Miriam Cebey-López

Pharmacist - researcher

“What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

My relevant educational background and professional experience has been in research within interdisciplinary teams.

I began my career at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) 2009, where I studied for a degree in Pharmacy and master’s degree in R&D of drugs. Shortly afterwards, I started my professional career as researcher in the Department of Pharmacology (Pharmacology of Central Nervous System and Oxidative Stress Research Group) in the Faculty of Pharmacy, University de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) where I was trained in basic and advanced procedures in animal experiments. I have knowledge and experience in performing different behavioural test in-vivo and ex-vivo methods. I am also part of a Spanish patent with international extension P200702519 (Use of oxoisoaporphines and their derivatives thereof as selective inhibitors of monoamino oxidase A. WO/2009/034216).

Since I was studying, I was interested in clinical research and I was working as study coordinator and data manager in thirty clinical trials, specially, but not exclusively in vaccine studies.

In 2011, I joined the Institute of Health Research of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) as a PhD student through a competitive Pre-doctoral scholarship. Since then, my main research has focused on paediatric infections, especially on respiratory infections being the subject of my Doctoral thesis completed in 2015 entitled “Identification and analysis of the impact of co-infections in pediatric patients hospitalized with lower tract acute respiratory infections”

In this time in the group my role has changed significantly from a junior research support role to a managerial one. My job involves doing and supervising research framed national and European projects. I coordinate both national and European clinical networks, and so I spend a lot of time in contact with other researchers and clinicians. Other specific tasks that I am carrying out are staff training, coordination of sample shipments and clinical data entry; monitoring and data entry of clinical data on specific databases and web platforms (Inform®, REDCAP, etc.), as well as data management in order to obtain results for publication.

This job allows me to assist to meetings and congresses and be in contact with specialists in the field and learn from them. In this research group I am able to work with colleges who allow me to grow-up as person and researcher.

I have work experience in all areas of research, which allows me to be a translational researcher with a broad vision.

In my personal skills are the great capacity for organization, planning and constant adaptation as part of interdisciplinary teams. Highlights of my experience include attention to details and accuracy.

Working on projects composed of international and national networks has allowed me to widely develop my communication and leadership skills, interacting with other researchers, in addition to manage situations when working under pressure.

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Publications within the group

