José Carlos Jiménez Chillarón

José Carlos Jiménez Chillarón

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The researcher Josep C. Jiménez Chillarón graduated in Biology in 1992 from the University of Barcelona and received his Doctor of Biology (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) degree from the University of Barcelona in 2000.

From 2000 to 2005 he held a postdoctoral stay at the Joslin Diabetes Center-Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He studied, through experimental models, the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of obesity and diabetes associated with low birth weight.

From 2005 to 2007 she was Instructor in Pediatrics-Harvard Medical School at Children's Hospital Boston, Endocrine Division, USA. He studied the role of the epigenome in the development of obesity-diabetes in response to nutrition during pregnancy and lactation.

In 2007, he joined the Sant Joan de Déu Foundation as a Researcher, within the Endocrinology Service of the SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital.

She is currently leading, in conjunction with Dr. Carles Lerin, the research group on Pediatric Metabolic Diseases · Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu. Within the research group, it is IP of 2 lines of research:
1. Childhood obesity: Murine models.
2. Development of new treatments for type 1 diabetes.

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Project name:
SGR 2022-2024_Malaties metabòliques d'origen pediàtric
Leader
Carles Lerin Martinez
Funding entities:
Agaur - Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Code
2021 SGR 00661
Starting - finishing date:
2022 - 2025
Project name:
Obesidad infantil: La bola de nieve que precede la avalancha metabólica (una aproximación epigenómica)
Leader
José Carlos Jiménez Chillarón
Funding entities:
Fundación Salud 2000 (Merck Salud)
Code
PCP00284
Starting - finishing date:
2020 - 2022
Project name:
TransEpiR: Herencia no-genómica de la obesidad mediante ARNs no codificantes de pequeño tamaño
Leader
José Carlos Jiménez Chillarón, Ruben Díaz Naderi
Funding entities:
Ministerio de Economía Y Competitividad (MINECO)
Code
SAF2017-84542-R
Starting - finishing date:
2018 - 2021
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