María Domínguez Castellano (born 1965, Alcántara, Spain) [1] is a Spanish neuroscientist and director of the Department of Developmental Neurobiology in the Institute of Neurosciences, Alicante, Spain, which is a joint Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) and Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) institution. [2] [3] [4]
She has a B.S. in biochemistry from the University of Seville and a Ph.D. in developmental biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. [2] Her doctoral thesis title was "Función del gen asense del complejo génico achaete-scute en la generación de los órganos sensoriales de Drosophila melanogaster" ("Role of the asense gene of the achaete-scute gene complex in the generation of the sensory organs of Drosophila melanogaster "). [5] She worked at University of Zurich and the University of Cambridge before taking up a post at the Institute of Neurosciences (UMH-CSIC) in 2000. She became a full professor in 2008, and Director of the Department of Developmental Neurobiology in 2016. [2]
In 2008 she won the Alberto Sols prize , with the jury citing "the study of the development and formation of the retina as a neural model, a study that in turn has revealed new mechanisms of cancer development" [6] and the Francisco Cobos prize for Biomedical Research. [7]
Since 2007, she has been a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). [8] She is a member of Asociación de Mujeres Investigadoras y Tecnólogas (AMIT), the Association of Women Researchers and Technologists. [3]
María Domínguez Castellano (born 1965, Alcántara, Spain) [1] is a Spanish neuroscientist and director of the Department of Developmental Neurobiology in the Institute of Neurosciences, Alicante, Spain, which is a joint Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) and Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) institution. [2] [3] [4]
She has a B.S. in biochemistry from the University of Seville and a Ph.D. in developmental biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. [2] Her doctoral thesis title was "Función del gen asense del complejo génico achaete-scute en la generación de los órganos sensoriales de Drosophila melanogaster" ("Role of the asense gene of the achaete-scute gene complex in the generation of the sensory organs of Drosophila melanogaster "). [5] She worked at University of Zurich and the University of Cambridge before taking up a post at the Institute of Neurosciences (UMH-CSIC) in 2000. She became a full professor in 2008, and Director of the Department of Developmental Neurobiology in 2016. [2]
In 2008 she won the Alberto Sols prize , with the jury citing "the study of the development and formation of the retina as a neural model, a study that in turn has revealed new mechanisms of cancer development" [6] and the Francisco Cobos prize for Biomedical Research. [7]
Since 2007, she has been a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). [8] She is a member of Asociación de Mujeres Investigadoras y Tecnólogas (AMIT), the Association of Women Researchers and Technologists. [3]