Javier Díaz-Nido

Javier Díaz-Nido holds a PhD in Biological Sciences (Molecular Biology) from the Autonomous University of Madrid (1988). He completed a postdoctoral stay at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (New York, United States).
He has developed all his research work in Neuroscience, mainly in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. He is co-author of more than 80 publications in international scientific journals and co-inventor of several patents. Since 2002 he has directed a research group at the “Severo Ochoa” Molecular Biology Center (a joint center of the Autonomous University of Madrid and the Spanish Research Council) dedicated to the study of ataxias.
He is currently a Full Professor of Molecular Biology at the Autonomous University of Madrid, where he has also held various academic positions such as Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Molecular Biosciences and Director of the Doctoral School.
Very interested in the ethical and legal repercussions of new advances in scientific research, he is a member of the Institute of Human Rights, Democracy, Culture of Peace and Non-Violence (DEMOSPAZ) of the Autonomous University of Madrid. In this field, he has participated in the preparation of the report on “Advances in neuroscience: applications and ethical implications / The disruption of neurotechnologies” of the Office of Science and Technology of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
He is also a member of the Council of Science and Technology of the Community of Madrid.