Prof. Miguel Chillon

Dr. M. Chillon is an ICREA senior researcher and principal investigator of the UAB-VHIR Joint Unit at the Institute of Neuroscience (UAB) since 2017. Dr. Chillon obtained his Ph.D. in Genetics at Hospital Duran I Reynals and Universitat de Barcelona in 1994 in Barcelona and received the Boehringer Mannheim Award in Human Genetics by the Spanish Association of Human Genetics in 1995, and was a member of the research team awarded the Premio de Investigación Ciudad de Barcelona. Dr. M Chillon is the founder and Director of the Vector Production Unit at UAB a technological platform to produce viral vectors (since 2004), Associated Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (since 2005), Group leader at Vall d'Hebron Hospital Research Institute (VHIR) (since 2017), Member of the Biosafety Committee of the UAB (2006-2018), Member of the Scientific Committee of the UAB (since 2019), Member of the Transfer Committee at VHIR (since 2020), Member of the Governing Board of the Institute of Neurosciences at UAB, since 2020, Coordinator of the Advanced Therapies Tranversal Program at VHIR (since 2020), Scientific advisor of different organizations and spin-off biotechs (SpliceBio, Ninevah, Biointaxis, Klogene Therapeutics, Fundacion La Lucha de Abril, and la Asociación Española de Paraparesia Espástica Familiar (AEPEF)).