People

Elena Reales Rodríguez, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Contact Information

Phone: (805) 893-4725
Fax: (805) 893-4724
E-mail: reales@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610

Area of general research interest:

SNAREs and epithelial cell polarity

Professional education and positions held:

2006-present	Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Bioloogy, UCSB; Advisor: Thomas Weimbs
2006	Postdoctoral short-term fellow, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, DiBiT-HSR, Milan, Italy. Dr. Roberto Sitia, Principal Investigator
2004-2006	Postdoctoral fellow, Unit of Research, University Hospital “Puerta del Mar”, University of Cádiz, Spain. Dr. Antonio Campos-Caro, Principal Investigator
2004	PhD Chemistry, University of Cádiz, Spain
2001	PhD student short-term fellow, London Research Institute, Lincoln´s Inn Fields Laboratories, London. Dr. Sharon Tooze, Principal Investigator
1999	Bachelors degree in Biochemistry, University of Granada, Spain

Awards

2001 Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Student fellowship
2004 Summa cum laude for Doctoral Degree
2006 European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Short term fellowship
2006 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

Publications

Mora-López F, Reales E, Brieva JA , Campos-Caro A (2007). Human BSAP and BLIMP1 conform an autoregulatory feedback loop. Blood. Nov 1;110(9):3150-7. Epub 2007 Aug 6. d

Reales, E., Mora-Lopez, F., Rivas, V., Garcia-Poley, A., Brieva, J.A., Campos-Caro, A. (2005). Identification of soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor exocytotic machinery in human plasma cells: SNAP-23 is essential for antibody secretion. The Journal of Immunology 175, 6686-93

Salcedo, I., Campos-Caro, A., Sampalo, A., Reales, E., Brieva, J.A. (2002). Persistent polyclonal B lymphocytosis: an expansion of cells showing IgVH gene mutations and phenotypic features of normal lymphocytes from the CD27+ marginal zone B-cell compartment. British Journal of Haematology 116, 662-6