Affiliation: University of Jaén

Dr. Oscar Ocaña earned his BS degree in Genetics from the National University of Misiones (Argentina) and went on to receive his PhD in Molecular Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain) in 2007. Afterward, as a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Ángela Nieto’s group at the Neuroscience Institute of Alicante (Spain), he focused on the study of early embryonic development and the reactivation of developmental programs under pathological conditions. Since 2019, he is a researcher at the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) and the University of Jaén. His current research addresses the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying heart development and regeneration.