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Medicine
Miss Clara Sanz Nogues
M.Sc
Contact Details
Post Doctoral Researcher
REMEDI
Bioscience building
NUI Galway
E: CLARA.SANZNOGUES@nuigalway.ie
REMEDI
Bioscience building
NUI Galway
E: CLARA.SANZNOGUES@nuigalway.ie
Biography
Research Interests
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
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| (2021) | 'When Origin Matters: Properties of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells From Different Sources for Clinical Translation in Kidney Disease'
Sandra Calcat-I-Cervera, Clara Sanz-Nogués, Timothy O'Brien (2021) 'When Origin Matters: Properties of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells From Different Sources for Clinical Translation in Kidney Disease'. Frontiers In Medicine, eCollection 2021 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Validation of ERICVA Risk Score as a Predictor of One Year Amputation-Free Survival of Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia'
Mohamed SA;Viknaswaran NL;Doran J;Sanz-Nogués C;Ahmed K;Howard L;Tubassam M;O'Brien T;Walsh SR; (2021) 'Validation of ERICVA Risk Score as a Predictor of One Year Amputation-Free Survival of Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia'. Annals Of Vascular Surgery, [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2020) | 'Knowledge, Perceptions and Concerns of Diabetes -Associated Complications Among Individuals Living with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus'
Sanz-Nogués C;Mustafa M;Burke H;O'Brien T;Coleman CM; (2020) 'Knowledge, Perceptions and Concerns of Diabetes -Associated Complications Among Individuals Living with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus'. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 8 (1) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2020) | 'Diabetes mellitus and gender have a negative impact on the outcome of hip fracture surgery - a pilot study'
Galbraith AS;Sanz-Nogués C;Glynn S;Coleman CM;Murphy C; (2020) 'Diabetes mellitus and gender have a negative impact on the outcome of hip fracture surgery - a pilot study'. Journal Of Orthopaedic Research, 38 (4):834-842 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
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| (2018) | 'Anti-Donor Antibody Induction Following Intramuscular Injections of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells'
Alagesan, S., Sanz-Nogués, C., Chen, X-Z, Creane, M., Ritter, T., Ceredig, R., O'Brien, T., Griffin, M. (2018) 'Anti-Donor Antibody Induction Following Intramuscular Injections of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells'. Immunol Cell Biol, [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2018) | 'Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) are of Comparable Efficacy to Syngeneic MSCs for Therapeutic Revascularization in C57BKSdb/db Mice Despite the Induction of Alloantibody'
Liew, A,Baustian, C,Thomas, D,Vaughan, E,Sanz-Nogues, C,Creane, M,Chen, X,Alagesan, S,Owens, P,Horan, J,Dockery, P,Griffin, MD,Duffy, A,O'Brien, T (2018) 'Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) are of Comparable Efficacy to Syngeneic MSCs for Therapeutic Revascularization in C57BKSdb/db Mice Despite the Induction of Alloantibody'. Cell Transplantation, 27 :1210-1221 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2016) | 'In vitro models for assessing therapeutic angiogenesis'
Sanz-Nogués C;O'Brien T; (2016) 'In vitro models for assessing therapeutic angiogenesis'. Drug Discovery Today, 21 (9) [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
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| (2015) | 'Inefficiency in macromolecular transport of SCS-based microcapsules affects viability of primary human mesenchymal stem cells but not of immortalized cells'
Sanz-Nogués C;Horan J;Thompson K;Howard L;Ryan G;Kassem M;O'Brien T; (2015) 'Inefficiency in macromolecular transport of SCS-based microcapsules affects viability of primary human mesenchymal stem cells but not of immortalized cells'. Journal Of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 103 (11) [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
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| (2014) | 'A shape-controlled tuneable microgel platform to modulate angiogenic paracrine responses in stem cells'
Thomas D;Fontana G;Chen X;Sanz-Nogués C;Zeugolis DI;Dockery P;O'Brien T;Pandit A; (2014) 'A shape-controlled tuneable microgel platform to modulate angiogenic paracrine responses in stem cells'. Biomaterials, 35 (31) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2014) | 'MSCs isolated from patients with ischemic vascular disease have normal angiogenic potential'
Sanz-Nogués C;O'Brien T; (2014) 'MSCs isolated from patients with ischemic vascular disease have normal angiogenic potential'. Molecular Therapy : The Journal Of The American Society Of Gene Therapy, 22 (11) [DOI] [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2013) | 'Stem cell microencapsulation for therapeutic angiogenesis'
C. Sanz-Nogues, D. Thomas, A. Pandit, T. O'Brien (2013) 'Stem cell microencapsulation for therapeutic angiogenesis' In: Biomaterials for stem cell therapy. State of the art and vision for the future. :386-423 Florida: CRC Press. [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2022) | International Society of Cell and Gene Therapy
17. Keane AJ, Sanz-Nogués C, Lyons CJ, Jayasooriya D, Goljanek-Whysall K, O¿Brien T. (2022) miR-1, miR-133A and miR-29b are potential regulators of skeletal muscle pathology in critical limb ischemia International Society of Cell and Gene Therapy [Details] |
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| (2022) | International Society of Cell and Gene Therapy
16. Sanz-Nogués C. Keane AJ, Chen X, Horan E, Creane M, Lyons C.J, Elliman E.J, Goljanek-Whysall K, O¿Brien T. (2022) Anti-CD362+ Selected Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Ameliorate Skeletal Muscle Damage Induced by Ischemia International Society of Cell and Gene Therapy [Details] |
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| (2022) | Irish Endocrine Society (IES) Annual Meeting
Sanz-Nogués C, Keane A, Creane M, Hynes S.O, Chen X, Horan E, Lyons CJ., Elliman SJ, Goljanek-Whysall K, O¿Brien T. (2022) Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Ameliorate Skeletal Muscle Damage Induced by Ischaemia Irish Endocrine Society (IES) Annual Meeting [Details] |
