Dr. Joan-Albert Vericat

Short CV

Carrer:

July 2003 – Appointed as Director of Preclinical Development at Neuropharma SA.

September 2002 – July 2003 – Head to Toxicology, J.Uriach & Cia, Palau de Plegamans (Barcelona), Spain.

January 1996 – September 2002 – Head of the Research Group in Exploratory and Genetic Toxicology, Sanofi-Synthelabo (former Synthelabo Recherche; currently Sanofi-Aventis), Porcheville, France.

July 1989 – December 1995 – Head of Genetic and Cellular Toxicology, Research Toxicology Centre, S.p.A., Pomezia (Roma), Italy.

September 1987 – July 1989 – Postdoctoral Scientist at Bionetics Research, Inc, Frederick, Maryland, USA.

1981- September 1987 – Different posts (from graduate student up to non-permanent professor) in Department of Genetics and Microbiology in the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain).

Universitary Education:

June 1983, Doctor in Sciences (Biology), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain. The thesis project was: "Differential Expression of the SOS Repair System in Enterobacteriaceae". Qualification: "Cum Laude" ("A with honors"). Supervisor: Dr. J. Barbé, Department of Microbiology.

November 1980, Master Degree in Biology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain.

June 1979, Degree in Biology (Microbiology and Molecular Biology), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain.

Other merits:

President of the In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform (www.ivtip.org; until May 2008)

Member of the Executive Board and Responsible of the Working Group on Regulatory Affaires of the European Technology Platform in Nanomedicines

Member of the Board of REMA

Member of the Board of the Spanish Mirror platforms in New Medicines and in Nanomedicines

Referee in several journals: Toxicology Letters, Toxicology in vitro, Regulatory Toxicology & Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics, etc.

Paricipation as an invited expert in different EU  and USA workshops

Member of the Board of an EC Integrated Project (Acutetox)

Members of the Scientific Advisory Board of an EC Integrated Project (Reprotect)

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Spanish CIBER-BBN (Bioengineering and Imaging, Biomaterials and Tissue engineering, and Nanomedicines).

Scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals

Guest Editor for the special issue of Toxicology Letters 186(1) on Toxicogenomics and Clinical Toxicology, April 2009.

Languages:

Spanish, English, French, Italian.