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Mario Alvarez

Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

I am a Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Fellow and member of the Stem Cell Glycobiology team at the School of Medicine, based in the Biodiscovery institute 3.

I have done my PhD in skeletal muscle tissue engineering at the university of Padua and have come to the UK to work on cartilage (QMUL) and, more recently, pancreas regeneration (KCL). My interest and expertise have developed around tissue repair and regeneration both macroscopically and microscopically, with the aim of understanding and harnessing cellular processes at a molecular level to develop better in vitro models and therapeutic approaches.

Leisurely, I am into music and musical stuff and nerdy stuff like gaming and tabletop games, hiking and Tiramisu.

Research Summary

At the Glycoweb network, our aim is to bridge the knowledge gap between glycosaminoglycans genetic encoding and the post translational modifications that gives us the existing fascinating high… read more

Selected Publications

  • SARA CAXARIA, NIKOLAOS KOUVATSOS, SUZANNE E ELDRIDGE, MARIO ALVAREZ-FALLAS, ANNE-SOPHIE THORUP, DANIELA CICI, AIDA BARAWI, AMMAARAH ARSHED, DANIELLE STRACHAN, GIULIA CARLETTI, XINYING HUANG, SABAH BHARDE, MELODY DENIZ, JACOB WILSON, BETHAN L THOMAS, COSTANTINO PITZALIS, FRANCESCO PAOLO CANTATORE, MANASI SAYILEKSHMY, SHAFAQ SIKANDAR, FRANK P LUYTEN, THOMAS PAP, JOANNA C SHERWOOD, ANTHONY J DAY and FRANCESCO DELLTEXTQUOTESINGLEACCIO, 2022. EMBO Molecular Medicine.
  • SERGIO PEDRAZA-AREVALO, ANA-MARIA CUJBA, MARIO ENRIQUE ALVAREZ-FALLAS and ROCIO SANCHO, 2022. STAR Protocols. 3(3), 101656
  • ANA-MARIA CUJBA, MARIO E. ALVAREZ-FALLAS, SERGIO PEDRAZA-AREVALO, ANNA LADDACH, MAGGIE H. SHEPHERD, ANDREW T. HATTERSLEY, FIONA M. WATT and ROCIO SANCHO, 2022. Cell Reports. 38(9), 110425
  • CATERINA TREVISAN, MARIO ENRIQUE ALVREZ FALLAS, EDOARDO MAGHIN, CHIARA FRANZIN, PIERO PAVAN, PAOLA CACCIN, ANGELA CHIAVEGATO, EUGENIA CARRARO, DANIELE BOSO, FRANCESCO BOLDRIN, FEDERICO CAICCI, ENRICA BERTIN, LUCA URBANI, ANNA MILAN, CARLO BIZ, LORENZA LAZZARI, PAOLO DE COPPI, MICHELA POZZOBON and MARTINA PICCOLI, 2019. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 8(8), 858-869

Current Research

At the Glycoweb network, our aim is to bridge the knowledge gap between glycosaminoglycans genetic encoding and the post translational modifications that gives us the existing fascinating high variability and diversity of these proteins.

Future Research

Understading how Glysominoglycans final product is created, will open to a plethora of possibilities, including tailored matrix products, understanding GAG related disease phenotypes and develop targeted therapeutical approaches in turn.

  • SARA CAXARIA, NIKOLAOS KOUVATSOS, SUZANNE E ELDRIDGE, MARIO ALVAREZ-FALLAS, ANNE-SOPHIE THORUP, DANIELA CICI, AIDA BARAWI, AMMAARAH ARSHED, DANIELLE STRACHAN, GIULIA CARLETTI, XINYING HUANG, SABAH BHARDE, MELODY DENIZ, JACOB WILSON, BETHAN L THOMAS, COSTANTINO PITZALIS, FRANCESCO PAOLO CANTATORE, MANASI SAYILEKSHMY, SHAFAQ SIKANDAR, FRANK P LUYTEN, THOMAS PAP, JOANNA C SHERWOOD, ANTHONY J DAY and FRANCESCO DELLTEXTQUOTESINGLEACCIO, 2022. EMBO Molecular Medicine.
  • SERGIO PEDRAZA-AREVALO, ANA-MARIA CUJBA, MARIO ENRIQUE ALVAREZ-FALLAS and ROCIO SANCHO, 2022. STAR Protocols. 3(3), 101656
  • ANA-MARIA CUJBA, MARIO E. ALVAREZ-FALLAS, SERGIO PEDRAZA-AREVALO, ANNA LADDACH, MAGGIE H. SHEPHERD, ANDREW T. HATTERSLEY, FIONA M. WATT and ROCIO SANCHO, 2022. Cell Reports. 38(9), 110425
  • MARIO ENRIQUE ALVAREZ FALLAS, SERGIO PEDRAZA-AREVALO, ANA-MARIA CUJBA, TEODORA MANEA, CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT, ROSARIO MORRUGARES and ROCIO SANCHO, 2021. 538, 111459
  • BETHAN L. THOMAS, SUZANNE E. ELDRIDGE, BABAK NOSRATI, MARIO ALVAREZ, ANNE-SOPHIE THORUP, GIOVANNA NALESSO, SARA CAXARIA, AIDA BARAWI, JAMES G. NICHOLSON, MAURO PERRETTI, CARLES GASTON-MASSUET, COSTANTINO PITZALIS, ALISON MALONEY, ADRIAN MOORE, RAY JUPP and FRANCESCO DELLTEXTQUOTESINGLEACCIO, 2021. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 10(7),
  • M. BOLLMANN, H. BRINKEMA, S. PIATEK, F. WALCHER, M. ALVAREZ, S. ELDRIDGE, F. DELLTEXTQUOTESINGLEACCIO and J. BERTRAND, 2020. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 28, S490
  • CATERINA TREVISAN, MARIO ENRIQUE ALVREZ FALLAS, EDOARDO MAGHIN, CHIARA FRANZIN, PIERO PAVAN, PAOLA CACCIN, ANGELA CHIAVEGATO, EUGENIA CARRARO, DANIELE BOSO, FRANCESCO BOLDRIN, FEDERICO CAICCI, ENRICA BERTIN, LUCA URBANI, ANNA MILAN, CARLO BIZ, LORENZA LAZZARI, PAOLO DE COPPI, MICHELA POZZOBON and MARTINA PICCOLI, 2019. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 8(8), 858-869
  • URCIUOLO A, URBANI L, PERIN S, MAGHSOUDLOU P, SCOTTONI F, GJINOVCI A, COLLINS-HOOPER H, LOUKOGEORGAKIS S, TYRASKIS A, TORELLI S, GERMINARIO E and DE COPPI P, 2018. Scientific reports.
  • MARIO ALVAR'EZ FALLAS, MARTINA PICCOLI, CHIARA FRANZIN, ALBERTO SGR'O, ARBEN DEDJA, LUCA URBANI, ENRICA BERTIN, CATERINA TREVISAN, PIERGIORGIO GAMBA, ALAN BURNS, PAOLO DE COPPI and MICHELA POZZOBON, 2018. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(5), 1319
  • 2016. Annals of surgery.
  • 2016. Biomaterials.
  • 2015. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.

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