Laia Jené received her BSc in Biotechnology from the University of Barcelona (UB). Then, she studied an MSc in High School teaching at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and an MSc in Environmental Agrobiology at the University of Barcelona (UB). Laia started her collaboration with ANTIOX group in 2018, where she developed her BSc final project about the invasive potential of several populations of Carpobrotus edulis. For her MSc final project, she worked with the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), in Lleida. There, she studied the calcium absorption and translocation of several peach rootstocks while designed an in vitro methodology using the calcium isotope 44Ca. Currently, Laia is carrying out her PhD about parasitic species, such as the legume parasite Orobanche sp.