About me

I got my MD and PhD at University of Barcelona (2001; 2013) and my Neurology training at Hospital Clínic (2006). I have enjoyed three research stays (2006; 2008; 2025) at UCL Queen's Square Institute of Neurology (London, UK). I have published 215 papers (2006-2025), with contributions such as being the introducer in Spain of CSF a-syn seed amplification assay. I am conducting research too on tau imaging in progressive supranuclear palsy and cell models in multiple system atrophy. I am associate editor of Park Rel Dis since 2018, coordinator of CSUR & ERN-RND for rare movement disorders & co-chair of the MDS PSP Study Group since 2023, and director of MissionMSA Center of Excellence & CurePSP Care Center since 2025.

Featured publications

Featured Projects

  • The SYNCHIP study - Clinically Adaptable Pipette-Driven Microchamber Array for Quantitative Diagnosis of Synucleinopathies: Moving on Beyond Conventional Seed Amplification Assays

    Principal investigator: Yaroslau Compta Hirnyj
    Funder: Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
    Code: INT_MJF_Spring_25
    Duration: 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2027
  • Cell-Specific Epigenomic Changes in iPSC-Derived Oligodendrocytes from MSA Patients: Effects of α-Synuclein Fibril Exposure in a Disease-Specific Model

    Principal investigator: Yaroslau Compta Hirnyj
    Funder: King Baudouin Foundation
    Code: INT_KBF_MSA_24
    Duration: 22/05/2025 - 21/05/2025
  • Translational Platform for MSA: Elucidation of Disease-mechanisms and Drug discovery

    Funder: European Comission
    Code: CE_FLAG-ERA_21
    Duration: 01/04/2022 - 31/03/2025
  • Clinical Cohort study with biomarkers study of prediagnostic cases and health education program in established disease..

    Principal investigator: Yaroslau Compta Hirnyj
    Funder: La MARATO - TV3
    Code: 202009-10_PSP REGISTRY
    Duration: 12/03/2020 - 29/03/2024
  • Amplificación de autoagregación de alfa-sinucleína y 4R-tau en tejido cerebral y líquido cerebrospinal mediante RTQuIC como biomarcador diferencial de parkinsonismos degenerativos.

    Principal investigator: Yaroslau Compta Hirnyj
    Funder: ISCIII
    Duration: 01/01/2018 - 31/10/2021