José Lucas#
| Membership Number: | 4954 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cbm.uam.es/lineas/lucasgroup.htm |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-1597-3916 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 Research Professor (CSIC) Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), Madrid
- 2006 Principal Investigator at CIBERNED (Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases), Madrid
- 2000 - 2008 Tenured Scientist (CSIC). Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), Madrid
- 1997 - 2000 Associate Researcher at CSIC. Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), Madrid
- 1994 - 1997 Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Center for Neurobiology and Behavior. Columbia University, New York
- 1989 - 1993 Graduate Research Fellow. Cajal Institute (CSIC, i.e. Spanish National Research Council). Madrid
Fields of Scholarship
- Alzheimer's disease, autism, epilepsy, schizophrenia, etc.
- Reversibility studies on conditional transgenic mouse model of neurodegenerative disease
- RNA binding proteins. Splicing, Cytoplasmic polyadenylation, CPEBs, etc. in neural diseases
- Proteostasis: Ubiquitin Proteasome System, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress
- Pathogenic mechanisms in Huntington's disease and CAG/poly-glutamine dominant ataxias
- Role of Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) and tau (MAPT) in neural diseases
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Prize Ciencias de la Salud Fundación Caja Rural de Granada
- 2019 Science Forefront Prize - Premio Vanguardia de la Ciencia (2nd Prize), La Vanguardia & Fundació La Pedrera
- 2018 Carmen and Severo Ochoa Foundation 2018 Research Award in Molecular Biology
- 2014 Award to best communication to the 2014 Plenary Meeting of the European Huntington's Disease Network
- 2010 Elected Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Pharmacy (RANF)
- 2002 Pfizer Foundation Award on Aging and quality of life
- 1996 Hereditary Disease Foundation - Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- 1994 Postdoctoral Fellowship from Spanish Ministry of Science
- 1993 EMBO Short Term Fellowship (for short stay at René Hen's lab-LGME Strassbourg, France)
