Phone: 94 601 8072
Email: josean.rodriguez@ehu.es
Office Location: School of Medicine and Nursing. Room AM 7.2
Research Group: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CANCER

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Since 2007, I am a lecturer at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). I teach the subjects Medical Genetics, Introduction to Biomedical Research and Research Project in the Degree of Medicine.  Regarding post-graduate teaching, I am a lecturer and coordinator of the course Molecular Bases of Cell Proliferation, Differentiation and Death in the Master in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine of the UPV/EHU.

Between 2001 and 2006, before joining the UPV/EHU, I participated in the Master in Oncology of the VrijeUniversiteit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, as a lecturer and supervisor of master student projects. 

I earned my PhD at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in 1998 with a study on the genetic factors that contribute toHPV-induced cervical carcinogenesis. I carried out post-doctoral research (1998-2000) at the Westmead Institute for Cancer Research in Sydney, Australia, and later (2001-2007), I worked at as research fellow at the Department of Medical Oncology of the VrijeUniversiteit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. My research work focuses on the molecular mechanisms of malignant transformation. I have published over 50 articles in research journals, and I am the (co)director of 6 PhD Theses (4 completed and 2 in progress).

In 2007, Ijoined the UPV/EHU. With funding from MICINN, the Basque Government (Saiotek and Etortek Programs), and the University, I have established a new research line on the molecular mechanisms of cancer. Specifically, our current work focuses on two basic processes that are altered in tumor cells: protein ubiquitination and nucleocytoplasmic transport. Our ultimate goal is to contribute to the development of new targeted anticancer therapies.

I am a memberof the Ethics Committee for Research with Biological Agents (CEIAB) of the UPV/EHU and a member of the Board of the Spanish Association for Cancer Research (ASEICA).

I collaborate with national and international research groups.Our group is part of a recently approved European COST Action (Proteostasis), to promote exchange and collaboration between European research groups working on ubiquitin-mediated protein regulation.

1: Prieto G, Rodríguez JA, Fullaondo A. Enhancing prediction of short linear
protein motifs with Wregex 3.0. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2024 Jul
17;23:2978-2984. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2024.07.013. PMID: 39135888; PMCID:
PMC11318550.

2: Chaudhry S, Beckedorff F, Jasdanwala SS, Totiger TM, Affer M, Lawal AE,
Montoya S, Tamiro F, Tonini O, Chirino A, Adams A, Sondhi AK, Noudali S,
Cornista AM, Nicholls M, Afaghani J, Robayo P, Bilbao D, Nimer SD, Rodríguez JA,
Bhatt S, Wang E, Taylor J. Altered RNA export by SF3B1 mutants confers
sensitivity to nuclear export inhibition. Leukemia. 2024 Sep;38(9):1894-1905.
doi: 10.1038/s41375-024-02328-1. Epub 2024 Jul 13. PMID: 38997434; PMCID:
PMC11347370.

3: Arroyo-Berdugo Y, Sendino M, Greaves D, Nojszewska N, Idilli O, So CW, Di
Silvio L, Quartey-Papafio R, Farzaneh F, Rodriguez JA, Calle Y. High Throughput
Fluorescence-Based In Vitro Experimental Platform for the Identification of
Effective Therapies to Overcome Tumour Microenvironment-Mediated Drug Resistance
in AML. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Mar 27;15(7):1988. doi: 10.3390/cancers15071988.
PMID: 37046649; PMCID: PMC10093176.

4: Barroso-Gomila O, Muratore V, Merino-Cacho L, Rodriguez JA, Barrio R,
Sutherland JD. Studying the ubiquitin code through biotin-based labelling
methods. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2022 Dec;132:109-119. doi:
10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.02.009. Epub 2022 Feb 16. PMID: 35181195.

5: Elu N, Osinalde N, Ramirez J, Presa N, Rodriguez JA, Prieto G, Mayor U.
Identification of substrates for human deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs): An up-
to-date review and a case study for neurodevelopmental disorders. Semin Cell Dev
Biol. 2022 Dec;132:120-131. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.01.001. Epub 2022 Jan 15.
PMID: 35042675.

6: Giordano I, Pirone L, Muratore V, Landaluze E, Pérez C, Lang V, Garde-Lapido
E, Gonzalez-Lopez M, Barroso-Gomila O, Vertegaal ACO, Aransay AM, Rodriguez JA,
Rodriguez MS, Sutherland JD, Barrio R. SALL1 Modulates CBX4 Stability, Nuclear
Bodies, and Regulation of Target Genes. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Sep
21;9:715868. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.715868. PMID: 34621739; PMCID: PMC8490708.

7: López DJ, Rodríguez JA, Bañuelos S. Molecular Mechanisms Regulating the DNA
Repair Protein APE1: A Focus on Its Flexible N-Terminal Tail Domain. Int J Mol
Sci. 2021 Jun 11;22(12):6308. doi: 10.3390/ijms22126308. PMID: 34208390; PMCID:
PMC8231204.

8: Ramirez J, Prieto G, Olazabal-Herrero A, Borràs E, Fernandez-Vigo E,
Alduntzin U, Osinalde N, Beaskoetxea J, Lectez B, Aloria K, Rodriguez JA,
Paradela A, Sabidó E, Muñoz J, Corrales F, Arizmendi JM, Mayor U. A Proteomic
Approach for Systematic Mapping of Substrates of Human Deubiquitinating Enzymes.
Int J Mol Sci. 2021 May 3;22(9):4851. doi: 10.3390/ijms22094851. PMID: 34063716;
PMCID: PMC8124392.

