I hold a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from The National Autonomous University of Mexico (1985), a M. Sc. in Physiology from the Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Cinvestav) Mexico City (1985), and a Ph.D. in Neurobiology (1991) from The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. I have been working on glutamate receptors and transporters in cerebellar and retinal glial cells focusing on signaling, gene expression regulation at the transcriptional and translational levels, and their involvement in neurodegeneration for more than 30 years. I have been committed to ISN since 2007 as member of ISN and its sister society ASN, for which I have served twice as Council member, as Program Chair (2020) and President of the Local Organizing Committee of the ISN/ASN meeting in Cancun 2013. I have also been twice part of the CAEN Committee and of the Program Committee for the 2023 ISN meeting in Porto. As well, I am a Handling Editor for the Journal of Neurochemistry, Associate Editor for Neurochemical Research and Frontiers in Neuroscience, non-neuronal cells section, Senior Editor for ASN-Neuro and member of the Editorial Board of Neurochemistry International. These editorial responsibilities allow me to have a complete view of current Neurochemistry worldwide. I am committed to continue my support to ISN, and I hope to be able to actively contribute to shape the future of our Society, to foster and strengthen global and interactive international neurochemical research, and to actively participate in training of the 21stcentury neurochemists.
