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Laura Escobar Castañondo

Head of Platform

Imaging and Cell Analytics facilities

Laura Escobar Castañondo

Contact

Email:Laura.Escobar@achucarro.org

Tel.:(+34) 94 601 8331

Science Park of the UPV/EHU, Sede building
Barrio Sarriena, s/n
E-48940 Leioa

About me

PhD in Neuroscience by the University of the Basque Country in 2009, joined ACHUCARRO in 2013 to manage the new-born facilities of Imaging and Cell Analytics.

Her current expertise is in advanced light microscopy and cell sorting and analysis.

Latest publications

  1. APOE3 and APOE4 human astrocytes differentially modulate Alzheimer’s disease pathology and microglial responses in chimeric mice

    Cruz-Sese, Joan; Mirón-Alcala, Marta; [...] Alberdi, Elena; Arranz, Amaia M.
    Cell Reports (Aug, 2026) DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117803
  2. A developmental shift in glucocorticoid receptor expression preserves glucocorticoid sensitivity in the adult suprachiasmatic nucleus

    Händler, Kristian; Sreenivasan, Varun K. A.; Pilorz, Violetta; Martinez-Perez, Celia; Elorduy, Iratxe; Casas, Tomas J.; Lehmann, Marianne; Bringas, Jon Olano; Castañondo, Laura Escobar; Bengoa-Vergniory, Nora; Soria, Federico N.; Oster, Henrik; Spielmann, Malte; Astiz, Mariana
    PLOS Biology (Jul, 2026) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003870
  3. Evolutionary convergence of sensory circuits in the pallium of amniotes

    Rueda-Alaña, Eneritz; Senovilla-Ganzo, Rodrigo; [...] De Pittà, Maurizio; García-Moreno, Fernando
    Science (Feb, 2025) DOI: 10.1126/science.adp3411
  4. BirthSeq, a new method to isolate and analyze dated cells in different vertebrates

    Rueda-Alaña, Eneritz; Grillo, Marco; Vázquez, Enrique; Salas, Sergio Marco; Senovilla-Ganzo, Rodrigo; Escobar, Laura; Quintas, Ana; Benguría, Alberto; Aransay, Ana María; Bengoa-Vergniory, Nora; Dopazo, Ana; Encinas, Juan Manuel; Nilsson, Mats; García-Moreno, Fernando
    Development (Jul, 2024) DOI: 10.1242/dev.202429