Josep Antoni Villena

Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Spain

  • CAIXARESEARCH
    AWARDEE

    Josep Antoni Villena
    Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Spain
    Dissecting the functional role of the epicardium metabolism during heart development and repair after myocardial infarction
    Co-leader

  • CONSORTIUM

    • Ofelia María Martínez
      Fundació Bosch i Gimpera (UB), Spain
      Project leader

    • Carolina Soler-Botija
      Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Spain

  • PROFILE

    Dr. Villena is a Senior Principal Investigator at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), where he leads the Laboratory of Metabolism and Obesity. He holds a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Barcelona. Prior to stablishing his lab in Barcelona after being awarded a Ramon y Cajal researcher position, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS (Toulouse, France) and the University of California (Berkeley, USA), and as a research associated at The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, USA).

  • FULL CV

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/josep-villena-4a584845/

  • RESEARCH
    INTERESTS

    The research of his team focuses on the study of the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms that control energy partitioning in the organism and that are responsible for the adaptation to nutritional and metabolic challenges. By deciphering the regulatory networks that regulate, mitochondrial biogenesis, energy balance and glucose homeostasis, he aims at identifying new molecular targets for the treatment of metabolic diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes

  • CONTACT INFO

    Laboratori of Metabolism and Obesity
    Edifici Collserola, Lab144
    Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR)
    Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron, 119-129
    08035 Barcelona
    Spain

    www.researchgate.net/profile/Josep-Villena