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María Teresa Miras Portugal

María Teresa Miras Portugal is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand María Teresa Miras Portugal rather than just read about it. In short: María Teresa Miras Portugal (19 February 1948 – 27 May 2021) was a Spanish scientist, pharmacist, biochemist, molecular biologist and Emeritus professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. She was a member of the Spanish "Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia" and served as President of this Institution from 2007 to 2013, becoming the first woman to be elected for this position in a Spanish "Real Academia".

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Reference excerpt

María Teresa Miras Portugal (19 February 1948 – 27 May 2021) was a Spanish scientist, pharmacist, biochemist, molecular biologist and Emeritus professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. She was a member of the Spanish "Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia" and served as President of this Institution from 2007 to 2013, becoming the first woman to be elected for this position in a Spanish "Real Academia". She was Honorary President. She was also a member of several scientific institutions such as the Spanish Biophysical Society, the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Spanish Society of Neuroscience, the European Society for Neurochemistry, the International Society for Neurochemistry, the Advisory Board of Chromaffin Cells, the Purinergic Club, the editorial board of the Journal of Neurochemistry, the IUPHAR sub-committee for the nomenclature of P2Y nucleotide receptors and the Scientific Panel of the NATO.

Biography María Teresa Miras Portugal was born in 1948 in O Carballiño (Orense), where she completed her primary and secondary studies. She started her university studies in Pharmacy in the University of Santiago de Compostela and continued them at the Complutense University of Madrid. Her marks at the Licenciate university degree led her to get a Special Mention at National Level. She completed a PhD in Sciences at the University of Strasbourg and Pharmacy at the Complutense University of Madrid. She later became a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Oviedo, the University of Murcia and the Complutense University of Madrid. In her more than 40 years engaged in research, she focused in the study of nucleotide receptors and their impact on neurodegenerative diseases and published more than 350 research articles in specialized journals, combining this research with teaching and institutional work. In 2012, she was appointed president of the Committee of Experts for the study of the need for reforms in the Spanish university system.

Awards In 2005 she received the Alberto Sols Medal to Research in Biochemistry, in 2008 the María Josefa Wonenburger Planells Prize by the Xunta de Galicia, in 2011 the Community of Madrid honoured her with the Miguel Catalán Research Award for her entire professional career and in 2016 in Galicia received the Castelao Medal. She was given honorary doctorates from the University of Murcia and the King Juan Carlos University and was an honorific member of the Academia Nacional de Farmacia y Bioquímica de Argentina, Académie Nationale de Pharmacie de France, Académie Européenne des Sciences des Arts et des Lettres and the European Academy (physiology and medicine).

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Example 1 — a first encounter with María Teresa Miras Portugal

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what María Teresa Miras Portugal claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to María Teresa Miras Portugal before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about María Teresa Miras Portugal ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of María Teresa Miras Portugal

In research: María Teresa Miras Portugal appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses María Teresa Miras Portugal in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: María Teresa Miras Portugal is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1948 births, 2021 deaths, Academic staff of the Complutense University of Madrid, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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