Presently professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and head of the Neurotransmission Research team at the University of Ottawa, Dr. José-María Trifaró was born and raised in Argentina, graduating in medicine with honours from the University of Buenos Aires in 1961.  Internationally renowned as a biomedical researcher, Dr. Trifaró is recognized for demonstrating the presence and the function of different proteins in secretion and is inconstant demand worldwide by major conferences as a guest speaker. His research has been supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada for more than 30 years. [Photo, courtesy Consulate General of Argentina]