Javier Hernández Losa, PhD profile page

Dr. Javier Hernández Losa has a PhD in biology from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (2005). He has led the molecular biology laboratory within the pathology service of the Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron in Barcelona since 2006. The laboratory specializes in the study of biomarkers, mainly in tissue samples, and these studies have recently been extended to liquid biopsy samples. Over the last few years, he has coordinated three PhD theses and supervises several master’s projects based on the study of cfDNA and exosomes, both in in vitro models and in clinical samples from patients with advanced tumors. Currently, he is a member of the Low Prevalence Tumors Program of CIBERONC and is also the principal investigator of several research projects.