  • 2025
    • Pischedda, Sara; Gómez-Carballa, Alberto; Pardo-Seco, Jacobo; Viz-Lasheras, Sandra; Camino-Mera, Alba; Bello, Xabier; Curras-Tuala, María José; Rivero-Calle, Irene; Dacosta-Urbieta, Ana I.; Martinón-Torres, Federico; Salas, Antonio; López, Miriam Cebey; Gliemmo, Ana Vega; Guitián, José Peña; Novo, Carmen Curros; Trabazo, Rosaura Leis; Torres, Nazareth Martinón; Sánchez, José María Martinón; Pérez, Belén Mosquera; Collazo, Lorenzo Redondo; Rodríguez-Tenreiro, Carmen; Puga, Miriam Taboada; Bellas, Ana Cotovad; Morelle, Ana María Pastoriza; Rey, Silvia Cerqueiro; Vázquez, Sara Rey; Ferreiro, Ana María Senín; Fernández, Sonia Serén; Iglesias, Maria Soledad Vilas; García, Mirian Ben; Casuso, Patricia Regueiro; Martinez, Lara Martinez; Rodríguez, Máximo Francisco Fraga; Lago, Orlando Fernández; Antúnez, José Ramón; Padilla, Carmen Martínez; de la CruzMoreno, Jesús; Martínez, Eugenia Villanueva; Espín, Ana González; de las Mercedes Martínez Rebollo, María; Moya, María Rocío Martín; Victoria Ramos Casado, M.; Rojo, Pablo; Alba, Palacios Cuesta; Orive, Francisco Javier Pilar; Tubert, Carla Pintos; Urabayen, Diego García; Sanchez, Esteban Gomez; Ramos, Juan Valencia; López-Herce, Jesús; Alvarez, Débora Sanz; Calvo, Cristina; Alcolea, Sonia; Sánchez, Rocio; Atucha, Jorge; Hurtado, Jara; Fernández, Ana López; González, Clara Gil; López, Teresa González; Vázquez, Delfina Suarez; Vázquez, Ángela Vázquez; García, Susana Rey; Sande, Nathalie Carreira; Pérez, Nuria Romero; Lozano, Diego Bautista; Jose, Alcaraz Romero Andres; Martin, Sara Guillen; Aragón, Ana Pérez; Paredes, Catalina Ortiz; Ferreiro, María Teresa Rives; Salgado, Jose Luis Moreno; Leiva, Olalla Moyano; Rubinos, Carla Taboada; Miranda, Ana Capilla; Contreras, Jorge; Torre, Andrés Concha; del Castillo Navío, Elena; Tejada, Ana Grande; García, Alfredo Tagarro; Herreros, María Luisa; del Valle, Rut; Galarraga, Laura Moreno; Iturbe, Enrique Bernaola; Álvarez, Jorge; Herranz, Mercedes; Gil, Francisco; Gembero, Eva; Rodríguez, Jorge; García, María Luz García; Rey, Cristina Calvo; Arnal, Iciar Olabarrieta; Rincón, Adelaida Fernández; Reyes, Susana Beatriz; León, María Cruz León; Alfayate, Santiago; Mercader, Beatriz; Sánchez, Francisco Giménez; Salas, Elvira González; De Miguel, Sira Fernández; García, Alfredo Tagarro; Sanchidrián, María Concepción Zazo; García-Fontecha, Esteban; Lorenzo, Marta González; Esteban, Mariano; Castello, María Carmen Vicent; Requena, Lorena Moreno; Martín, César Gavilán; Franco, Monterrat López; Bravo, Mª Nieves Glez; Cabero, María Jesús; Pareja, Marta; Carretero, Adriana Navas; Vazquez, Elvira Cobo; Perez, Patricia Flores; del Prado, María Yolanda Ruiz; Gianzo, José Antonio Couceiro; Perez, Nazareth Fuentes; Piñeiro, Roi; Abancens, Belen Joyanes; de Liria, Carlos Rodrigo Gonzalo; Méndez, Maria; Sánchez, Francisco Giménez; Forte, Miguel Sánchez; Ortega, María José Cilleruelo; Golmayo, Luz; Azorín, Francisca Portero and GENDRES Consortium (2025). DNA methylation signatures of severe RSV infection in infants: evidence from non-invasive saliva samples. Epigenetics & Chromatin; 18(1):25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-025-00587-5
  • 2023
    • Alberto Gómez-Carballa, María José Currás-Tuala, Sara Pischedda, Miriam Cebey-López, José Gómez-Rial, Irene Rivero-Calle, Jacobo Pardo-Seco, Xabier Bello, Sandra Viz-Lasheras, Antonio Justicia-Grande, Julián Montoto-Louzao, Alba Camino-Mera, Isabel Ferreirós-Vidal, Máximo Fraga, José R. Antúnez, Rodolfo Gómez, Federico Martinón-Torres and Antonio Salas (2023). Multi-tissue transcriptomics of a unique monozygotic discordant twin case of severe progressive osseous heteroplasia. Genes & Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gendis.2023.05.001
  • 2022
    • Cebey-López, Miriam, Currás-Tuala, María José, Gómez-Rial, Jose, Rivero-Calle, Irene, Pardo-Seco, Jacobo, Mendez-Gallart, Roberto, Sara Pischedda, Gómez-Carballa, Alberto, Barral-Arca, Ruth, Justicia Grande, Antonio José, Viz Lasheras, Sandra, Rodríguez-Tenreiro, Carmen, Gómez, Rodolfo, Salas, Antonio and Martinón-Torres, Federico. (2022). Everolimus reduced bone turnover markers but showed no clinical benefit in a patient with severe progressive osseous heteroplasia. Frontiers in Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.936780
