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Two Spanish researchers receive award for excellence Marie Curie 2005

14/12/2005

on December 14, 2005

On 1 December was held in Dublin the Marie Curie awards for excellence, European awards which are awarded in recognition of the work of five European researchers and that in this fourth edition was awarded to two Spanish scientists; Sofia Calero, researcher at the area of physical chemistry of the University Pablo de Olavide (UPO) with a contract Ramón y Cajal and Juan Pedro Bolaños, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Salamanca, (USAL).

The European Commission has awarded Sofia Calero for his work in molecular simulation for the design of new multifunctional materials, a line of very current research, since that new materials are continually looking for better and more effective.

This has been the year of this young researcher, who last June also was awarded by the Royal Spanish society of chemistry for his contributions in the field of catalysis, primarily for his studies of confined systems.

Sofia Calero is a researcher in the area of physical chemistry of the University Pablo de Olavide, with a contract Ramón y Cajal. Doctor in chemical sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2000, he obtained the doctorate extraordinary award. From 1996 to 1999, he has made predoctoral stays at the University of Sheffield, the UfB of Vienna, the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and the ETHZ in Zurch. Conducted a three-year postodctoral stay where in 2001 he received a scholarship at the University of Amsterdam, Marie Curie which allowed him to start her own line of research in the field of molecular simulation in confined systems (adsorption and diffusion).

Juan Pedro Bolaños, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Salamanca, has been awarded the European Research Marie Curie Excellence 2005 Award in recognition of his research career in the area of neuroscience.

Currently, the lines of research developed by the scientist Juan Pedro Bolaños focus in deciphering the molecular mechanisms involved in neuronal death associated with Alzheimer's disease, the roles metabolic and signaling of nitric oxide in the central nervous system and oxidative stress and Parkinson disease.