Elena Blanco-Suárez, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
Contact
900 Walnut Street
JHN, 4th floor, Room 467
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Elena Blanco-Suárez, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
Research & Clinical Interests
The Blanco-Suárez lab is interested in the study of region-specific astrocyte contributions to neuroprotection and synaptic restoration. To do this we use mouse models of ischemic stroke to identify astrocyte proteins involved in synapse and spine remodeling and comparing brain regions with known differential vulnerability. We use a wide range of biochemical techniques, molecular biology and imaging in both in vivo and in vitro models of stroke. Our overall goal is to define the importance of region-specificity of astrocytic proteins in synaptic plasticity using ischemic stroke as a model, and harness the therapeutic potential of astrocytic proteins.
Education
Postdoctoral - Molecular Neurobiology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 2020
PhD - Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, 2014
BSc (Licenciaturae) - Biology, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, 2009
Master - Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2010
Publications
- Recovery after human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBM-MSCs)-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) treatment in post-MCAO rats requires repeated handling
- Preface
- Astrocyte Regulation of Neuronal Function and Survival in Stroke Pathophysiology
- Absence of chordin-like 1 aids motor recovery in a mouse model of stroke
- Photothrombotic Model to Create an Infarct in the Hippocampus
Awards
2021 - Finalist AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
2019 - Keystone Symposia Future of Science Fund Scholarship
2018 - Next Generation Award (Junior Faculty Level), Society for Neuroscience
2017 - Catharina Foundation Postdoctoral fellowship
2015 - Helmsley Center For Genomic Medicine (HCGM) Postdoctoral fellowship
2014 - Paper of the Week. Awarded by Journal of Biological Chemistry
2011 - European Synapse Summer School (EsCube) fellowship
2010 - Marie Curie Pre-doctoral fellowship, SyMBaD program