Myriam Gorospe

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gorospe and the second or maternal family name is Sarasúa.
Myriam Gorospe Sarasúa
Born
San Sebastián, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
University at Albany, SUNY

Myriam Gorospe (San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain) is a Spanish scientist, the head of the RNA Regulation Section at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) since 1998. Her group studies the influence of RNA in cellular processes related to aging.[1]

Biography and scientific career

She was born in San Sebastián, (Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain). She moved to Madrid to study Biology in the Complutense University of Madrid[2] and later to the United States for her doctoral studies at the State University of New York at Albany, which completed in 1993.[3] She then joined the National Institute on Aging (NIA), became Principal Investigator of the RNA Regulation Section in 1998 and director of the Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics in 2014.[4]

In 2009, she was elected as Women Scientist Advisor together with Francesca Bosetti, Cathy Wolkow and Marilyn Huestis. They developed “The NIA/NIDA WSA Awards” to recognize women scientists at their Institutes of Health for their scientific accomplishments.[5]

In September 2013, she gave the conference L'Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science during the XXXVI Congress of the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM).[6]

She is part of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal Aging‑US.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Principal Investigators". NIH Intramural Research Program. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. ^ "Brunch with molecular biologist Dr. Myriam Gorospe | A Spanish cultural event in Washington, D.C. on 11/23/2019". SPAIN arts & culture is the official website for the promotion of Spain's arts and culture in the USA. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. ^ "Principal Investigators". NIH Intramural Research Program. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  4. ^ "Myriam Gorospe". barc.ucsf.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  5. ^ "National Institute on Drug Abuse IRP - Women Scientist Advisors". NIDA IRP. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  6. ^ "36 CONGRESO SEBBM 2013 - Programa diario". www.sebbm.es. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  7. ^ "Aging". www.aging-us.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.