Manel Esteller#
| Membership Number: | 5595 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.carrerasresearch.org/en/director_135480 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4490-6093 |
| Twitter: | @ManelEsteller |
Present and Previous Positions
- 5/15/19 - present Director, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- 7/1/17 - present Chair of Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona
- 10/1/08 - present Research Professor, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA)
- 10/1/08 - 5/14/19 Director and Group Leader, Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- 10/1/08 - 6/30/17 Professor of Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona
- 9/1/01 - 09/30/08 Group Leader, Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Molecular Pathology Program, Spanish National Cancer Center (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
- 6/1/00 - 8/31/01 Research Associate, The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, The Johns Hopkins University and School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
- 4/1/97 - 5/31/00 Postdoctoral Fellow, The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, The Johns Hopkins University and School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
- 1/1/97 - 3/1/97 Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Research Unit, Hospital Universitari Maternal Vall d´Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Human cancer
- Histone modifications
- Neurological disorders
- Non-coding RNA
- DNA methylation
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Narcís Monturiol Medal, Government of Catalonia
- 2018 Innovation Health Award in Oncology by Celgene Endowment
- 2018 Scientific Innovation Award Team in Clinical Research, Pfizer Foundation
- 2016, 2014 European Research Council Proof of Concept Grant
- 2015 Catalan National Research Award, Government of Catalonia
- 2013 Research Award in Life Sciences, Spanish Royal Academy of Natural and Physical Sciences
- 2012 Spanish National Award in Cancer Research “Doctores Diz Pintado”
- 2011 European Research Council Advanced Grant
- 2011 National Award in Genetics, Spanish Society of Genetics
- 2010 Deichmann Award, International Union of Toxicology
- 2010 World Health Summit and Pfizer Award for Innovation in Biomedical Research
- 2009 Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine "Conde Cartagena" Research Prize
- 2009 Lilly Foundation Preclinical Biomedical Research Award
- 2009 Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Foundation Award
