Helena Castañé

Postdoc

Helena began her academic journey at Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, earning a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She continued her education at Lleida University, also in Spain, where she completed her master's degree in Biomedical Research. Early in her career, Helena dedicated herself to lipidomics analyses, recognizing its potential in diagnosing and predicting diseases.
Her academic pursuits led her to a PhD in Sant Joan University Hospital (Reus, Spain), where she developed a robust clinical understanding, particularly in metabolic disorders associated with adipose tissue. During her PhD, she performed multiomics analyses in samples from patients with severe obesity. Her study aim is to explore the molecular mechanisms that drive hepatic alterations derived from severe obesity.

At first, Helena joined the MicroOrgano lab as a visiting PhD student. Here, she brought her clinical research into practical application by investigating the tissue crosstalk between liver and white adipose tissue. Now she rejoined as a PostDoc, focusing on the vascularisation of white adipose tissue in the context of insulin resistance.