José Antonio López Guerrero
José Antonio López Guerrero (born 1962 in Madrid ) is a Spanish virologist.
Guerrero works as a university professor of microbiology in the Department of Molecular Biology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and is a scientist and Director of Culture and Science at the Center of Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa (Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa - CBMSO ). He is also active in various scientific programs of radio, press and television.
Training
After schooling in Hannover and at the IES Cervantes (Madrid ) López Guerrero studied Biochemistry at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ( 1980-1985 ). For his doctoral thesis in the field of immune Virology at CBMSO 1990 he received a special award. Following graduation, he spent two research stays at the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (Madrid, CIB - CSIC, 1990-1993) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ, 1993-1996). After his return to the UAM, he worked as an assistant professor and was responsible for public relations in the context of scientific research. Since 2001 he is a tenured professor of Adam Mickiewicz University and since 2003 head of a small research field of neurobiology. 2003-2006 he founded the Department of Culture and Science of the Adam Mickiewicz University and since 2006 he has headed the same department of the CBMSO.
Research
- PhD (1986-1989 CBMSO Madrid.. ): Study on the susceptibility of immune cells during viral infection.
- First postdoctoral fellow (1990-1993 CIB Madrid.. ): Analysis of rheumatoid arthritis in a mouse model.
- Second Postdoc (1993-1996 DKFZ. ): Analysis of U937 promonocytic cell clones selected for their resistance to parvovirus H- 1 infection.
- Since 1996 ( CBMSO UAM - CSIC): HSV -1 infection, and neurodegeneration.
Publications
- ¿ Qué it un Transgénico? (y las madres que lo parieron ). Ed. Sirius, 2001 and 2008.
- Células Madre la madre de todas las células. Ed. Helice, 2003.
- La Tesis de Rebeca. Apuntes de una joven investigadora. Ed. Helice, 2004 and 2009.
- Sé lo que los cursos ocurrió ... Pasados . Ed. Helice, 2006.
- Células madre y terapia Regenerativa. RANF, 2009.
- Ciencia en grageas. Turpial, in 2012.
- Ciencia exprés. Elam Editores. , 2013.