Agregat
Grup de Recerca: Estrès cel·lular i supervivència en models eucariotes
Jordi Tamarit earned a Bachelor in Biology from the Universitat de Barcelona in 1993. In January 1994 he was awarded a FPU predoctoral fellowship to carry out the doctoral thesis at the Department of Basic Medical Sciences from the Universitat de Lleida. His thesis was directed by Joaquim Ros and it was focused on the effects of oxidative stress on proteins.
After obtaining a PhD in the summer of 1997, he joined the Atomic Energy Commission in Grenoble, France, to work in the laboratory led by Professor Marc Fontecave (Chimie et Biochimie des Centers Redox Biologiques). During this postdoctoral phase he focused on the characterization of the iron-sulfur cluster from Ribonucleotide Reductase class III. In February 2000 he joined again Universitat de Lleida thanks to the RED program (reincorporation of doctors) promoted by Generalitat de Catalunya. In the following years, his work consisted in the characterization of Grx5 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a protein involved in the biosynthesis of iron-sulfur clusters.
In 2003, he was awarded a Ramon y Cajal fellowship and his research focused on the study of the effects of oxidative stress generated by the accumulation of iron in cells. The accumulation of iron is associated with several pathologies, such as some hereditary ataxias, hemochromatosis or aceruloplasminemia. Since 2007 he is assistant professor (professor agregat) of biochemistry at Universitat de Lleida and researcher at IRBLleida. His recent reasearch is mostly focused on Friedreich ataxia, a rare disease caused by deficiency in the mitochondrial protein frataxin. This protein is involved in cellular iron homeostasis and oxidative stress protection.
Grau en Ciències Biomèdiques
- Proteòmica i Enginyeria de Proteïnes
- Estrès en sistemes biològics, envelliment i patologia vascular
Grau en Biotecnologia
- Proteòmica i Enginyeria de Proteïnes
Màster en investigació Biomèdica
- Mètodes en Biologia de Sistemes
- Estrès Oxidatiu i Antioxidants