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Juan Pedro Bolaños
Born (1964-04-18) April 18, 1964 (age 60)
Santa María de Guía, Las Palmas
Alma materUniversity of Salamanca
Occupation(s)Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, researcher
Employer(s)Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics (University of Salamanca-Spanish National Research Council)
AwardsMarie Curie Excellence Award
María de Maeztu to Scientific Excellence Award
Award Castile and León of Scientific and Technic Research and Innovation

Juan Pedro Bolaños Hernández (Santa María de Guía, Las Palmas, 18 de abril de 1964) is an Spanish pharmacologist and researcher. He is currently Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Salamanca[1].

Biography and academic career

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He was born in a family of pharmacists. Since he was very young, he helped his father at his clinical analysis laboratory. There his passion for chemistry applied to biology started[2].

He studied Pharmacy at the University of Salamanca, where he graduated in 1987[3]. In 1992 he defended his doctoral thesis directed by Dr. José María Medina Jiménez, on the metabolism of valproic acid on the central nervous system. From 1993-1994 he conducted research at the Neurology Institute (University College London) with a Marie Curie fellowship. In 1995 he comes back to the University of Salamanca to fund his own research group, becoming Associate Professor of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology department in 1996. Since 2007, he is Professor of the same department.

He has been implicated in teaching activities for the past 20 years. He has supervised more than 60 international students and has tutored 15 doctoral thesis (3 of which with European distinction). His research group, localized at the Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics (mixed center between the University of Salamanca and the Spanish National Research Council), has been awarded as Excellence Group in Castile and León. His work has been recognized with the Award Castile and León of Scientific and Technic Research and Innovation[4], which is the maximum award in the region. He has also awarded the Marie Curie Excellence Award from the European Commission[5]. He has been recognized 4 years in a row as the editor of the year of Biochemical Journal[3]. His research has been endorsed by numerous institutions from Spain (MINECO, CIBER, JCyL, etc.) as well as international (FEDER, FP7, H2020, NIH, etc.). He has published more than 150 papers in high impact journals such as Nature, Nature Communications, Cell Metabolism, PNAS. He is on the list of the Stanford University[6] as one of the most cited scientist in the world.

He is editor in 6 international journals and is part of the panel of reviewers of international organizations such as Human Frontier Program Organization, FWO, Wellcome Trust, Parkinson’s UK, Michael J. Fox Foundation, among others; and journals such as Science, PNAS, Nature Communications, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Cell Metabolism. He has been the president of the European Society for Neurochemistry (ESN). He is member of the European Society for Neurochemistry (ESN), the International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) and consul of the Sociedad Española de Biología y Bioquímica Molecular (SEBBM)[3][7].

His research is focused on the understanding of the molecular mechanisms that regulate the metabolism and redox homeostasis in the cells of the central nervous system. Particularly, in the study of the proteins and signaling pathways responsible of the adaptation of the neuronal metabolism to the high energetic and antioxidant demand imposed by neurotransmission. His goal, beyond the advancement of knowledge, is to identify metabolic targets and genetic alterations that contribute to the malfunctioning of neurotransmission and drive to neurological disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases, and also impact ageing[8].

Distinctions

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  • Marie Curie Excellence Award (2005)
  • María de Maeztu to Scientific Excellence Award (2019)[9]
  • Award Castile and León of Scientific and Technic Research and Innovation (2021)

References

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  1. ^ "Juan Pedro Bolaños Hernández - Universidad de Salamanca". produccioncientifica.usal.es. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  2. ^ Moreno, Amado (2022-04-16). ""El Estado está lejos de llegar al menos al 2% de PIB para la investigación"". elperiodicodeespana (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  3. ^ a b c "Loop | Juan P Bolanos". loop.frontiersin.org. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  4. ^ L.g. "Juan Pedro Bolaños, catedrático de la Universidad de Salamanca, Premio Castilla y León de Investigación". www.lagacetadesalamanca.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  5. ^ "Dos investigadores españoles reciben el Premio a la Excelencia Marie Curie 2005". Interempresas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  6. ^ Baas, Jeroen; Boyack, Kevin; Ioannidis, John P. A. (2021-10-19). "August 2021 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"". 3. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.3. Retrieved 2022-04-18. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "Entrevista a Juan P. Bolaños | SEBBM" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  8. ^ "Neuroenergetics and Metabolism Group - Juan Pedro Bolaños - IBFG". ibfg.usal-csic.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  9. ^ "Homenaje al PDI | Universidad de Salamanca". www.usal.es. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
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