Farah Lamkaddem holds a Degree in Pharmacy and a Master’s in R&D and Innovation of Medicines. Before joining DESTINA, she gained experience in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, supporting the implementation and maintenance of quality management systems under ISO 13485, ISO 9001 and MDSAP, and assisting with IVDR and MDR compliance. Farah joined DESTINA to…

María del Carmen Martín Sierra is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at DESTINA. She holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Aveiro (Portugal), completed under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme. María specialises in the development of molecular diagnostic methods, contributing to projects in viral RNA detection and liquid biopsy, including CoVradar and CoVreader. She…

Álvaro Carretero Tallón began his professional career in October 2023 through the Investigo Programme, working for two years at GENYO in the General Services and Flow Cytometry Unit. During this period, he gained experience in laboratory operations, maintenance of equipment and consumables and core principles of flow cytometry. In November 2025, Álvaro joined DESTINA as…

Bahareh Soleimanpour is a doctoral candidate associated with the ColoMARK project and currently employed by Destina Genomica S.L. in Spain. She is originally from Iran and has recently completed her second master’s degree in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology at the University of Verona in Italy. She has also obtained a first master’s degree in Natural…

  Francisco Javier López Delgado completed his Degree in Chemistry and Master’s Degree in Biotechnology from the University of Granada (Spain). In 2013, he was a PhD visitor student in the group headed by Prof. K. A. Joergensen (Denmark). In 2015, he completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Granada, working on the…

  Juan Jose Guardia Monteagudo completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Granada (Spain). He joined the group of Professor Alvarez-Manzaneda where he worked on the synthesis of natural products. In 2016, he received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Granada (Spain). In February 2016, he joined DESTINA as…

  Antonio Marin Romero obtained his PhD in Biomedicine in Dec 2020 after participating in an Industrial PhD Program at the University of Granada sponsored by DESTINA. In 2016, Antonio finished his Master in Molecular Biology Applied to Biotechnology Companies (BioEnterprise) at the University of Granada (Spain). During his master’s thesis at DESTINA, he participated…

  Mavys received her PhD in Pharmacy from the University of Granada, working on the design and synthesis of new HDAC inhibitors as anticancer drugs. Her background includes chemical synthesis, microencapsulation, biosensors, biomaterials, scale up and optimization of processes. Mavys joined DESTINA in March 2013, after several years of experience in biotech companies. She is…

  Juan Enrique Cruz Romera has a BSc in Economy and an Executive MBA in R&D Management. Juan has set up a number of start-ups in Spain, including the incorporation of the Spanish subsidiary of DESTINA. He has administered and managed relevant project grants that DESTINA received from the EU as well as the Spanish…

Salvatore has a B.Sc. and M.Sc. molecular biology and a M.D in genetics from the University of Catania (Italy). He earned his Ph.D. degree in chemistry and his PostDoc in tissue engineering from the University of Edinburgh (UK). He has more than 40 publications covering the field and he is co-inventor on a number of…