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She was born in Alicante in 1965 -
in Biological Sciences from the University of Valencia -
received her PhD in Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid -
He focused on the identification of the RNA component of telomerase and very soon he was in the first line of research with the publication of an article in Science -
moved to take up a position as a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Carol Greider's lab at Cold Spring Harbor.
Dr. Carol Greider's laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA.
Laboratory, NY, USA -
When he began his
Research career as group leader and CSIC scientist in the
Department of Immunology and Oncology, National Center for Biotechnology -
he joined the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO),
then under the direction of Dr. Mariano Barbacid, as responsible for the
Telomeres and Telomerase Group -
is also founder of the biotechnology company Life Length
together with the Marcelino Botín Foundation and the consulting firm Matlin Associates. Life
Length, created in September 2010, -
she became the director of the CNIO, in
replacement of Mariano Barbacid. -
Selected for the first "Spanish Science Selection" -
it was included in the Periodic Table of Women Scientists to commemorate -
Optimistic Award Committed to Science awarded by the journal
Last Night I Had a Dream