Bridging the ‘know-do’ gap is not new but considerably greater attention is being focused on the issue as governments and research funders seek to demonstrate value for money and impact on policy and practice. Initiatives like the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship are therefore both timely and welcome. However, they conf...

Education and career 1988, veterinary degree, university of extremadura, cáceres, spain. 1993, phD in biochemistry and molecular biology, university of extremadura; advisor: germán soler. 1999–2000, postdoctoral researcher, ceA-saclay, gif-sur-yvette, France; advisor: marc le maire. 1989–present, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, university of extremadura. 2007–present, group lea...

Why do you study autophagy? i joined the sass lab to study autophagy in 1996 when i was an undergraduate in my second year. the lab was starting to work with a new model at that time: Drosophila. i stayed there for my phD, and i could graduate partly thanks to a soros fellowship that allowed me to work for 6 months at two excellent Drosophila genetics labs in szeged. the next big step was joini...