Rodrigo Morales Castro

My research goal is to understand the basis of inflammatory responses during tissue damage at a cellular and molecular level, and specifically investigate how different immune players modulate tissue repair and regeneration. I have specialized in the application of zebrafish models to study in real-time the role of immune cells during tissue damage and regeneration. I joined Karolinska Institutet with the goal of developing new zebrafish models to study in vivo the immunological mechanisms leading to the initiation and treatment of chronic intestinal pathologies, such as Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). My long-term goal is to address with zebrafish clinically relevant questions which remain challenging due to the limitations of classical animal models or in vitro approaches.