Carlos López-Otín#
| Membership Number: | 1861 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.unioviedo.es/Oncologia/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=120&lang=en |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1987 Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Oviedo University
Fields of Scholarship
- Analysis of tumour progression susceptibility in the models generated
- Development/Study of strategies which inhibit proteolytic activity of tumour proteases
- Generation of animal models of gain and loss of proteolytic function
- Identification of and enzymatic and functional characterization of proteases associated with tumour processes
- Determination of three dimensional structures of human proteases associated with tumours
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences-Spain
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- "Santiago Ramon y Cajal" National Award for Research
- 'Carmen and Severo Ochoa' Award for Molecular Biology
- 'King Jaime I' Basic Research Award
- European Biochemistry FEBS Prize '25th Silver Jubilee'
