Francisco Sánchez Madrid. Santiago Ramón y Cajal National Research Award. Biology.

Awarded Francisco Sánchez Madrid, Professor of Immunology at the Autonomous University of Madrid. For its contribution to biomedical research in the field of intercellular communication processes, adhesion, migration and activation of leukocytes and for the impact that this has had on the study of chronic inflammatory diseases. These merits, together with the international impact of his scientific career, the relevance of his work of training and tutoring young Spanish scientists and the biotechnological applications of his discoveries, make him worthy of this distinction.