Joaquín (quim) Madrenas

Biography

Joaquín (Quim) Madrenas Academic title(s): Professor Division: Faculty Members Contact Information Address: Duff Medical Building 3775 University St., Room 511 Montreal, QC H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-3914 Fax: (514) 398-7052 Email address: joaquin.madrenas@mcgill.ca Branch: Immunology Location: Lyman Duff Medical Building Graduate supervision: NOT ACCEPTING GRADUATE STUDENTS Biography: Dr. Joaquín (Quim) Madrenas is a Full Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at McGill University. Previously, he was professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and Medicine and Tier I Canada Research Chair in Immunobiology at The University of Western Ontario (UWO), and Head of Immunology at Robarts Research Institute. Dr. Madrenas received an M.D. degree at the University of Barcelona; specialized in Nephrology and Transplantation at the University Autonoma of Barcelona, and obtained a Ph.D. degree in Immunology under Dr. Phillip Halloran, at the University of Alberta. He was a visiting associate with Dr. Ronald Germain at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD, USA), before coming back to Canada. He was the founding Director of the FOCIS Centre for Clinical Immunology and Immunotherapeutics in London, ON, the first FOCIS Centre of Excellence in Canada. Dr. Madrenas is an active teacher of Immunology and have made seminal contributions to Science as illustrated by his publications in top journals (Science, Nature Medicine, Immunity, Journal of Experimental Medicine, The Lancet, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA). Among his discoveries are the different patterns of signalling through the T cell antigen receptor, the mechanisms of signalling by CTLA-4, and the signals delivered to T cells by bacterial superantigens.

Research Interest

Prof. Madrenas also serves as associate editor of several high profile journals including The Journal of Immunology and the American Journal of Transplantation, and has extensive experience as a reviewer for national and international agencies and institutional boards, having served as chairman of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Immunology and Transplantation panel, member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Infection and Immunity at CIHR, and co-chair of the National Research Council of the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Professor Madrenas is actively engaged in public education and community outreach on Science and History.