Miguel is a postdoctoral fellow at the Wagenblast lab. He obtained his PhD in the Department of Hematology from the University of Salamanca (Spain), focused in the study of chronic lymphocytic leukemia genetics. Specifically, he used genome editing approaches to generate novel in vitro models that helped uncover targetable dependencies of this type of leukemia. To continue his research path in the field of hematological oncology, he joined the Wagenblast lab to pursue the generation of better models that faithfully recapitulate the steps of childhood leukemia origin and development. Outside the lab, he enjoys traveling, hiking and discovering new restaurants and nightlife events with friends. If Miguel was not on the research field, he would be a travel journalist, backpacking the world to explore remote places, photograph marine wildlife and hike up the highest mountains.