    • Alberto Gómez-Carballa, Irene Rivero-Calle, Jacobo Pardo-Seco, José Gómez-Rial, Carmen Rivero-Velasco, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, Gema Barbeito-Castiñeiras, Hugo Pérez-Freixo, Miriam Cebey-López, Ruth Barral-Arca, Carmen Rodriguez-Tenreiro, Ana Dacosta-Urbieta, Xabier Bello, Sara Pischedda, María José Currás-Tuala, Sandra Viz-Lasheras, Federico Martinón-Torres and Antonio Salas (2022). A multi-tissue study of immune gene expression profiling highlights the key role of the nasal epithelium in COVID-19 severity. Environmental Research; 210(1):112890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.112890
    • Heather Jackson, Irene Rivero Calle, Claire Broderick, Dominic Habgood‑Coote, Giselle D’Souza, Samuel Nichols, Ortensia Vito, Jose Gómez‑Rial, Carmen Rivero‑Velasco, Nuria Rodríguez‑Núñez, Gema Barbeito‑Castiñeiras, Hugo Pérez‑Freixo, Manuel Barreiro‑de Acosta, Aubrey J. Cunnington, Jethro A. Herberg, Victoria J. Wright, Alberto Gómez‑Carballa, Antonio Salas, Michael Levin, Federico Martinon‑Torres, Myrsini Kaforou, PERFORM consortium & GEN-COVID (www.gencovid.eu) study group (2022). Characterisation of the blood RNA host response underpinning severity in COVID‑19 patients. Scientific Reports; 12(1):12216. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15547-2
    • Sara Pischedda, Irene Rivero-Calle, Alberto Gómez-Carballa, Miriam Cebey-López, Ruth Barral-Arca, Jose Gómez Rial, Jacobo Pardo-Seco, María José Currás Tuala, Sandra Viz Lasheras, Xabier Bello, Ana B. Crujeiras, Angel Diaz-Lagares, Teresa María, Federico Martinon-Torres and Antonio Salas (2022). Role and diagnostic performance of host epigenome in respiratory morbidity after RSV infection: the EPIRESVi study. Frontiers in Immunology; 13:875691. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.875691
  • 2021
    • Antonio José Justicia-Grande, Jose Gómez-Rial, Irene Rivero-Calle, Sara Pischedda, María José Currás-Tuala, Alberto Gómez-Carballa, Miriam Cebey-López, Jacobo Pardo-Seco, Roberto Méndez-Gallart, María José Fernández-Seara, Antonio Salas, Federico Martinón-Torres (2021). Case Report: Two Monochorionic Twins With a Critically Different Course of Progressive Osseus Heteroplasia. Frontiers in Pediatrics; 9:508. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.662669
    • Gómez-Carballa, Alberto, Barral-Arca, Ruth, Cebey-López, Miriam, Bello, Xabier, Pardo-Seco, Jacobo, Martinón-Torres, Federico and Salas, Antonio (2021). Identification of a Minimal 3-Transcript Signature to Differentiate Viral from Bacterial Infection from Best Genome-Wide Host RNA Biomarkers: A Multi-Cohort Analysis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences; 22(6):3148. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22063148
    • Alberto Gómez-Carballa, Ruth Barral-Arca, Miriam Cebey-López, Maria José Currás-Tuala, Sara Pischedda, José Gómez-Rial, Dominic Habgood-Coote, Jethro A Herberg, Myrsini Kaforou, Federico Martinón-Torres, Antonio Salas (2021). Host Transcriptomic Response Following Administration of Rotavirus Vaccine in Infants' Mimics Wild Type Infection.. Frontiers in Inmunology; 11(1):3517. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.580219
  • 2020
    • Cebey-López, Miriam and Salas, Antonio (2020). Recognising the asymptomatic enemy. The Lancet Infectious Diseases; 21(3):305-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30587-9
    • Barral-Arca R, Gómez-Carballa A, Cebey-López M, Currás-Tuala MJ, Pischedda S, Viz-Lasheras S, Bello S, Martinón-Torres F, Salas A (2020). RNA-Seq data-mining allows the discovery of two long non-coding RNA biomarkers of viral infection in humans. International Journal of Molecular Sciences; 21(8):2748. http://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21082748
    • Barral-Arca R, Gómez-Carballa A, Cebey-López M, Bello X, Martinón-Torres F, Salas A (2020). A Meta-Analysis of Multiple Whole Blood Gene Expression Data Unveils a Diagnostic Host-Response Transcript Signature for Respiratory Syncytial Virus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences; 21(5):1831. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21051831
  • 2019
    • Gómez-Carballa A, Cebey-López M, Pardo-Seco J, Barral-Arca R, Rivero-Calle I, Pischedda S, Gómez-Rial J, Barros F, Martinón-Torres F, Salas A (2019). A qPCR expression assay of IFI44L gene differentiates viral from bacterial infections in febrile children. Scientific reports; 9:11780. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48162-9
