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    José R. Rivera, PhD

    PhD
    Servicio de Hematología y Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Centro Regional de Hemodonación, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB-Pascual Parrilla, Murcia, Spain
    Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    JOSE RIVERA BRIEF CV
    ORCID: 0000-0003-4225-6840
    Education:
    1986: Degree in Chemistry (Biochemistry), University of Murcia
    1987: MSc, School of Medicine, University of Murcia
    1990: PhD and Doctorate Degree, University of Valencia

    Research career:
    1987-1990 PhD Fellowship, ISCIII, Ministry of Health, Spain
    1989 PhD student, Department of Gynecology, University of Oxford
    1991-present Staff Chemist, Blood Transfusion Centre, Murcia, Spain
    1993- present Associate professor (part time), School of Medicine, University of Murcia.
    2015-(6 months): Visiting Investigator (ISCIII grant), Prof. Steve Watson Lab, School of Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK
    2008- Present Founder and coordinator of the Spanish group of Inherited Platelet Disorder (GEAP)
    2015-Senior investigator of the Murcia Institute of Biomedical research and of Spanish network of rare diseases (CIBERER)

    Current position:
    Staff Chemist, Blood Transfusion Centre, Murcia, Spain. Head of the Blood Component processing and Quality Management; Head of the Platelet Research group.

    Main domain of research:
    Inherited and acquired platelet disorders,

    Research Support:
    ISCIII-Ministry of Health, current Project PI20/00926 (2020-2023); EAHAD research project (collaboration with CIEMAT, Madrid) on gene therapy approach in GT (2020-2022); CIBERER, Ministry of Health research project (collaboration with CIEMAT, Madrid) on gene therapy approach in GT (2021-2023)
    Most recent Publications in the IPD filed. (All publication available at https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4225-6840)
    1. Novel variants in GALE cause syndromic macrothrombocytopenia by disrupting glycosylation and thrombopoiesis. Blood, 2023; PMID:36395340
    2. Platelet transcriptome analysis in patients with germline RUNX1 mutations. J Thromb Haemost, 2023; PMID:36736831

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