Dr. Jacobo Elies is a lecturer in Pharmacology at the University of Bradford. He studied Pharmacy and then undertook a Ph.D. in Pharmacology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). In 2009, Dr. Elies moved to the University of Leeds to join Professor Chris Peers’ group at the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine as a postdoctoral researcher. Across two postdoctoral appointments, he studied the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of cardiovascular diseases associated with skin diseases, by investigating the regulation of ion channels by gasotransmitters.