EMBO Member
Jesús Ávila
EMBO 1992 | FelC 96–99 | WpfC 01–04
Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Tau function and dysfunction in Alzheimer disease
Jesús Avila is Professor and former Director of the Center of Molecular Biology, Madrid, Spain. During the last forty years have been working in neuron cytoskeleton. Now, he studies the role of tau protein in neurodegenerative disorders (tauopathies) like Alzheimer disease. He is member of different Organizations like EMBO, AAAS, European Academy and the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences; he is member of different Editorial Boards .
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease / Tau protein / aging / neurodegenerative diseases / tauopathies