The Blanco-Suárez lab is interested in the study of region-specific astrocyte contributions to neuroprotection and synaptic restoration. To do this we use mouse models of ischemic stroke to identify astrocyte proteins involved in synapse and spine remodeling and comparing brain regions with known differential vulnerability. We use a wide range of biochemical techniques, molecular biology and imaging in both in vivo and in vitro models of stroke. Our overall goal is to define the importance of region-specificity of astrocytic proteins in synaptic plasticity using ischemic stroke as a model, and harness the therapeutic potential of astrocytic proteins.

Postdoctoral - Molecular Neurobiology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 2020 
PhD - Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, 2014 
BSc (Licenciaturae) - Biology, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, 2009 
Master - Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2010