Barreiro Iglesias, Antón

Antón Barreiro Iglesias has been Associate Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) since 2023. He is a member of the Neurodevo research group, and his main research line focuses on the study of signalling pathways that regulate the development and regeneration of the nervous system in fish.

After completing his PhD at USC in 2010 and receiving the Extraordinary Doctoral Award, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher (fellowships from the Shriners Foundation, the Barrié Foundation and the Xunta de Galicia) for six years at universities in the United States and the United Kingdom, where he gained extensive experience in the use of lampreys and zebrafish as models to study spontaneous and successful regeneration following spinal cord injury. In 2017 he began his career as a principal investigator after obtaining competitive funding from the Xunta de Galicia and the Francisco Cobos Foundation (Eduardo Gallego Fellowship, two fellowships awarded annually across Spain). From 2019 to 2023 he held a position as Assistant Professor at USC.

He is the author of more than 100 scientific articles, has participated in 26 research projects, supervised 4 doctoral theses and 23 undergraduate or master’s dissertations, and is the author or co-author of more than 130 conference contributions (30 oral presentations). He has served as principal investigator on projects funded by the Shriners Foundation (United States), the Wings for Life Foundation (Austria, project coordinator in an international collaboration with Canadian and Portuguese groups), FECYT, the Xunta de Galicia and the Spanish State Research Agency. He has received the “Best Professional Career” Award from the Barrié Foundation (2012), the I3 certificate of research excellence, and the “Sentinel of Science” award (Publons, 2016). Dr Barreiro’s work has demonstrated the role played by multiple molecules (e.g. serotonin, dopamine, taurine, Notch, prostaglandins and GABA) and drugs (e.g. baclofen and ibuprofen) in the regulation of neurogenesis and axonal regeneration. He also has extensive experience as a reviewer of articles and research projects for various journals and research agencies in different countries and has served or currently serves on the editorial boards of four journals.