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| (2018) | International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy
Sanz-Nogués C, Chao J, O’Flynn L, Horan E, Chen X, Creane M, Elliman SJ, O’Brien T. (2018) Human umbilical cord-derived CD362+ mesenchymal stromal cells (ORBCEL-CTM) Improve skeletal muscle regeneration after ischemia injur International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy [Details] |
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| (2017) | International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy
Sanz-Nogués C. O’Flynn L, Costello P, Creane M., Elliman SJ, O’Brien T (2017) Angiogenic assessment of ORBCELTM, a novel stromal cell population for treating Critical Limb Ischaemia (CLI) International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2015) | TERMIS world congress
Sanz-Nogués C. Alagesan S, Creane M, Conroy C, Chen X, Dockery P, Griffin M and O’Brien T. (2015) Tacrolimus co-administration suppresses anti-donor immune response to allogeneic MSCs but does not influence disease severity in a mouse model of HLI TERMIS world congress Boston, US, [Details] |
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| (2014) | International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy
Sanz-Nogués C, Horan J, Ryan G, Kassem M, O’Brien T. (2014) Encapsulation of human mesenchymal stem cells in sodium cellulose sulfate-based microcapsules requires immortalization International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy [Details] |
Other Journals
| Year | Publication | |
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| (2021) | 'Current good manufacturing practice considerations for mesenchymal stromal cells as therapeutic agents'
Clara Sanz-Nogues and Timothy O'Brien (2021) 'Current good manufacturing practice considerations for mesenchymal stromal cells as therapeutic agents' Biomaterials and Biosystems, 2 . [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
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| (2014) | 'Macromolecular Crowding: The Next Frontier in Tissue Engineering'
P. Kumar, A. Satyam, D. Gaspar, D. Cigognini, C. Sanz-Nogués, T. O’Brien, A. Pandit, D. Zeugolis (2014) 'Macromolecular Crowding: The Next Frontier in Tissue Engineering' Advances in Science and Technology, 96 :1-8. [DOI] [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | School of Medicine Early-Stage Researcher Support Fund 2022 | University of Galway, Ireland | |
| 2021 | AURORA Women¿s Leadership Development program | University of Galway | |
| 2021 | Athena SWAN Mid-Career Post-Doctoral Researcher Research Capacity Building Grant | University of Galway | |
| 2016 | Further Education Policy Scheme | University of Galway, Ireland | |
| 2014 | ALIVE Award | University of Galway, Ireland | |
| 2012 | First award Synergy Project 2012 University Poster Award at the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science, University of Galway, Ireland. | University go Galway, Ireland | |
| 2010 | best Research Graduation Project at the School of Agricultural engineering and environment, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. | Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. |
Committees
| Committee | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Research Staff Association | Committee Member | 01-SEP-22 / 28-FEB-23 | |
| School of Medicine Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at the University of Galway (Ireland). | Committee member, woking in the Culture Group. | 01-MAY-22 / 28-FEB-23 | |
| College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Science (CMNHS) Research Ethics Committee at the University of Galway (Ireland) | Reviewing applications and providing feedback to students. Approving applications. | 01-JAN-21 / 01-JAN-23 |
Employment
| Employer | Position | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Galway, Ireland | Post-doctoral researcher | 01-NOV-14 / 31-DEC-16 | |
| University of Galway, Ireland | Post-Doctoral Researcher | 31-AUG-21 / 31-AUG-23 | |
| University of Galway, Ireland | Post-doctoral Researcher | 01-JAN-17 / 31-DEC-18 | |
| University of Galway, Ireland | Post-Doctoral Researcher | 01-MAY-19 / 31-AUG-21 | |
| University of Galway, Ireland | Post-Doctoral Researcher | 01-JUL-09 / 31-MAY-10 | |
| University of Galway, Ireland | Post-Doctoral Researcher | 01-JAN-19 / 30-APR-19 |
Education
| Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | University of Galway, Ireland | PhD in Medicine | Development of Next Generation Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapeutics for Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI). | |
| 2010 | Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) | BSc in Biotechnology | Biotechnology | |
| 2018 | University of Galway, Ireland | MSc in Clinical Research | Clinical Research |
Languages
| Language | |
|---|---|
| English | |
| Spanish |
Community Engagement
| Title | Type | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research (e.g. Community based research) | Engagement with individuals living with type I and type II diabetes and health care professionals | / | |
| Outreach | Beach Cleaning Event | / | |
| Teaching (e.g. Service learning / comunity based learning) | Transition year student mentoring, Galway | / | |
| Outreach | Cell Explorers Fantastic DNA activity | / | |
| Teaching (e.g. Service learning / comunity based learning) | Scientific writing for lay audience | / | |
| Outreach | 2016 Patient information leaflet entitled `Diabetes Mellitus & Bone Health¿ | / |
Reviews
| Journal | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Clinics And Practice | Reviewer | |
| Frontiers In Immunology | Reviewer | |
| Nutrients | Reviewer | |
| International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health | Reviewer | |
| Stem Cell Research & Therapy | Reviewer |
Teaching Interests
Recent Postgraduate Students
| Graduation | Name | Degree | Primary Supervisor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Callum Conroy | Msc | Y | |
| 2015 | Timour Kaliyev | Msc | Y | |
| 2018 | Tina Zhang | Msc | Y | |
| 2017 | John Brennan | Msc | Y | |
| 2018 | Jack Brady | Msc | Y | |
| 2022 | Laura Fagan | Msc | Y |
