Pablo Rudomin Zevnovaty (born June 5, 1934 in
Mexico City) is a Mexican-Russian
biologist
A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. They usually specialize in ...
,
physiologist
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, and
neuroscientist. He is regarded as one of the most prestigious neurophysiologists in the international community. His studies have been fundamentally directed to the analysis of mechanisms of the central control of the information transmitted by the
sensory fibers in the
spinal cord, and of how these are modified during central and peripheral injuries, as well as during processes of
acute inflammation.
Born from
Russian parents. He is a graduate of the
Biology program of the National School of Biological Sciences of the
National Polytechnic Institute (IPN. México). He has been the director of the program of neuroscience at the
CINVESTAV (Center for Research and Advanced Studies) of the IPN since 1984. At the neuroscience program, his research has focused on the analysis of the central nervous system control mechanisms for the transmission of information that is conveyed by
nerve
A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of nerve fibers (called axons) in the peripheral nervous system.
A nerve transmits electrical impulses. It is the basic unit of the peripheral nervous system. A nerve provides a common pathway for the e ...
fibers originating in the
skin and
muscles to the lumbosacral
spinal cord.
He has also been a guest researcher at the following centers:
*
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research –
New York City,
US (1959–1960)
*
Institute of Medical Pathology –
Siena,
Italy (1960–1961)
*
Marine Biology Laboratory –
Woods Hole,
Massachusetts, US (1960)
*
National Institutes of Health –
Bethesda, Maryland, US (1968–1969, 1984–1986 and 1990–1991)
*
Göteborg University
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–
Gothenburg
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,
Sweden
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(1983)
He has also held honorary positions:
* President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences
* Vice-president of the
Mexican Society of Physiological Sciences
* General coordinator of the Presidential Science Advisory Council.
* Counseling member of the
CONACYT.
He has been professor since 1961 and from 1993 he is member of
El Colegio Nacional.
Awards
* National
Alfonso Caso Science Award from the
Mexican Academy of Sciences
* National Science Award;
* Award for the Best Paper of the Mexican Academy of Sciences;
*
Prince of Asturias Award (1987);
* Luis Elizondo Award of the
ITESM
*
Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.
Born in Jiquilpan, Michoacán, to a working-class family, Cárdenas joined the M ...
Award.
* Dr ''Honoris Causa'',
University of Puebla
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, Mexico
* Dr ''Honoris Causa'',
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), Mexico
* Dr ''Honoris Causa'',
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico (2011)
References
External links
Pablo Rudomin - Society for Neuroscience
at El Colegio Nacional
Pablo Rudomin - El Colegio NacionalDEPARTAMENTO DE FISIOLOGIA BIOFISICA Y NEUROCIENCIAS - Dr. Pablo Rudomín ZevnovatyPablo Rudomin Zevnovaty: científico incansablePablo Rudomin: experimentar con la memoria del dolorCURRICULUM VITAEIPN reconoce a Portilla y Rudomín
* ttps://www.letraslibres.com/mexico/ciencia-y-tecnologia/una-vida-entregada-la-ciencia-entrevista-pablo-rudomin Una vida entregada a la ciencia. Entrevista con Pablo Rudomín
1934 births
Members of El Colegio Nacional (Mexico)
Instituto Politécnico Nacional alumni
Academic staff of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Mexican Jews
Mexican people of Russian-Jewish descent
Living people
Mexican neuroscientists
Scientists from Mexico City
Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg
Members of the Mexican Academy of Sciences
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