RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND HEALTH SCIENCE FACULTY

1. CONTACT
MARÍA MIRANDA SANZ
mmiranda@uchceu.es
1. OURWORK
• Degenerative diseases, and specially tho-
se affecting the visual system, represent a
huge problem for Spanish society, a pro-
blem that will be even more important with
the increased aging of the population. Vi-
sual loss is usually accompanied by a signi-
ficant decrease in life quality.
• Collaboration with international groups.
4. FACILITIES
• Experimental laboratory; new fully equi-
pped research laboratories: HPLC, Im-
munohistochemistry techniques, electro-
retinography, etc.
• Retinitis pigmentosa animal models.
2. RESEARCH
INTERESTS
3. EXPERTISE AND
EXPERIENCE
• Wide experience and valuable knowledge
gained from 15 years studying ocular disea-
ses such as diabetic retinopathy and retinitis
pigmentosa, in a multidisciplinary way, and
utilising modern facilities.
• Experience in the development and evalua-
tion of drugs in different animal models of
eye diseases.
• Experience in neuroprotection in central ner-
vous systems.
• Experience in determinations of oxidative
stress markers.
• International projects.
• Collaboration and exchange of international researchers between groups, both in short stays
and for the shared direction of doctoral thesis.
POSSIBILITIES FOR COLLABORATION5.
OUR GROUP
9 pharmacists and biologists
researchers with experience in
ocular physiology and pathology
• Our research group aims to investiga-
te possible new therapies and at the
same time help to define the molecu-
lar mechanisms involved in various
eye diseases:
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Dry eye.
• The research group focus is to find
neuroprotective substances that help
to prolong the life of photoreceptors,
ganglion cells and other cell types of
the visual system.
THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES IN
OCULAR DISEASES GROUP
RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
AND HEALTH SCIENCE FACULTY
UNIVERSIDAD CARDENAL HERRERA-CEU,
CEU UNIVERSITIES - MONCADA, VALENCIA, SPAIN