Associate Professor Carlos Salomon (BSc (Hons I), MPhil, DMedSc, Ph.D.) is a National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Fellow, group leader, and Lab Head (Exosome Biology Laboratory) at UQ Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR). During his postgraduate studies, he has directed research projects at The University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (San Antonio, Texas, USA), and The University of Queensland (Brisbane, QLD, Australia), in regulation of transport systems (2010), placental function during pregnancy (2011), and mass spectrometry (2012), respectively. A/Professor Salomon held a leadership role in establishing the Centre for Clinical Diagnostics (CCD) at UQCCR, a centre created to develop, evaluate, and deliver In Vitro Diagnostics within a National Association of Testing Authorities accredited research and development environment (ISO17025). A/Professor Salomon´s research program has investigated the release of small extracellular vesicles (EVs, commonly knows as exosomes) by the placenta and tumour cells during gestation and cancer progression, respectively, and their utility as a biomarker for a wide range of pregnancy complications and ovarian cancer.
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