9: Bozal-Basterra L, Gonzalez-Santamarta M, Muratore V, Martín-Martín N, Ercilla
A, Rodríguez JA, Carracedo A, Sutherland JD, Barrio R. LUZP1 Controls Cell
Division, Migration and Invasion Through Regulation of the Actin Cytoskeleton.
Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Apr 1;9:624089. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.624089. PMID:
33869174; PMCID: PMC8049182.

10: Olazabal-Herrero A, Bilbao-Arribas M, Carlevaris O, Sendino M, Varela-
Martinez E, Jugo BM, Berra E, Rodriguez JA. The dystrophia myotonica WD repeat-
containing protein DMWD and WDR20 differentially regulate USP12 deubiquitinase.
FEBS J. 2021 Oct;288(20):5943-5963. doi: 10.1111/febs.15875. Epub 2021 Apr 28.
PMID: 33844468.

11: Urizar-Arenaza I, Benedicto A, Perez-Valle A, Osinalde N, Akimov V, Muñoa-
Hoyos I, Rodriguez JA, Asumendi A, Boyano MD, Blagoev B, Kratchmarova I, Subiran
N. The multifunctional role of SPANX-A/D protein subfamily in the promotion of
pro-tumoural processes in human melanoma. Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 11;11(1):3583. doi:
10.1038/s41598-021-83169-1. PMID: 33574425; PMCID: PMC7878863.

12: Rodriguez JA. The "STK38-XPO1 axis": its general relevance and mechanistic
underpinnings remain to be further characterized. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2021
May;78(9):4451-4452. doi: 10.1007/s00018-021-03778-x. Epub 2021 Feb 9. PMID:
33559690; PMCID: PMC11072521.

13: Olazagoitia-Garmendia A, Zhang L, Mera P, Godbout JK, Sebastian-DelaCruz M,
Garcia-Santisteban I, Mendoza LM, Huerta A, Irastorza I, Bhagat G, Green PH,
Herrero L, Serra D, Rodriguez JA, Verdu EF, He C, Bilbao JR, Castellanos-Rubio
A. Gluten-induced RNA methylation changes regulate intestinal inflammation via
allele-specific <i>XPO1</i> translation in epithelial cells. Gut. 2022
Jan;71(1):68-76. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-322566. Epub 2021 Feb 1. PMID:
33526437; PMCID: PMC8666699.

14: Sendino M, Omaetxebarria MJ, Prieto G, Rodriguez JA. Using a Simple Cellular
Assay to Map NES Motifs in Cancer-Related Proteins, Gain Insight into
CRM1-Mediated NES Export, and Search for NES-Harboring Micropeptides. Int J Mol
Sci. 2020 Sep 1;21(17):6341. doi: 10.3390/ijms21176341. PMID: 32882917; PMCID:
PMC7503480.

15: López DJ, Rodríguez JA, Bañuelos S. Nucleophosmin, a multifunctional
nucleolar organizer with a role in DNA repair. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins
Proteom. 2020 Dec;1868(12):140532. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2020.140532. Epub 2020
Aug 25. PMID: 32853771.

16: Bozal-Basterra L, Gonzalez-Santamarta M, Muratore V, Bermejo-Arteagabeitia
A, Da Fonseca C, Barroso-Gomila O, Azkargorta M, Iloro I, Pampliega O, Andrade
R, Martín-Martín N, Branon TC, Ting AY, Rodríguez JA, Carracedo A, Elortza F,
Sutherland JD, Barrio R. LUZP1, a novel regulator of primary cilia and the actin
cytoskeleton, is a contributing factor in Townes-Brocks Syndrome. Elife. 2020
Jun 18;9:e55957. doi: 10.7554/eLife.55957. PMID: 32553112; PMCID: PMC7363444.

17: Urizar-Arenaza I, Osinalde N, Akimov V, Puglia M, Muñoa-Hoyos I, Gianzo M,
Rodriguez JA, Ganzabal T, Blagoev B, Kratchmarova I, Subiran N. SPANX-A/D
protein subfamily plays a key role in nuclear organisation, metabolism and
flagellar motility of human spermatozoa. Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 27;10(1):5625. doi:
10.1038/s41598-020-62389-x. PMID: 32221341; PMCID: PMC7101357.

18: Taylor J, Sendino M, Gorelick AN, Pastore A, Chang MT, Penson AV, Gavrila
EI, Stewart C, Melnik EM, Herrejon Chavez F, Bitner L, Yoshimi A, Lee SC, Inoue
D, Liu B, Zhang XJ, Mato AR, Dogan A, Kharas MG, Chen Y, Wang D, Soni RK,
Hendrickson RC, Prieto G, Rodriguez JA, Taylor BS, Abdel-Wahab O. Altered
Nuclear Export Signal Recognition as a Driver of Oncogenesis. Cancer Discov.
2019 Oct;9(10):1452-1467. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-19-0298. Epub 2019 Jul 8.
PMID: 31285298; PMCID: PMC6774834.

19: Elu N, Osinalde N, Beaskoetxea J, Ramirez J, Lectez B, Aloria K, Rodriguez
JA, Arizmendi JM, Mayor U. Detailed Dissection of UBE3A-Mediated DDI1
Ubiquitination. Front Physiol. 2019 May 3;10:534. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00534.
PMID: 31130875; PMCID: PMC6509411.

20: Olazabal-Herrero A, Sendino M, Arganda-Carreras I, Rodríguez JA. WDR20
regulates shuttling of the USP12 deubiquitinase complex between the plasma
membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus. Eur J Cell Biol. 2019 Jan;98(1):12-26. doi:
10.1016/j.ejcb.2018.10.003. Epub 2018 Nov 3. PMID: 30466959.