Laura Ibanez

Additional Titles & Roles

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• Assistant Professor of Neurology

Education & Training

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• Ph.D.: University of Barcelona, 2015
• M.S.: University of Barcelona, 2008
• B.S.: University of Barcelona, 2007
• B.A.: University of Barcelona, 2007

Major Awards

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• ESO WSO 2020 Young Investigator Award, 2020
• CZI Neurodegeneration Community Projects, 2019
• Spanish HIV Fundation (FIPSE) travel award, 2013
• PhD Fellowship from the Catalan Goverenment – FIDGR, 2010

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Research Interests

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My research interests are focused on using genetics to improve the management and well-being of people that suffer from neurodegenerative diseases. Currently there is a great potential in combining genomics and bioinformatics, especially machine learning. Predictive models can easily be used in clinical settings to improve the management and quality of life of patients. My research is focused on the application novel bioinformatics tools to unique longitudinal datasets to create a predictive models for neurodegenerative diseases. My current research aims to create predictive models for Alzheimer Disease and Parkinson’s disease using cell free RNA and cell free DNA present in the plasma of afected individuals.

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Recent Publications

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• Low overlap of plasma and CSF protein quantitative trait loci affects protein discovery for neurological disease

  Western, D., Yang, C., Timsina, J., Liu, M., Wang, C., Campbell, M. C., Kotzbauer, P., Perlmutter, J. S., Schindler, S. E., Morris, J. C., Holtzman, D. M., Alvarez, I., Pastor, P., Wyss-Coray, T., Marquie, M., Cano, A., Sung, Y. J., de Rojas, I., Ruiz, A. & Budde, J. & 4 others, Fernandez, M. V., Tarawneh, R., Ibanez, L. & Cruchaga, C., Apr 29 2026, In: Science translational medicine. 18, 847, eadz2016.

• A harmonized framework for studying exceptional cognitive aging in Latin America

  Crivelli, L., Fernandez, R., Corvalán, N., Sosa, A. L., Acosta, D., Agnoletti, G., Surace, E., Acosta, I., Caramelli, P., Aguillón, D., Martelli, J. L., Peñailillo, L. D., Custodio, N., Charamelo, A., Damian, A., Llibre-Rodriguez, J. J., Allegri, R., Prina, M., Rogalski, E. & Ibañez, L. & 1 others, Llibre-Guerra, J. J., Apr 2026, In: Alzheimer’s and Dementia. 22, 4, e71373.

• Longitudinal subcortical volume changes and their correlations with multiple PET and fluid biomarkers in dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease

  Choo, I. H., Park, H., Gordon, B. A., Bateman, R. J., Bateman, R., Daniels, A. J., Courtney, L., Ziegemeier, A., Skrbec, K., Hellm, C., Martin, M., Ziegemeier, E., Bartzel, J., McDade, E., Libre-Guerra, J. J., Supnet-Bell, C., Xiong, C., Xu, X., Lu, R. & Wang, G. & 106 others, Li, Y., Nie, Y., Gremminger, E., Perrin, R. J., Franklin, E., Ibanez, L., Jerome, G., Stauber, J., Baker, B., Minton, M., Cruchaga, C., Goate, A. M., Renton, A. E., Picarello, D. M., Fulton-Howard, B., Benzinger, T. L. S., Gordon, B. A., Banks, J., Hornbeck, R., Chen, A., Chen, C., Flores, S., Goyal, M., Hobbs, D., Joseph-Mathurin, N., Jackson, K., Keefe, S., Koudelis, D., Massoumzadeh, P., McCullough, A., McKay, N., Nicklaus, J., Pulizos, C., Wang, Q., Sabaredzovic, E., Scott, J., Simmons, A., Rizzo, J., Vlassenko, A., Wang, Y., Hassenstab, J., Smith, J., Stout, S., Aschenbrenner, A. J., Karch, C. M., Marsh, J., Morris, J. C., Holzman, D. M., Barthélemy, N. R., Xu, J., Berman, S. B., Ikonomovic, S., Day, G. S., Graff-Radford, N. R., Farlow, M., Chhatwal, J. P., Ikeuchi, T., Kasuga, K., Ishiguro, T., Ishii, K., Senda, M., Niimi, Y., Huey, E. D., Salloway, S., Devenney, E., Schofield, P. R., Brooks, W. S., Bechara, J. A., Martins, R., Fox, N. C., Cash, D. M., Ryan, N. S., Jucker, M., Laske, C., Timofejavaite, R., Kuder-Buletta, E., Graber-Sultan, S., la Fougère, C., Reischl, G., Obermueller, U., Levin, J., Rödenbeck, Y., Vöglein, J., Lee, J. H., Roh, J. H., Vitali, P., Allegri, R. F., Mendez, P. C., Surace, E., Vazquez, S., Aguillon, D., Leon, Y. M., Ramirez, L., Serna, L., Baena, A., Bocanegra, Y., Levey, A. I., Johnson, E. C. B., Seyfried, N. T., Ringman, J., Fagan, A. M., Mori, H., Masters, C., Nobles, J. M., Sanchez-Valle, R. & Lopera, F., Apr 2026, In: Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease. 13, 4, 100513.

• Circulating miRNA Signatures Associated with Atherosclerosis and Cardiometabolic Comorbidities in People with HIV

  on behalf of the HUMT and CoRIS Cohorts, Mar 2026, In: Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland). 14, 1, 85.

• Understanding Neurodegenerative Diseases From the −Omics Perspective: Lessons Learnt

  Ibanez, L., Pottier, C., Beric, A., Western, D., Ali, M. & Cruchaga, C., Mar 2026, In: Annals of neurology. 99, 3, p. 566-587 22 p.

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