238 Appendices CURRICULUM VITAE José Manuel Horcas Nieto was born on April 10th 1993 in Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. He lived in Córdoba for 22 years during which he attended the Universidad de Córdoba (UCO) to pursue a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry in 2011. After two years he became a voluntary intern at the department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry under the supervision of Prof. Juan Jurado. During his final year internship, he focused on the establishment of HighPerformance Liquid Chromatography for the separation of casein proteins under the supervision of Prof. Maria de la Paz Aguilar Caballos. After graduating, José pursued an MSc in Drug Chemistry at Newcastle University (Newcastle, UK) from 2016 to 2017. Following the completion of his master’s degree, José commenced his professional career at STEMCELL Technologies (Cambridge, UK) where he was first introduced to the field of in vitro modeling and organoids. Two years later, driven by the motivation to advance his education, José was awarded a Marie Curie Innovations ITN PhD to conduct his research at the University Medical Center Groningen (Groningen, The Netherlands). Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Barbara M. Bakker, he focused on the implementation of in vitro and in silico models for the study of malnutrition and MCADD. In 2022 José continued his research at the SikKids Hospital (Toronto, Canada) under the supervision of Dr. Robert Bandsma. José was awarded several grants including the De Cock-Hadders grant for financial support of scientific research and the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Travel Grant. Additionally, in collaboration with his research partner Ligia Kiyuna, José secured a BKZ grant to initiate the establishment of iPSC-derived organoids from MCADD patients. Following his PhD, José continues his scientific career in the field of in vitro modeling at Toxys B.V (Leiden, The Netherlands), where he focuses on the establishment of in vitro models to examine toxicity of different commercial drugs.
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