Awards

Miguel Mompeán García is awarded the “E. Pérez-Payá” 40 Prize of the SBE “For his notable efforts in understanding the mechanisms underlying molecular assembly in general and amyloid-type fibre formation in particular”

This year, the “E. Pérez-Payá” SBE 40 Prize (Sponsered by Prospera Biotech) is awarded jointly to: Dr. Miguel Mompeán García. Instituto Química Física Blas Cabrera (CSIC) (Madrid) “For his notable efforts in understanding the mechanisms underlying molecular assembly in general and amyloid-type fibre formation in particular” -and- Dr. Rafael Fernández Leiro of the CNIO (Madrid) “For his outstanding studies, using mostly cryoelectron microscopy, on protein complexes that are responsible for DNA replication and maintenance, and their role in cancer” Both Miguel and Rafael will give lectures and receive their awards at the XVII Congress of the SBE which will be held in Castelldefels on June 27-30th, 2023. Congratulations!