Irene Miguel-Aliaga

Early life and education Miguel-Aliaga is from Spain and grew up in Barcelona. supervised by Kay Davies on invertebrate models of human diseases. To understand these processes, Miguel-Aliaga makes use of the gastrointestinal tract, as it allows for the study of how an organ senses signals from its internal and external environments. As part of this work, her group identified the communication pathways that exist between the gastrointestinal tract and other organs. She has continued to use the model organism Drosophila, as it shares over 60% of its genes with humans. 2017 Elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) 2018 European Research Council advanced grant 2018 Suffrage Science Women in Science Award 2019 Elected a Fellow the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) 2022 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

Selected publications Her publications The digestive tract of Drosophila melanogaster