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Juan Carmelo Gómez Fernández, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Murcia, has been appointed as new secretary general of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics.
The election, held at the organization's last conference in Edinburgh, gives Gómez Fernández a new challenge: to carry forward an organization that brings together associations and scientific committees from more than sixty countries around the world.
This institution, born in Stockholm in 1961 and in charge of promoting research and teaching of biophysics, launches the UMU researcher a positive and full recognition of work.
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Among his new work are "the organization of scientific activities, supervising the holding of congresses that are held regularly and organize courses, especially in developing countries. It also involves coordinating working groups," explains the researcher.
A job in which you already have experience.
It is not the first position that Gómez Fernández plays, in fact, he has gone through numerous positions ranging from president of the Society of Biophysics to Vicedecan of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, becoming treasurer of the Federation of Latin American Societies of Biophysics.
He combines this new work with his role as president of the Academy of Sciences of the Region of Murcia, a position he has held since 2015.
All this accompanied by his teaching and research work.
Gómez Fernández focuses his study on biochemistry and biophysics of cell membranes.
From his research group 'Biomembranes', he investigates with his colleagues in' the study of the structure of proteins that are related to membranes, either because they are activated when inserted the cell membranes or because they regulate the fusion of membranes for example in the transmission of the nervous signal ".
Another line of research he works with is molecular membrane interactions.
"We studied the preparation of nanoparticles and liposomes that can be used in nanomedicine applications. These are very small structures that become synthetic and investigate the application they can have in diseases related to the skin such as in wounds and their healing , as well as in the encapsulation of drugs that potentially can be applied to this "says the scientist.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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