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Volume 8 Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
ISSN: 2161-0460 Euro Dementia 2018
May 24-25, 2018
May 24-25, 2018 | Vienna, Austria
11th International Conference on
Alzheimers Disease & Dementia
Biograpy
Mario Durán-Prado has a Degree in Biochemistry (with Honors, 2000, University of Córdoba), Master’s Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Magna Cum Laude,
2002, University of Córdoba) and PhD in Sciences (Magna Cum Laude, 2007, University of Córdoba). After a Post-doctoral training at the Group of Neuroimmunology of
Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases, IPBLN-CSIC (2008-2010), he joined the newly-created Faculty of Medicine of Ciudad Real (University of Castilla-La Mancha,
Spain) as Associate Professor in Cell Biology, being member of the Group of Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration (GEON). He works on neuropeptides/GPCRs and
their involvement in neuroendocrine, oncological and cardiovascular pathologies. Since 2010, his research focuses towards the role of oxidative stress in the initiation and
progression of neuropathologies as brain tumors and Alzheimer`s disease, focusing in the development of novel therapeutic approaches using diverse translational and
multidisciplinary research models. He holds four national and international projects as Principal Investigator, also as a collaborator in two active projects funded by the
H2020. He has more than 40 publications (h-index=20), some of them in high impact factor journals (>7).