Rafael Cena Diez
Affiliated to Research
E-mail: rafael.cena.diez@ki.se
Visiting address: I73, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, 14186 Huddninge
Postal address: H7 Medicin, Huddinge, H7 CIM-CID Sönnerborg van de Klundert, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
Rafael received his Ph.D. in 2018 at the Hospital General Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, on the use of nanotechnology against viral sexual transmitted diseases. In 2019, he joined us as postdoctoral researcher. His expertise is in virology, molecular biology, and antiviral therapy/prophylaxis. His research focuses in the discovery of and studies on the mechanisms of new antiviral agents, including HIV multidrug resistances. He is currently working in the development of new pre-exposure prophylaxis aproaches such as topical microbicides.
Articles
- Article: FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY. 2024;14:1334126
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2023;61(5):106792
- Article: ADVANCED SCIENCE. 2022;9(32):e2203898
- Article: VIRUSES-BASEL. 2022;14(10):2099
- Article: INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THERAPY. 2022;11(3):1103-1116
- Article: BIOMEDICINES. 2022;10(5):982
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2022;23(5):2565
- Article: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY. 2021;95(18):e0047921-10.1128/jvi.00421
- Article: POLYMERS. 2021;13(13):2141
- Article: PHARMACEUTICS. 2020;12(6):E515-515
- Article: RSC ADVANCES. 2020;10(34):20083-20088
- Article: NANOSCALE. 2019;11(19):9679-9690
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE. 2019;14:2371-2380
- Journal article: PLOS ONE. 2018;13(4):e0195744
- Article: NANOSCALE. 2017;9(44):17263-17273
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. 2017;811:155-163
- Article: NANOSCALE. 2017;9(27):9732-9742
- Article: MEDICINAL RESEARCH REVIEWS. 2017;37(1):149-179
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE. 2016;11:2443-2450
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE. 2016;11:2147-2162
- Journal article: RSC ADVANCES. 2016;6(52):46755-46764
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE. 2014;29(2):307-309
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All other publications
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025
- Review: PATHOGENS. 2025;14(3):232
- Review: DRUG RESISTANCE UPDATES. 2023;68:100955
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2028
- Research Specialist, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2025