{"id":3934,"date":"2024-09-17T06:48:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T06:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/creatio\/?post_type=actualitat&#038;p=3934"},"modified":"2024-09-17T06:55:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T06:55:12","slug":"ernest-arenas-cases","status":"publish","type":"actualitat","link":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/creatio\/actualitat\/ernest-arenas-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"En mem\u00f2ria del Dr. Ernest Arenas Cases (1962 \u2013 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>El \u201c<em>Professor<\/em>\u201d Ernest Arenas ens ha deixat de manera prematura i inesperada. Brillant neurocient\u00edfic i excel\u00b7lent persona. Una vida dedicada a la ci\u00e8ncia, abordant un dels principals reptes m\u00e8dics de la nostra societat: la cerca de tractaments per a les malalties neurodegeneratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El Dr Arenas va n\u00e9ixer el 1962 a Lleida, encara que va passar la seva inf\u00e0ncia a Manresa. L\u2019Ernest va estudiar Medicina i Cirurgia a la Universitat de Lleida. Posteriorment va fer la seva tesi doctoral a la Universitat de Barcelona sota la supervisi\u00f3 del Dr Jordi Alberch. Durant la seva etapa predoctoral, l\u2019Ernest ja va destacar per la seva capacitat de treball i pel seu esperit cr\u00edtic, innovador i creatiu. A banda de m\u00faltiples articles sobre la regulaci\u00f3 farmacol\u00f2gica de l&#8217;alliberament d&#8217;acetilcolina al nucli estriat, que va publicar durant la seva etapa predoctoral, cal destacar l&#8217;article que va aconseguir publicar a la revista Journal of Neuroscience, que podr\u00edem considerar un dels primers treballs realitzats per un grup exclusivament espanyol el 1991, quan la neuroci\u00e8ncia, o la ci\u00e8ncia en general no era gaire competitiva a Espanya. Aix\u00f2 afegeix un m\u00e8rit addicional al treball i la genialitat de l\u2019Ernest. La seva tesi doctoral va ser mereixedora del premi extraordinari. Un cop acabada la seva tesi doctoral, l\u2019Ernest es va traslladar al Karolinska Institute (Estocolm, Su\u00e8cia) l&#8217;any 1991 per fer una estada postdoctoral amb el Professor Hakan Persson amb la finalitat d&#8217;estudiar la funci\u00f3 de les neurotrofines al sistema nervi\u00f3s central que era un camp emergent i extremadament competitiu als anys 90s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Su\u00e8cia, l\u2019Ernest va tornar a destacar. El 1994, va aconseguir una pla\u00e7a d&#8217;<em>Associate Professor<\/em> al Karolinska Institute, i el 1998 es va consolidar amb una pla\u00e7a d&#8217;<em>Assistant Professor<\/em>. Des del 2002, l\u2019Ernest ha estat Catedr\u00e0tic en <em>Stem Cell Neurobiology<\/em> dirigint el laboratori de <em>Molecular Neurobiology<\/em> al Departament de Bioqu\u00edmica i Biof\u00edsica Cl\u00ednica del Karolinska Institute. Ha realitzat importants contribucions cient\u00edfiques en el coneixement del desenvolupament i la regeneraci\u00f3 de les neurones dopamin\u00e8rgiques de la via nigroestriatal, aix\u00ed com la possible implicaci\u00f3 de la diferenciaci\u00f3 de c\u00e8l\u00b7lules mare en ter\u00e0pies regeneratives per a la malaltia de Parkinson. Aquests resultats han estat publicats a les millors revistes cient\u00edfiques com Science i Nature, entre d&#8217;altres. L\u2019Ernest tamb\u00e9 ha rebut nombrosos premis i reconeixements a nivell nacional i internacional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019Ernest va ser diagnosticat amb una insufici\u00e8ncia renal a una edat molt primerenca, per\u00f2 aix\u00f2 va enfortir el seu car\u00e0cter, sempre amb una visi\u00f3 de vida pragm\u00e0tica i resolutiva, que no li va impedir realitzar una productiva vida cient\u00edfica, i una plena vida personal. El seu treball es va centrar en la investigaci\u00f3 sobre les causes de les malalties neurol\u00f2giques i en el descobriment de possibles tractaments innovadors i efica\u00e7os. L\u2019Ernest sempre ha estat un exemple per la seva gran intel\u00b7lig\u00e8ncia i capacitat de superar adversitats, amb una gran dedicaci\u00f3 als altres, especialment a la seva fam\u00edlia, la seva dona Carmen i les seves filles Clara i Julia, per\u00f2 tamb\u00e9 als seus col\u00b7legues cient\u00edfics establint estrets vincles professionals i personals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tot i realitzar majorit\u00e0riament la seva carrera professional a Su\u00e8cia, l\u2019Ernest sempre va mantenir una forta vinculaci\u00f3 amb la ci\u00e8ncia catalana i espanyola. El seu esperit cr\u00edtic i constructiu va fer que particip\u00e9s com a assessor extern a diferents institucions catalanes i espanyoles aportant idees creatives que han perm\u00e8s millorar les nostres institucions cient\u00edfiques. Tamb\u00e9 va participar a molts projectes europeus i internacionals amb investigadors del nostre pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El \u201cProfessor\u201d Ernest Arenas \u00e9s un exemple de capacitat intel\u00b7lectual, de creativitat, i tamb\u00e9 de superaci\u00f3; \u00e9s i continuar\u00e0 sent un referent cient\u00edfic nacional i internacional al camp de la Neuroci\u00e8ncia, i concretament a l&#8217;estudi de la implicaci\u00f3 terap\u00e8utica de les c\u00e8l\u00b7lules mare en la malaltia de Parkinson. La seva empremta cient\u00edfica i personal perdurar\u00e0 per a futures generacions. \u00c9s una gran p\u00e8rdua per a la neuroci\u00e8ncia catalana, espanyola i internacional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tots els seus col\u00b7laboradors i amics el recordarem tant a nivell professional com personal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona a, 16 de setembre de 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordi Alberch, Esther Perez-Navarro, Josep M Canals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Institut de Neuroci\u00e8ncies de la Universitat de Barcelona<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3935,"template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>En mem\u00f2ria del Dr. Ernest Arenas Cases (1962 \u2013 2024) - Creatio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"El \u201cProfessor\u201d Ernest Arenas ens ha deixat de manera prematura i inesperada. 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