Paola Bovolenta#
| Membership Number: | 6066 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cbm.uam.es/pbovolenta |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-1870-751X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Chair of the Tissue and Organ Homeostasis Program, CBM, CSIC-UAM, Madrid
- 2012 - 2019 Chair of the Development and Differentiation Dept, CBM, CSIC-UAM, Madrid
- 2010 - present Research Professor, Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBM) , CSIC-UAM
- 2007 - present Head of Unit (709), CIBER on Rare Diseases, ISCIII
- 2005 - 2009 Chair of the Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Dept. Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid.
- 2005 - 2010 Research Professor (equivalent to full professor), Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid
- 2002 - 2005 Investigador Científico (equivalent to associate professor) Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid
- 1993 - 2002 Científico Titular (equivalent to assistant professor), Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid
- 1992 - 1993 Staff Scientist, Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid
- 1989 - 1992 Postdoctoral Fellow, Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid. Sponsor: Dr. M. Nieto-Sampedro
- 1986 - 1988 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Neurobiology and Behaviour, Columbia University, College of Phys. and Surg.,
- 1981 - 1986 PhD Student, New York University, School of Medicine, New York, Supervisor: Dr. Carol Ann Mason
Fields of Scholarship
- Eye development and congenital malformations
- Morohogenesis
- Tissue patterning
- Alzheimer's disease
- Neuroinflammation
- Axon guidance
- Neuroscience
- Cell signalling
- Neurodegeneration
- Developmental neurobiology
Honours and Awards
- 2000 Invited Professorship, Ecole Normale Superioure. Paris, Francia
- 2009 Fundaluce Award
- 2012 Fundaluce Award
- 2012 Member elected European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 2017 Member elected Scientific Council of the European Scientific Council (ERC)
