1997 he participated as co-Founder and Director of the Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular (LFBM-FCEN-UBA) [Laboratory of Physiology and Molecular Biology]. In 2005 he was appointed External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society. In 2007 he participated in the agreement for the establishment of the Biomedicine Research Institute of Buenos Aires – CONICET – Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society (IBioBA), whose construction was completed in 2012 at the Polo Científico y Tecnológico. Awards and distinctions 1987 – UAM – México, in the field of Biological Sciences and Health. Prize for his master thesis "Formation of oligomers of ion transporters by Nigericin". 1993 – Award: cover of the journal Endocrinology Vol. 132. 1997 – Guggenheim fellowship, awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Nueva York, United States. 1997 – "Lucio Cherny" award, for the best presentation, XLII Congress of Clinical Research Argentine Society, Mar del Plata. 2001 – The presentation "Transcriptional regulation of the gp130 cytokine IL-6 by PACAP and estrogens: its importance for anterior pituitary pathophysiology" was selected as "hot topic" in the 7th International Pituitary Congress. Phoenix- United States 2002 – "Lucio Cherny" award for the best presentation, XLVII XLII Congress of Clinical Research Argentine Society, Mar del Plata. 2003 – "Bernardo Houssay, to Scientific and Technological Research" award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Argentina. 2005 – Appointed External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society, Germany. 2006 – Award: cover of the journal Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2008 – Bunge and Born award. Experimental Medicine. 2011 – Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for the commitment to the development of scientific cooperation between Germany and Argentina, and by participation in the founding of the binational Biomedicine Max Planck Institute in Buenos Aires. 2011 – Award: Cover of the journal Neuroendocrinology Vol. 94. 2013 – Konex award, Argentina. Molecular Biology and biochemistry. 2015 – TWAS Prize in Medical Sciences. 2017 – Berthold Medal, awarded by the German Society for Endocrinology. References Molecular biologists Argentine biologists University of Buenos Aires faculty 1953 births Living people TWAS laureates Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany