Background
Padron, Raul Alejandro was born on May 7, 1950 in Caracas. Son of Juan J. and Isabel B. (Crema) Padron.
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Raul Alejandro Padron, Venezuelan Biologist. Research grantee Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1985-1995, National Institutes of Health-Fogarty, 1991-1992; International research scholar Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1997; recipient Lorenzo Mendoza Fleury prize Fundacion Polar, 1991. Fellow Biophysics Society.
Education
Degree in electrical engineering, University Central Venezuela, 1974. Master of Science in Biology, Institute Venezolano Cientificas, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy summa cum laude, Institute Venezolano Cientificas, 1979.
Career
Associate investigator, Institute Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, 1979-1994; tenured investigator, Institute Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, since 1994. Postdoctoral fellow Medical Research Council, Cambridge, England, 1980-1982. Visiting scientist European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany, 1981, SERC, Daresbury, England, 1982, U. Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, since 1984, consultant, since 1984.
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Membership
Fellow Biophysics Society.
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Married Beulah M. Griffe, June 4, 1990. Children: Melissa, Charles, Loreana, Juan-Raul.
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Venezuelan
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Research grantee Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1985-1995, National Institutes of Health-Fogarty, 1991-1992. International research scholar Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1997. Recipient Lorenzo Mendoza Fleury prize Fundacion Polar, 1991.Research grantee Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1985-1995, National Institutes of Health-Fogarty, 1991-1992. International research scholar Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1997. Recipient Lorenzo Mendoza Fleury prize Fundacion Polar, 1991.