Blanca Espinet

Blanca Espinet, PhD, is Head of the Molecular Cytogenetics Laboratory in the Department of Pathology at the Institute of Medical Research, Hospital de Mar, Barcelona, Spain. After graduating in Biology and Pharmacy from the University of Barcelona, Dr. Espinet completed her PhD at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Dr. Espinet is also Head of the Translational Research Group in Haematological Neoplasms within the Cancer Research Programme at Hospital de Mar and was President of the Spanish Cooperative Group of Haematological Cytogenetics of the Spanish Society of Haematology and Haemotherapy from 2006 to 2018.

Currently, Dr. Espinet is a member of the Spanish CLL Group within the same society and Coordinator of the Haematological Cytogenetics Commission within the Spanish Association of Human Genetics. In addition, she has been a member of the Cytogenetics Network of the European CLL Research Initiative and Quality Consultant in haematological cytogenetics within the Genomic Quality Assessment.