Santiago Ramón y Cajal(1852–1934)
MedicineSantiago Ramón y Cajal was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specialising in neuroanatomy, and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906. Ramón y Cajal was the first Spaniard to win a scientific Nobel Prize.
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1906in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system
University of MadridExternal Profiles
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Colegio Escuelas Pías of Jaca
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zaragoza
Universidad Central
Doctoral Advisors
Blas Cabrera FelipeAureliano Maestre de San Juan
Career Timeline
University of Valencia1884–1887
University of Barcelona1887–1892
Universidad Central1892–present
Positions & Roles
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicinepresidentmember of the Senate of Spainfull professorSenator for Life of Spainvocal of the Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones científicasMember of the Royal Spanish Academymember of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesRussian Academy of SciencesRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and SciencesChinese Academy of Sciences
Top Publications
Histologie du système nerveux de l'homme & des vertébrés
19091,411 citations
Clinical implications of intratumor heterogeneity: challenges and opportunities
Journal of Molecular Medicine2020427 citations
Molecular Diagnosis of Diffuse Gliomas through Sequencing of Cell-Free Circulating Tumor DNA from Cerebrospinal Fluid
Clinical Cancer Research2018166 citations
Peripheral and lung resident memory T cell responses against SARS-CoV-2
Nature Communications2021147 citations
ITGB3-mediated uptake of small extracellular vesicles facilitates intercellular communication in breast cancer cells
Nature Communications2020130 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
SS
Shimon Sakaguchi
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
ME
Mary E. Brunkow
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
FR
Fred Ramsdell
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
KK
Katalin Karikó
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
VA
Victor Ambros
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)

Gary Ruvkun
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)

Drew Weissman
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)

Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
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