Maria Grazia Spillantini#
| Membership Number: | 6582 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://spillantinilab.medschl.cam.ac.uk |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-8544-7332 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007,10 Professor of Molecular Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical School, University of Cambridge, UK
- 2002 - 2007 Reader in Molecular Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical School, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1997 - 2002 William Scholl Lecturer in Neurology, Brain Repair Centre, Clinical School, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1996 Senior Research Associate, Brain Repair Centre, Cambridge University
- 1993 - 1996 Member of Scientific staff, MRC-LMB, Cambridge
- 1991 - 1993 Tenure Researcher National Research Council Institute of Cell Biology, Rome, Italy
Fields of Scholarship
- Alzheimer's disease
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Microtubule-associated tau protein
- Tauopathies
- Alpha-synucleinopathies
- Parkinson's disease
- Multiple system atrophy
- Neurodegenerative diseases
- Protein aggregation
- Alpha-synuclein
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Elected Member of The USA Scientific Research Honor Society Sigma Xi
- 2021 European Grand Prix for Alzheimer’s Research, Paris, France
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, UK
- 2020 Tudichum Medal of the UK Biochemical Society
- 2020 Invited “Gasser Lecture” Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- 2018 Knight Officer of the Order of the “Star of Italy” from the President of Italian Republic
- 2017 “Camillo Golgi Medal” of the Golgi Foundation, Brescia, Italy
- 2016 Jay Van Andel Award for Outstanding achievements in Parkinson’s disease
- 2015 “Lifetime Achievement Award” Italian association of Frontotemporal Dementia patients
- 2014 “Cotzias Prize” of the Spanish Neurological Society
- 2013 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society, London
- 2013 International Fair Play“Semplicemente donna” Scientific Research Prize, Arezzo,Italy
- 2012 “Pieve Donna Prize” for scientific achievements on the occasion of the International women’s day, Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy
- 2010 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, London
- 2003 “Alessandro Agnoli Prize” of the Italian League for Movement disorders and Dementia
- 2002 Honorary citizenship of Caprese Michelangelo, Arezzo, Italy.
- 2000 “Potamkin Prize” of the American Academy of Neurology
- 1998 “Moore Award” of the American Society of Neuropathology
- 1995 “Moore Award” of the American Society of Neuropathology
- 1993 “Stephen Newburgh” Prize for biomedical research
- 1985 “Greppi Award” for research on migraine
