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Juan Santibanez
Dr. Juan Santibanez, a full professor of research, received his doctorate in 1999 with the theme „TGF-β1 induces the expression and secretion of urokinase in mouse transformed keratinocytes. Implications in malignant progression“ at the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas“ Alberto Sols „in Madrid, Spain, where he was on postdoctoral studies at the Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, CIB from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, he was research associate (1991-1995), instructor (1996-1999) and assistant professor (2005-2008) at the Laboratory for Cellular Research, INTA, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Since 2008 he has been employed at the Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade. His research relates to the role of TGF-β in tumor progression, cell inflammation and differentiation, and functional studies of the effects of TGF-β on the expression of extracellular matrix proteins in macrophages.