JOSE RAMON BILBAO CATALA
- Knowledge area
- Genetics
- Department
- Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology
- Centre
- Faculty of Medicina and Nursing
- Electronic mail
- joseramon.bilbao@ehu.eus
Jose Ramon Bilbao is Associate Professor of Genetics at the UPV/EHU and PI at Biocruces-Bizkaia Institute. He obtained his PhD in Biology in 2000. He has received training in Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics at the Microbiology Lab of the School of Nursing in the UPV-EHU (1989-1992 - Prof. I Abalia), The Dpt. of Genetics of the University of Leicester-UK (1991 - Prof. PH Williams), Cruces Hospital Research Unit (1992-2000 - Prof. L Castaño) and the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Denver, CO-USA (1995 - Prof GS Eisenbarth). He obtained a Miguel Servet contract in Cruces University Hospital in 2000 and a positive I3SNS evaluation in 2006. In 2011 he moved to the Departmet of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology of the UPV-EHU, and obtained a permanent position in 2012. He is accreditted for Full Professorship (UNIBASQ) and has positive evaluation of 4 six-year research terms (CNEAI). His main research interests are the identification of functional elements in the genomic regions that are associated with autoimmunity, and specifically celiac disease, through omics technologies (GWAS, RNA-Seq and methylation) of cell populations isolated from human tissue and Bioinformatics. On the other hand, he is responsible for the genomic studies of the INMA-Gipuzkoa cohort working on genetic and epigenetic variation related to exposure to environmental and pollutant factors and their phenotypic translation during child development. He has supervised 10