Isabel Lastres Becker

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ballasts and the second or maternal family name is Becker.

Isabel Lastres Becker
Born	1974
Citizenship	Spain Germany
Alma mater	Complutense University of Madrid
Known for	Biochemistry
Awards	L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
Scientific career
Institutions	Autonomous University of Madrid

Isabel Ballasts Becker (born 1974) is a German-Spanish scientist and chemist on the faculty of biochemistry in the medical department at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Life

She graduated in chemical sciences, specialising in biochemistry from the Complutense University of Madrid.[1] Her work centres on the molecular basis of several neurodegenerative illnesses, like Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease. In her project, she studies the cause of neuron death in Parkinson's, and experiments with drugs to delay the advance of the illness.[1][2]

Awards

Her work as a researcher has been recognised by the scientific community and she has received prizes like the Scientific Achievement Award or the Extraordinary Prize of Doctorate in the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.[2]

In November 2010, she was awarded, with four scientists (María Antonia Herrero, Ana Briones Alonso, Mercedes Vila and Elena Ramírez Parra), the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science, with an endowment of €15,000 to reward the work of women younger than 40 years.[2][3]

See also

• List of female scientists in the 21st century
• List of Spanish inventors and discoverers

References

1. "Isabel Lastres". woman.es. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
2. "La investigación "se viste de Prada" - Cultura Biotec". culturabiotec.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
3. "Cinco científicas de la vida españolas reciben las becas L'Oréal-Unesco". El País. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2016.