Seila Díaz, PhD in Biology | Cancer Transmissibility

seiladiazcostas@gmail.com

Seila Díaz is graduated in Marine Science from the University of Vigo and obtained her PhD in Biology from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). She completed his doctoral thesis at the Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIMA) where she developed her professional career for eight years. Seila conducted several research stays in Station Ifremer La Tremblade (France), LEMAR (Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Environnement Marin) (France) and University of Coruña in the research group of Genetics of Marine Organisms (Spain). Since 2003 she has developed her research work in the field of molluscs pathology, specializing in molluscs cancers.

PUBLICATIONS

• Assessment of transmissibility of the disseminated neoplasia affecting cockles Cerastoderma edule in Galicia (NW Spain).
  Díaz S, Villalba A and Carballal MJ.
  Bull. Eur. Ass. Fish Pathol. 2017, 37(1), 5
  ISSN:0108-0288
  
  

• Long-term epidemiological study of disseminated neoplasia of cockles in Galicia (NW Spain): temporal patterns at individual and population levels, influence of environmental and cockle-based factors and lethality.
  Díaz S, Iglesias D, Villalba A, Carballal MJ.
  J Fish Dis. 2016 Sep; 39(9):1027-42.
  doi: 10.1111/jfd.12436. ISSN:1365-2761
  
  

• Karyotype variation in neoplastic cells associated to severity of disseminated neoplasia in the cockle Cerastoderma edule.
  Matias, AM, Díaz S, Teixeira de Sousa J, Villalba A, Carballal MJ, Leitao A.
  Aquaculture, 2014, 248‐ 249, 233‐ 225.
  doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.03.017. ISSN:0044-8486
  
  

• Disseminated neoplasia in clams Venerupis aurea from Galicia (NW Spain): Histopathology, ultraestructure and ploidy of the neoplastic cells, and comparison of diagnostic procedures.
  Carballal MJ, Iglesias D, Díaz S, Villalba A.
  J Invertebr Pathol. 2013, 112, 16‐ 19.
  doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.10.003. ISSN:0022-2011
  
  

• Biomarkers and transcription levels of cancer-related genes in cockles Cerastoderma edule from Galicia (NW Spain) with disseminated neoplasia.
  Ruiz P, Díaz S, Orbea A, Carballal MJ, Villalba A, Cajaraville MP.
  Aquat Toxicol. 2013 Jul 15;136-137:101-11.
  doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.03.018. ISSN:0166-445X
  
  

• Disseminated neoplasia causes changes in ploidy and apoptosis frequency in cockles Cerastoderma edule.
  Díaz S, Villalba A, Insua A, Soudant P, Fernández-Tajes J, Méndez J, Carballal MJ.
  J Invertebr Pathol. 2013 Jul;113(3):214-9.
  doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2013.03.010. ISSN:0022-2011
  
  

• Detection of reverse transcriptase activity in golden carpet shell clams (Venerupis aurea) with disseminated neoplasia.
  Manso CF, Díaz S, Carballal MJ, Villalba A, Romalde JL, 2012.
  Bull Eur Ass Fish Pathol. 2012 32(2), 56‐ 63.
  ISSN:0108-0288
  
  

• Enfermedades neoplásicas en moluscos de interés comercial.
  En: Enfermedades de Moluscos Bivalvos de interés en acuicultura.
  Carballal MJ, Iglesias D, Díaz S. 2011.
  Fundación Observatorio Español de Acuicultura (Ed.), Madrid
  pp. 33‐ 70. ISBN:978‐84‐00‐09288‐7.
  
  

• Disseminated neoplasia in cockles Cerastoderma edule: ultrastructural characterisation and effects on haemolymph cell parameters.
  Díaz S, Renault T, Villalba A, Carballal MJ.
  Dis Aquat Organ. 2011 Sep 9;96(2):157-67.
  doi: 10.3354/dao02384. ISSN:1616-1580
  
  

• Expression of mutant protein p53 and Hsp70 and Hsp90 chaperones in cockles Cerastoderma edule affected by neoplasia.
  Díaz S, Cao A, Villalba A, Carballal MJ.
  Dis Aquat Organ. 2010 Jul 1;90(3):215-22.
  doi: 10.3354/dao02231. ISSN:616-1580
  
  

• Evidence of retroviral etiology for disseminated neoplasia in cockles (Cerastoderma edule).
  Romalde JL, Luz Vilariño M, Beaz R, Rodríguez JM, Díaz S, Villalba A, Carballal MJ.
  J Invertebr Pathol. 2007 Feb;94(2):95-101.
  doi:10.1016/j.jip.2006.09.007. ISSN:0022-2011
  
  

• Urosporidium sp. hyperparasite of the turbellarian Paravortex cardii in the cockle Cerastoderma edule.
  Carballal MJ, Díaz S, Villalba A.
  J Invertebr Pathol. 2005 Oct;90(2):104-7.
  doi:10.1016/j.jip.2005.08.003. ISSN:0022-2011