Mercè Durfort: A lifetime love of biology

Authors

  • Carme Auladell Costa Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia. Facultat de Biologia. Universitat de Barcelona
  • Maria Gràcia Bozzo Duran Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia. Facultat de Biologia. Universitat de Barcelona

  • DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.02.220

Keywords:

cytology, histology, teaching, role-model teacher

Abstract

 

Mercè Durfort Coll was a biologist and a teacher. Devoted heart and soul to science and teaching, she was a kind person who was very curious about the world and stood in scientific awe of the seminal neurobiology work of Santia­go Ramón y Cajal. Moreover, she has been a role model for the students of over forty graduation classes, first at the University of Barcelona’s Faculty of Sciences and subsequently at its Faculty of Biology. She was an honorary mem­ber of the Catalan Society of Biology.

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Author Biographies

Carme Auladell Costa, Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia. Facultat de Biologia. Universitat de Barcelona

Professora titular del Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia de la Facultat de Biologia de la Universitat de Barcelona. Docent de les assignatures de biologia cel·lular, histologia i neurobiologia. Fa recerca en l’àmbit de la neurobiologia, en concret en estudis de neurodegeneració i neuroprotecció amb models experimentals de malalties neurodegeneratives. Investigadora principal del grup Estratègies Farmacològiques per a la Neuroprotecció de l’Institut de Neurociències de la Universitat de Barcelona. Responsable del Grup de Recerca en Envelliment i Neurodegeneració, reconegut per la Generalitat de Catalunya, i membre del Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, en l’àrea de malalties neurodegeneratives.

Maria Gràcia Bozzo Duran, Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia. Facultat de Biologia. Universitat de Barcelona

Professora titular del Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia de la Facultat de Biologia de la Universitat de Barcelona, des del 1986 fins al 2009, on va impartir les assignatures de biologia cel·lular, histologia, histopatologia i fonaments de biologia avançada. Ha col·laborat en el Diccionari de la llengua catalana i en vocabularis científics de l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Published

2024-01-24

Issue

Vol. 73 (2023)

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