Maria T. Miras-Portugal#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 3072 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2011 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
Maria T. Miras-Portugal passed away May 27, 2021.
Positions Held
- Emeritus professor at the Complutense University of Madrid
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Oviedo, the University of Murcia and the Complutense University of Madrid
Fields of Scholarship
- Nucleotide receptors and their impact on neurodegenerative diseases
Honours and Awards
- 2001 Member of the Spanish "Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia", President from 2007 to 2013
- 2005 Alberto Sols Medal to Research in Biochemistry
- 2008 the María Josefa Wonenburger Planells Prize by the Xunta de Galicia
- 2011 Miguel Catalán Prize
- 2016 Castelao Medal
- Member of te Spanish Biophysical Society, the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Spanish Society of Neuroscience, the European Society for Neurochemistry, the International Society for Neurochemistry, the Advisory Board of Chromaffin Cells, the Purinergic Club, the editorial board of the Journal of Neurochemistry, the IUPHAR sub-committee for the nomenclature of P2Y nucleotide receptors and the Scientific Panel of the NATO
- Honorary doctorates from the University of Murcia and the University Rey Juan Carlos of Madrid
- Honorary member of the "Academia Nacional de Farmacia y Bioquímica de Argentina", "Academie Nationale de Pharmacy de France", "Académie Européenne des Sciences des Arts et des Lettres"
