Antonio Peña Diaz
Mexico
| Category | Area
| Country
| E-mail
| | Fellow | Structural, Cell and
Molecular Biology
| Mexico | apd@ifc.unam.mx |
| Biography | | Dr. Peña obtained his
MD and PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Mexico. He pursued
postdoctoral research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1964. He
has been Professor at the Medical School, Biology Institute and Investigator
and Director of the Instituto de Fisiología Celular and the Marine Sciences Institute
at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was honoured by UNESCO with
the Carlos Finlay Prize for Microbiology in 2003. He was President of the
Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Mexican Biochemical Society and the
Panamerican Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. His work is
focused on the transport and effects of ions, mainly on different species of
yeasts. |
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