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]