A new species of gastropod discovered in waters of the Canary islands, Rissoella salasae, was named after her
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Margarita Salas Falgueras, 1st Marchioness of Canero was a Spanish scientist, medical researcher, and author in the fields of biochemistry and molecular genetics.
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science · Spanish biochemist · biochemist · molecular geneticist · university teacher · molecular biologist · geneticist · scientist · also Margarita Salas, Margarita Salas Falgueras, 1st Marquise of Canero, Margarita Salas García, Margarita Salas Falgueras, Salas
Born 30 November 1938 · Died 7 November 2019 · Q3320231
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A new species of gastropod discovered in waters of the Canary islands, Rissoella salasae, was named after her
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Died 2019-11-07.
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Died of a cardiac arrest after a complication of a digestive ailment from which she was to be operated
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Burgos (2019).
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Awarded European Inventor Award (2019).
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Won Medal of Merit in Research and University Education (2019).
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"invented a faster, simpler and more reliable way to replicate trace amounts of DNA into quantities large enough for full genomic testing
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Was awarded, posthumously, with the Gold Medal of Merit in Research and University Education
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the Pontifical University of Salamanca (2018).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2018).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of Carlos III University (2018).
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Won Echegaray Medal (2016).
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Became the first women ever to receive the Echegaray Medal, that was given to her by the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences (Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales)
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Awarded Spanish National Team of Science (2014).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Caen (France) (2012).
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Was professor ad honorem at the Center for Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa, CSIC's research center and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), where she continued to work on the bacterial virus Φ29, which infects a
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the International University Menendez Pelayo (2011).
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Awarded Premio Prismas (2011).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the National University of Distance Education (2011).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Malaga (2009).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of King Juan Carlos University (2008).
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Won Medal of Work Merit (2005).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Cadiz (2004).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (2003).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Murcia (2003).
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Career landmark: Member of the Royal Spanish Academy (2003–2019).
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Won gold Medal of the Community of Madrid (2002).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Extramadura (2002).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University Polytechnic of Madrid (2000).
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Awarded National Research Prize Santiago Ramon y Cajal (2000).
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Awarded L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science (2000).
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Awarded National Research Prize Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1999).
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Awarded Premio México de Ciencia y Tecnología (1998).
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Won Medalla de Honor al Fomento de la Invención (1997).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Oviedo (1996).
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Awarded King James I Prize for Research (1994).
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A Secondary Education Institute in Majadahonda (Community of Madrid) was named in honour of Margarita Salas
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Awarded Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology (1991).
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Career landmark: member of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences (1988–2019).
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Studying the African plague virus, so that Salas would be recognised on her own merits
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With Alberto Sols (of the Spanish National Research Council) as doctoral supervisor
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Studied at Complutense University of Madrid, doctorate (1963).
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Studied at Complutense University of Madrid, licentiate (1960).
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Born 1938-11-30.
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