Maria A. Blasco#
| Membership Number: | 2384 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2006 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cnio.es/ES/grupos/plantillas/curriculum.asp?pag=39 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2003 Head at Telomeres and Telomerase Group (CNIO)
- 2003 - 2011 Director at Molecular Oncology Program (CNIO)
- 1997 - 2003 Staff Investigator at National Center of Biotechnology, Madrid, Spain
- 1993 PhD for research on DNA polymerases at the Centro de Biología Molecular
Fields of Scholarship
- Telomers and telomerase and their links to aging and cancer
- Epigenetics, stem cells, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells
- Nuclear reprogramming
- Cancer
- Ageing, longevity, health span
Honours and Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Spain (2013)
- Santiago Grisolía Chair 2012 in Biomedicine and Neurosciences (2012)
- Fundación Pilates VIIth Edition "Health & Wellbeing" Award, Spain (2011)
- Prize “Alberto Sols” for Excellence in Research (2009)
- Körber European Science Award (2008)
- Rey Jaime I Prize for Basic Research (2007)
- Member of Academia Europaea (2006)
- The Carcinogenesis Young Investigator Award
- Josef Steiner Cancer Research Award (2003)
- "Universalia" Research Award (2003)
- "EMBO Lecture" Award at ELSO Meeting (2002)
- European Life Sciences Organization (ELSO) Early Career Award (2002)
- European Association Cancer Research Young Cancer Researcher Award
- SEBBM Beckman/Coulter Award (2001)
- Award of the Spanish Health Science Foundation for excellence in Biomedical Research
- Elected EMBO Member
- Swiss Bridge Award 2000 for Research in Cancer
- FEBS Anniversary Prize
- II Spanish National Oncology Award (Echevarne Foundation)
