Francesc Posas Garriga#
| Membership Number: | 5127 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.irbbarcelona.org |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - to date Director, IRB Barcelona
- 2017- 2018 Commissioner for Universitat Pompeu Fabra scientific strategy, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- 2015 - 2017 Vice-rector for Science Policy and Faculty Affairs, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- 2013 - 2015 Vice-rector for Science Policy,Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- 2007 - 2013 Head of the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- 2006 - to date Full Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- 2002 - 2006 Associate Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- 1999 - 2002 Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- 1999 - 1999 Research Associate, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- 1998 - 1999 Research Associate, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
- 1998 - 1998 Research Associate, Harvard University
- 1996 - 1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, (FPU MEC) Harvard University
Fields of Scholarship
- Stress-activated MAP kinases
- Synthetic Biology
- Signal transduction
- Regulation of gene expression
- Stress adaptation
- Cell cycle control
Honours and Awards
- Recipient of the Award from the Catalan Government "ICREA Acadèmia" (2009 - 2013; 2014 - 2018, 2019 - 2023 respectively)
- 2011 Recipient of the Award "Carmen y Severo Ochoa de Investigación en Biología Molecular”
- 2006 EMBO Member
- 2004 Recipient of the EURYI to Young Investigators from the European Union (ESF)
- 2004 Beckman Coulter Award to Young Investigators
- 2001 Award to Young Investigators from the Catalan Government (DURSI) for the Promotion of University Research
- 2000 EMBO Young Investigator
- 1995 Award to the best PhD Thesis. Dpt. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Evaluations of teaching activity:
- 5 positively evaluated 5-year terms of Teaching Activity (Catalan government) (1990 - 2015)
- Evaluations of research activity:
- 4 positively evaluated 6-year terms of Research Activity, CNEAI (Spanish government) (1992 - 2015)
