(Madrid, 1953)
Neurobiologist, research professor at the Cajal Institute (CSIC) and director of the Cajal Laboratory of Cortical Circuits of the Center for Biomedical Technology of the Polytechnic University of Madrid. In 1997 he was invited to participate in NASA's Neurolab project to study the effect of space flights on the development of neural circuits in the brain. Starting in 2006, he began to focus on the study of Alzheimer's disease and the microstructure of the normal cerebral cortex. In 2009 he began his participation in the international Blue Brain project to create a functional model of the brain using the Blue Gene supercomputer. In this context, De Felipe directs the Cajal Blue Brain project whose objectives are: the anatomical and functional microorganization of the neocortical spine and the development of biomedical technology (mainly computer science). He has been honored with numerous awards, some of the most notable: Krieg Cortical Kudos Award (1999) awarded to him by the Cajal Club (USA) for his contributions to the study of the structure of the cerebral cortex, as well as the Santiago Ramón y Cajal Chair. from the Mexican Academy of Sciences (2005) and the appointment of Honorary Member of the American Association of Anatomists (2013) in recognition of his exceptional achievements in the field of anatomical sciences.
Participates in Medialab Madrid with the text titled Cajal and the neural circuits for the catalog of the banquete_nodos y redes exhibition.
banquet 08_Nodes and networks