Jesús Avila#
| Membership Number: | 1537 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.fundacionataxia.org/consejo-cientifico/90-dr-d-jesus-avila-de-grado.html https://www.cbm.uam.es/es/investigacion/programas/procesos-fisiologicos-y-patologicos/neuropatologia-molecular/funcion-y-disfuncion-de-tau-en-la-enfermedad-de-alzheimer |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1984 - 1986 and 2002 - 2004 Director of the Center of Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa
- Research Professor at the CSIC
Fields of Scholarship
- Role of tau protein in neurodegenerative disorders (tauopathies) like Alzheimer disease
- Molecular Neurobiology
- Neuron cytoskeleton
- Molecular Biology
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
- Medal of the University of Helsinki
- Pfizer Prize Foundation, Aging and Quality of Life
- Lilly Foundation Award in Biomedical Research
- National Research Award Santiago Ramón y Cajal
