Endocrine Abstracts

The European Journal of Endocrinology Prize is awarded to a candidate who has contributed significantly to the advancement of knowledge in the field of endocrinology through publication. This year’s recipient is Dr Miguel Lopez who will receive his prize and deliver his lecture as part of the ECE 2017 Opening Ceremony on Saturday 20 May 2017. Further information on the prize can be found at http://www.ese-hormones.org/prizes/.

Dr. Miguel López received his PhD in Molecular Biology (2002) from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC, Spain) and made his postdoctoral training (2002–2006) in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry in the University of Cambridge (UK). Currently, Dr. Miguel López is Associate Professor in Department of Physiology at the School of Medicine and the Research Centre of Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS) of USC. Since the beginning of his PhD, he has focussed his research on the regulation of energy balance and obesity, with his current interest on hypothalamic energy sensors in the modulation of energy balance and metabolism. He has published around 150 peer-reviewed papers. He currently serves on the editorial board of Endocronology, Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, Molecular Metabolism, Journal of Endocrinology, several Frontiers journals and PLoS ONE, and as a reviewer for several international biomedical journals and funding agencies. For his work in this area, Dr. López received the awards for Basic Research in Obesity from Spanish Endocrinology and Nutrition Society (SEEN, 2006 and 2009) and the Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity (SEEDO, 2009), Spanish Award on Neuroendocrinology (2012), as well as the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) Young Investigator Award for Basic Science (2008; first Spanish citizen to be awarded with that price) and the European Journal of Endocrinology Prize for the European Society of Endocrinology (2017). He has been PI of 12 national and international grants, among them an ERC Starting Grant. He teaches Endocrinology in the Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy of USC. He has supervised 14 Master Thesis and 10 PhD Thesis.