IIS La Fe researcher, Javier Poyatos, defends his doctoral thesis and receives outstanding distinctions

Javier Poyatos, from the Neuromuscular Pathology and Ataxias research group at the La Fe Health Research Institute, has defended his thesis, “Study of the spontaneous deletion of exons 45-55 in the DMD gene and its application as a gene therapy model. Analysis of conditioning factors of the phenotype and study of the cell model”, directed by doctors Juan Jesús Vílchez, Teresa Sevilla, Rafael Vázquez.

The court has awarded the new doctor an outstanding rating.


Javier’s research in these years has had financial support from the Isabel Gemio Foundation, among other institutions.


Congratulations, Dr. Javier Poyatos!