Sara Gordillo Sampedro

Sara Gordillo Sampedro – Graduate Student, 2019-2022

From: Barcelona, Spain

Sara Gordillo completed her B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Barcelona, and her RM.Sc. in Neuroscience at the University of Rotterdam (Netherlands). Her master thesis involved validating two protocols of differentiation to obtain glial cells from induced pluripotent stem cells.

In the Ellis lab Sara used one of the protocols from her master thesis to differentiate human neural precursor cells from control and Rett Syndrome patients into astrocytes. Her goal was to study transcriptomic differences in Rett Syndrome astrocytes, and how these affect astrocyte’s ability to support neuronal networks.

Outside the lab, Sara enjoys exploring the Canadian wilderness, practicing yoga, and squeezing her cat too hard.

Next position: SickKids Flow Cytometry Facility.

Selected Publication:

Gordillo-Sampedro S., L. Antounians, W. Wei, M. Mufteev, B. Lendemeijer, S.A. Kushner, F.M.S. de Vrij, A. Zani and J. Ellis. 2024. iPSC-derived healthy human astrocytes selectively load miRNAs targeting neuronal genes into extracellular vesicles. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 129: 103933.

McCready FP, Gordillo-Sampedro S, Pradeepan K, Martinez-Trujillo J, Ellis J. 2022. Multielectrode Arrays for Functional Phenotyping of Neurons from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Models of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Biology,11,316.