He graduated from the Complutense University (Madrid, Spain) in Biological Sciences (Neuroscience) in 2003 and completed his PhD at the Cajal Institute (Madrid, Spain) in 2008, studying the roles of microglial IL-15 in brain pathology under the supervision of Prof. Nieto-Sampedro. After a first postdoctoral stage at the National Hospital of Paraplegics (Toledo, Spain), he moved to the University of Southampton (UK) to complete his postdoctoral training under the supervision of Prof. Perry thanks to a Marie Curie fellowship (EU). His started his independent lab in 2013 thanks to the award of a New Investigator Grant of the MRC. Diego is also Chair of the Biological Sciences Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Lead of the Neuroscience Theme at Biological Sciences. He is also the Coordinator of the Alzheimer’s Research UK South Coast Network.