Ana I. Flores is the principal investigator of the Regenerative Medicine Group at the Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (IMAS12) in Madrid, Spain. She earned her degree in pharmacy with high honors from the University of Salamanca and her Ph.D. in chemical sciences from the Severo Ochoa Center for Molecular Biology (CBMSO) at the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain. Her thesis dissertation was awarded summa cum laude, and she received the Ph.D. Award.  She completed her postdoctoral research training at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. She received a postdoctoral fellowship grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. She joined the Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid under a research contract from Instituto de Salud Carlos III to establish a new research area. She focuses her work on studying the biology of placental mesenchymal stem cells and their regenerative potential in various pathologies, such as cancer, urinary incontinence, and multiple sclerosis. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Society of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy (SEMERETEC) and the Scientific Committee of the Biobank of the IMAS12 Research Institute. She is also a participant in the First Intervention Team of the Research Center of Hospital 12 de Octubre. https://imas12.es/investigacion/area-transversal/medicina-regenerativa/ https://www.celmaes.com/