Ana Belén Elgoyhen

Ana Belén Elgoyhen (born 13 December 1959) is an Argentinian scientist, professor of pharmacology at the University of Buenos Aires and independent researcher of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Spanish: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CONICET).[1][2]

She is internationally recognized for her contributions to the understanding of the molecular basis of hearing (sense). Her work could be useful to treat auditory deficiencies and other hearing pathologies.[1]

Biography

Ana Belén Elgoyhen was born on 13 December 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1984 she graduated in biochemistry from the University of Buenos Aires.[3] She received her PhD in biochemistry from the same university, under the supervision of Edda Adler de Graschinsky.

After being selected for the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences in 1991,[4] Elgoyhen left Argentina to begin her post docotoral studies in the laboratory of molecular neurobiology of the Institute Salk, California.[5] In 1994, Elgoyhen identified the receptors in the human hear that take part in the processes of modulation of the sounds and making them comprehensible.[1] After her postdoctoral training, Elgoyhen returned to Argentina on 24 September 1994.

She was, between 1997 and 2011, International Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation between 2003 and 2004. She won in 2008 the L'Oreal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science, which recognizes outstanding women scientists who have contributed to scientific progress for her contributions in the understanding of the fundamental molecular principles of the hearing.[5] The others 2008 recipients were Lihadh Al-Gazali (United Arab Emirates), Elizabeth Blackburn (United States), V. Narry Kim (South Korea) and Ada Yonath (Israel).[6][7]

In the 2012, the Argentinian vice-president Amado Boudou and the Argentinian minister of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Lino Barañao, awarded her the title of 2012 "Researcher of the Argentinian Nation" for her work on the genetics and physiology of the human ears.[8]

Elgoyhen is working as superior researcher at the Institute of Investigations in Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology "Dr. Héctor N. Torres", as adjunct professor of pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires since 2001, and as adjunct professor to the department of otorhinolaryngology of the School of Medicine of University Johns Hopkinssince 2009.[6][9]

Prizes and distinctions

Year Award Work
1988 Sociedad Argentina de Farmacología Experimental[9] "Efectos de las benzodiazepinas sobre la liberación de 3H-noradrenalina y sobre las respuestas cronotrópicas al estímulo nervioso en aurículas de rata"
1992 Prize CEDIQUIFA in pharmacology[10]
1994 Verum Foundation for Behavior and Environment[9] (Germany) "Cloning and functional expression of Alpha9: a novel acetylcholine-gated ion channel"
1995 Strauss Foundation Award in Auditory Science[9] (United States)
1997 Penny and Bob Fox Award in Auditory Science[9] (United States)
2000 Prize Bernardo A. Houssay[10] "Clonado y caracterización funcional del receptor nicotínico involucrado en el control eferente del sistema auditivo y vestibular"
2002 Prize Bernardo A. Houssay en Farmacología[10]
2003 Joan and Marc Millar Award in Auditory Science[9] (United States)
2003 Prize "Joven Sobresaliente"[9] (Fundación Vasco Argentina Juan de Garay)
2004 Member of the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum[9][11]
2005 H.F. Lenfest Award in Auditory Science[9]
2008 L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for Latin America[6]
2008 Outstanding Personality of the Science of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires[12]
2011 TWAS Prize in Biology[13][14]
2012 Investigadora de la Nación Argentina 2012[15]
2013 Konex Award Science and Technology – Basic Biomedical Sciences[9]
2014 Prize Bernardo A. Houssay 2014[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shapira, Valeria (6 March 2008). "Distinguen hoy a una científica argentina". www.lanacion.com.ar. La Nación. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  2. ↑ Shapira, Valeria (9 March 2008). "La vida secreta de los sonidos". www.lanacion.com.ar. La Nación. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  3. ↑ "CV – Ana Belén Elgoyhen" (PDF). Distinción Investigador/a de la Nación. 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ana Belen Elgoyhen". www.pewtrusts.org. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  5. 1 2 Butrón, Marina (3 March 2008). "Una laureada argentina". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  6. 1 2 3 Berenstein, Marcelo (11 March 2008). "La científica argentina Ana Belén Elgoyhen ganó el premio – Emprendedores News". Emprendedores News (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  7. ↑ "Tenth anniversary of the L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science | UNESCO.ORG". UNESCO. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  8. ↑ "La Distincion Investigador/a de la Nación". www.investigadordelanacion.mincyt.gob.ar. 2012. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Ana Belén Elgoyhen". Konex foundation. 2013.
  10. 1 2 3 «Listado Premios Bernardo Houssay».
  11. ↑ "Annual report 2014" (PDF). Corlas. Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  12. ↑ "Ley 2711 – Dra. Ana Belén Elgoyhen – Personalidad Destacada de la Ciencia – Declaración". www.cedom.gov.ar. Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  13. ↑ "Investigadores argentinos obtuvieron el premio de la Academia Mundial de Ciencias". 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  14. ↑ "TWAS Announces 2011 Prize Winners". TWAS. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  15. ↑ «Ganador de la Distinción Investigador/a de la Nación 2012».
  16. ↑ "PREMIO HOUSSAY Y HOMENAJES 2015". www.cedi.org.ar. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
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