Dra. Maria Asunción Barreda-Manso works as postdoctoral researcher in the Molecular Neuroprotection Lab and the Functional Exploration and Neuromodulation of the CNS of the Research Unit of the National Hospital for Paraplegics (SESCAM, Spain). She is studying the role of microRNAs in the development of spinal cord injuries. She obtained a biology degree at the Complutense University (2007; Madrid, Spain) and a PhD degree in biology in the Neural Plasticity Lab of Cajal Institute (CSIC) (2015). Her research was focused on the pharmacological modulation of axonal regeneration after lesions to the CNS. Then, she started her first postdoctoral work at the Francisco de Vitoria University (2016-2018) in the Neuroinflammation Lab, where she collaborated with industry developing a project to determine the effect of different cannabinoid drugs on the neuroinflammatory response and its therapeutic potential in Alzheimer's disease. She has applied to different postdoctoral grants, obtaining the certificate of “Seal of Excellence” of Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions in 2018 and 2019.