Angela Nieto#
| Membership Number: | 2612 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2009 |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2004 Full Professor and Head of Department at the Neuroscience Institute, Alicante, Spain
- 2000 - 2004 Associate Professor and Full professor (2004) at the Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain
- 1993 - 2000 Assistant Professor and Group Leader, Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain
- 1989 - 1992 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute for Medical Research, MRC London
- 1988 - 1992 Postdoctoral Fellow, Instituto Investigaciones Biomédicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- 1987 Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Univ. Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Morphogenesis
- Snail genes
- cCell movements and behavior
- Tumour progression
- Gene evolution
Honours and Awards
- 2009 Prize Basic Research Jaime I Foundation
- since 2009 Spanish Scientific Delegate at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)and Conference (EMBC)
- since 2009 President of the Scientific Committee of University Menendez Pelayo Valencia
- 2008 Conferencia L´Oréal-UNESCO SEBBM Meeting
- 2008 Member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Differentiation
- Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- 2006 Prize Alberto Sols to the scientific career
- 2005 Prize Biomedical Research Francisco Cobos Foundation
- 2004 Prize Carmen and Severo Ochoa Foundation
