Ignacio Torres Aleman, PhD

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Affiliation(s): 

Cajal Institute; Center for Networked Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED)

Areas of Interest: 

neurotrophic factors, insulin peptides, blood brain barrier, inflammation, Aging and Cognition

Biography & Research: 

Ignacio Torres-Aleman received a PhD in biology from the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain (1982). From 1981 to 1984 he worked with Dr AV Schally (Nobel Prize in 1980) at Tulane University (New Orleans, USA) and from 1987 to 1989 at Yale University with Prof F Naftolin. In late 1989 he started his own lab at the Cajal Institute in Madrid (Spain). He is currently Research Professor at the Spanish Research Council, head of the Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, and Director of the Cajal Institute. His research interests include the physiology of insulin peptides in the brain and its impact on neurodegenerative diseases. He is the author of over 130 publications in peer-reviewed journals.