Margarita Salas
Advisory Board
Sygnis
Germany
Biography
Margarita Salas is a Research Professor within the National Research Council Research (CSIC) and ex-President of the Institute of Spain, with over 300 publications in international journals. She was a co-inventor in a biotechnology patent protecting phi29 DNA polymerase and its uses, which raised more than USD$ 10 million in the first year of marketing. Prof Salas is member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and recipient of the Carlos J. Finlay Award (Unesco). She received the Rey Jaime I Prize for Research and the Santiago Ramon y Cajal National Award for Research, among other accolades. Prof. Salas is one of the key shareholders of SYGNIS.
Research Interest
Molecular Biology
