Marcos Vasquez

Investment Analyst - Venture Capital

Pamplona, Chartered Community of Navarre, Spain

About

PhD with 10+ years of science experience in different fields and a strong understanding of preclinical and clinical data.

Experience

  • Investment Analyst at COLUMBUS VENTURE PARTNERS,S.G.E.I.C., S.A.U.
    May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Postdoctoral Researcher. Cancer Immunotherapy at UCL Cancer Institute
    Nov 2018 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    By using high-dimensional flow cytometry, I was characterizing the immunomodulatory effect of radiotherapy in different mouse cancer models to identify immunomodulatory targets and improve its anti-tumour efficacy.

  • University of Navarra (Greater Pamplona Area)
    • Postdoctoral Fellow at CIMA (Center for apply medical research)
      Oct 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

      New strategies to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) using an experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) as a model for MS

    • Doctoral Thesis: SR-B1 a new promising in cancer immunotherapy.
      Oct 2013 - Oct 2017 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      SR-B1 a new promising in cancer immunotherapy. We demonstrated that SR-B1, a scavenger receptor, modulate the interferon-alpha activities.

    • Master Thesis - Gene Therapy
      Oct 2012 - Sep 2013 · 1 yr

      Characterization of an Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) encoding interferon alpha fused to ApoA1 in mice.

  • PhD internship at KU Leuven
    Feb 2017 - May 2017 · 4 mos

    VIB Center for Cancer Biology. Department of Oncology. Lab of Tumor Inflammation and Angiogenesis. By working with postdoctoral fellows, I learned different approaches to analyze the tumor vasculature and applied them to my PhD project.

  • Researcher assistant at Universidad del Desarrollo
    Aug 2008 - Sep 2012 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    As research assistant, I designed, performed and analyzed genetic polymorphisms involved in the phenotype of several diseases such as 22q11 deletion syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficit, Alzheimer, among others Lecture Cellular Biology” and “Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. I gave the lecture of Human Genetics to undergraduate student (Health Professions: Nursing, Nutrition, Medical Technology, Physical Therapy and Speech Therapy). Lab teaching: I was conducing training and managing of student and scientific professionals