084-9521(18)3 . ISSN: 1084-9521
Sanna, Luca; Piredda, Roberta; Marchesi, Irene; Bordoni, Valentina; Forcales, Sonia Vanina; Calvisi, Diego Francesco; Bagella, Luigi (2019). "Verteporfin exhibits anti-proliferative activity in embryonal and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines". Chemico-Biological Interactions, 312 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2019.108813 . ISSN: 0009-2797
Dumbović, G.; Sanjuan, X.; Perucho, M.; Forcales, S.V. (2021). Stimulated emission depletion (STED) super resolution imaging of RNA- and protein-containing domains in fixed cells. Methods . ISSN: 1046-2023