José Manuel García Verdugo, Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology at the Universitat de València (UV), a key international figure in the study of neurogenesis and who was part of the laboratory of comparative and regenerative neurobiology of the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (ICBiBE), has died in the early hours of Monday 7 July in Valencia. Its march leaves a vacuum for the academic institution and global neuroscience
Born in Ceuta in 1953, José Manuel García Verdugo leaves behind a solid scientific legacy, built on decades of research around adult neural stem cells. His intellectual career, recognized with numerous national and international awards, is characterized by rigorous research in the field of cellular biology of the nervous system, combining electron microscopy techniques with animal and human models to unravel the mechanisms of new neuron formation in the adult brain.
Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of La Laguna and PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where he started his teaching career before joining the University of Valencia, institution of which he was a professor since 2001, Over the course of his career he has spent numerous periods at Rockefeller University in New York and at the University of California.
In addition, part of his career is linked to the Scientific Park of the Universitat de València. Specifically, he has developed part of his research at the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (ICBiBE), which belongs to the scientific-academic area of this institution, as a researcher in the laboratory of comparative and regenerative neurobiology. One of his latest research at ICBiBE was related to cells that promote blood vessel formation and neurogenesis in the human prenatal brain through electron microscopy techniques.
With nearly 400 articles in publications of high impact index -Science, Nature, PNAS, Cell, Neuron, among others-, his work has been cited more than 60,000 times, which placed him among the most influential researchers of Spain and Europe in his field
With nearly 400 articles in publications of high impact index- Science, Nature, PNAS, Cell, Neuron, among others- his work has been cited more than 60,000 times, making him one of the most influential researchers in Spain and Europe in his field.
He was coordinator of numerous national and international projects. He was a corresponding scholar of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences and, among other recognitions, received the Ramón y Cajal Prize from the Spanish Society of Neurology.
Beyond his scientific legacy, José Manuel García Verdugo is considered a generous teacher in the training of dozens of researchers, to whom he transmitted his integrating vision of neuroscience, rigorous and humanistic. With his death, the University of Valencia and the international scientific community lose an exceptional researcher whose work will undoubtedly continue to transcend the knowledge of the human brain.
Do not miss the video "Only babies generate neurons for memory and learning", in which we have the explanation of José Manuel García Verdugo
Source: UV News
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