Andres Hidalgo received his B.S. at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1993, and received his PhD in 1999 for his work in the control of adhesion in hematopoietic cells, in Dr. Joaquin Teixidó’s laboratory (CIB, Madrid). In 2000 he moved to New York, where he studied leukocyte and blood stem cell migration, as well as the inflammatory process, in Dr. Paul Frenette’s laboratory (Mount Sinai School of Medicine). In 2008, after obtaining a Ramón y Cajal reintegration fellowship, he joined the Department of Atherothrombosis, Imaging and Epidemiology at CNIC.