Cajal Institute
{{Short description|Research center in Spain}}
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| formed = 1920
| jurisdiction = Spain
| headquarters = Av. Doctor Arce,37. 28002 Madrid
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The Cajal Institute (IC) is a research center in neurobiology which belongs to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The IC originates from the Laboratorio de Investigaciones Biológicas, founded in 1900 by order of King Alfonso XIII on the occasion of the Moscow Prize to Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934). Following Cajal's award of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1906 and the 1907 creation of the Junta de Ampliación de Estudios, Cajal was appointed President of the Junta. A royal decree by king Alfonso XIII established the construction of a new building and the appointment of Cajal as its first director in 1920.{{Cite web |title=Instituto Cajal: organización y organigrama |url=https://cajal.csic.es/en/organization/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.cajal.csic.es}}{{Cite web |date=2018-01-12 |title=Ramón y Cajal Institute of Health Research |url=https://www.comunidad.madrid/en/centros/instituto-ramon-cajal-investigacion-sanitaria |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Comunidad de Madrid |language=en}}
History
The building, finally inaugurated in 1932, was located in the hill of San Blas and changed its name to Cajal Institute to honour the memory of its founder. Since the beginning, its activity has focused on the structure and function of the nervous system. It is the oldest neurobiology research center in Spain. Along its more than 100 years of existence, renowned scientists and professionals have spread worldwide and contributed to the advancement of neurobiology.{{Cite web |title=Instituto Cajal: Biblioteca |url=http://www.cajal.csic.es/biblioteca-historia.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.cajal.csic.es}}
The Cajal Institute is a benchmark for Spanish neuroscience.{{Cite web |title=Cajal Institute (CSIC) — ERA-LEARN |url=https://www.era-learn.eu/network-information/networks/erasysbio-1/erasysbio-2008-01/understanding-decision-making-from-the-dynamics-of-large-neural-populations-in-behaving-zebrafish/cajal-institute-csic |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.era-learn.eu}} It is a multidisciplinary research center in which neuroscientists specializing in the embryonic and adult nervous systems come together from multiple points of view, including cellular and molecular neurobiology, neuropharmacology, electrophysiology, systems neurobiology, and neuropathology.{{Cite web |title=Cajal Institute |url=https://www.researchgate.net/institution/Cajal_Institute}} During its recent history, the Cajal Institute has nurtured neuroscientists at the Institute of Neurosciences in Alicante, the National Center for Tetraplegics in Toledo, and different Spanish universities.{{Cite web |title=Departamentos de investigacion |url=http://www.cajal.csic.es/neurociencia-traslacional.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.cajal.csic.es}}{{Cite web |title=Institute History |url=http://www.cajal.csic.es/ingles/historia.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.cajal.csic.es |archive-date=20 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720134156/http://www.cajal.csic.es/ingles/historia.html |url-status=dead }}
= Headquarters =
In 1957 it moved to a new building on Velázquez street, sharing the space with other Institutes (Biological Research Center). Finally, in 1989 a new building was built on Doctor Arce Avenue, which is where it is currently located.{{Cite web |date=2003-11-22 |title=CAJAL EN EL MUSEO DE ANTROPOLOGÍA |url=https://www.abc.es/salud/sanidad/abci-cajal-museo-antropologia-200311220300-221971_noticia.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=abc |language=es}}
Organization
Cajal Institute has three research departments:
- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology [http://www.cajal.csic.es/ingles/neurobiologia-molecular.html Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology Department] Cajal Institute
- Functional and Systems Neurobiology[http://www.cajal.csic.es/ingles/neurobiologia-funcional.html Functional and Systems Neurobiology Department] Cajal Institute
- Translational Neuroscience[http://www.cajal.csic.es/ingles/neurociencia-traslacional.html Translational Neuroscience Department] Cajal Institute
See also
- Javier de Felipe{{Cite web |title=Microorganización de la Corteza Cerebral Normal y Alteraciones de los Circuitos |url=http://www.cajal.csic.es/departamentos/defelipe-oroquieta/datos.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.cajal.csic.es |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201234357/http://www.cajal.csic.es/departamentos/defelipe-oroquieta/datos.html |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.cajal.csic.es/ingles/index.html Instituto de Neurobiología Ramón y Cajal] (Official website in English)
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