    • Salas A, Pardo-Seco J, Cebey-López M, Gómez-Rial J, Pischedda S, Barral-Arca R, Justicia-Grande A, Rivero-Calle I, Vilar J, Martinón-Torres F (2019). Impact of rotavirus vaccination on childhood hospitalizations for seizures: Heterologous or unforeseen direct vaccine effects?. Vaccine; 37:3362-3368. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.04.086
  • 2018
    • Martinón-Torres F, Salas A, Rivero-Calle I, Cebey-López M, Pardo-Seco J, Herberg JA, Boeddha NP, Klobassa DS, Secka F, Paulus S, Schlapbach LJ, Driessen GJ, Anderson ST, Emonts M, Zenz W, Carrol ED, Levin M, EUCLIDS Consortium (2018). Life-threatening infections in children in Europe (the EUCLIDS Project): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet. Child & adolescent health; 2:404-414. http://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(18)30113-5
    • Salas A, Pardo-Seco J, Barral-Arca R, Cebey-López M, Gómez-Carballa A, Rivero-Calle I, Pischedda S, Currás-Tuala M, Amigo J, Gómez-Rial J, Martinón-Torres F, GENDRES Network (2018). Whole Exome Sequencing identifies new host genomic susceptibility factors in empyema caused by streptococcus pneumoniae in children: A pilot study. Genes; 9:240. http://doi.org/10.3390/genes9050240
  • 2017
    • Salas A, Pardo-Seco J, Cebey-López M, Gómez-Carballa A, Obando-Pacheco P, Rivero-Calle I, Currás-Tuala M, Amigo J, Gómez-Rial J, Martinón-Torres F, GENDRES network (2017). Whole Exome Sequencing reveals new candidate genes in host genomic susceptibility to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease. Scientific reports; 7:15888. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15752-4
  • 2016
    • Salas A, Marco-Puche G, Triviño JC, Gómez-Carballa A, Cebey-López M, Rivero-Calle I, Vilanova-Trillo L, Rodríguez-Tenreiro C, Gómez-Rial J, Martinón-Torres F (2016). Strong down-regulation of glycophorin genes: A host defense mechanism against rotavirus infection. Infection, genetics and evolution; 44:403-411. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2016.07.044
    • Herberg JA, Kaforou M, Wright VJ, Shailes H, Eleftherohorinou H, Hoggart CJ, Cebey-López M, Carter MJ, Janes VA, Gormley S, Shimizu C, Tremoulet AH, Barendregt AM, Salas A, Kanegaye J, Pollard AJ, Faust SN, Patel S, Kuijpers T, Martinón-Torres F, Burns JC, Coin LJ, Levin M, for the IRIS Consortium (2016). Diagnostic test accuracy of a 2-transcript host RNA signature for discriminating bacterial vs viral infection in febrile children. JAMA; 316:835. http://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.11236
    • Justicia-Grande AJ, Pardo-Seco J, Cebey-López M, Vilanova-Trillo L, Gómez-Carballa A, Rivero-Calle I, Puente-Puig M, Curros-Novo C, Gómez-Rial J, Salas A, Redondo-Collazo L, Rodríguez-Tenreiro C, Martinón-Torres F, Respiratory Syncytial Virus network (ReSVinet) (2016). Development and Validation of a New Clinical Scale for Infants with Acute Respiratory Infection: The ReSVinet Scale. PloS one; 11:e0157665. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157665
    • Cebey-López M, Herberg J, Pardo-Seco J, Gómez-Carballa A, Martinón-Torres N, Salas A, Justicia A, Rivero-Calle I, Sumner E, Fink C, Martinón-Torres F, GENDRES network (2016). Does Viral Co-Infection Influence the Severity of Acute Respiratory Infection in Children?. PloS one; 11:e0152481. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152481
    • Cebey-López M, Pardo-Seco J, Gómez-Carballa A, Martinón-Torres N, Rivero-Calle I, Justicia A, Redondo L, Martínez-Padilla MC, Giménez-Sánchez F, Salas A, Martinón-Torres F, GENDRES Network (2016). Role of Vitamin D in Hospitalized Children With Lower Tract Acute Respiratory Infections. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition; 62:479-85. http://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000001003
  • 2015
    • Cebey-López M, Herberg J, Pardo-Seco J, Gómez-Carballa A, Martinón-Torres N, Salas A, Gormley S, Sumner E, Fink C, Martinón-Torres F, GENDRES network (2015). Viral Co-Infections in Pediatric Patients Hospitalized with Lower Tract Acute Respiratory Infections. PloS one; 10:e0136526. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136526
    • Pardo-Seco J, Cebey-López M, Martinón-Torres N, Salas A, Gómez-Rial J, Rodriguez-Tenreiro C, Martinón-Torres F (2015). Impact of Rotavirus Vaccination on Childhood Hospitalization for Seizures. The Pediatric infectious disease journal; 34:769-73. http://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000723