Prof. Dr. Francisco J. Barrantes, Head, Molec. Neurobiology Unit, BIOMED UCA-CONICET. MD., Ph.D. Univ. Buenos Aires (1973). Former joint head of Membrane Biophysics Unit (1978-1983) with Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann (Nobel awardees Med. & Physiol. 1999), at Max-Planck Inst. for Biophys. Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany. Collaborations in Germany with Peter Zingsheim and Joachim Frank (Nobel awardee in Chemistry 2017). Head, Scientific & Technol. Research Council of Argentina, Bahia Blanca. Chairholder, UNESCO Chair of Molec. Neurobiology & Biophysics. Long-lasting collaboration with Stefan Hell (Nobel awardee in Chemistry 2014). Awards: TWAS award in Biology; Fellow, Guggenheim Mem. Foundation; Human Frontiers Sci. Progr. Fellow; Royal Society, UK; De Robertis Medal; Alexander von Humboldt Found. Award; Uniao Latina Prize, Portugal; Konex Award; Sarojini Damodaran Intl. Trust, India; Consecration Medal, Acad. Sci. Argentina. Gregorio Weber Award Biophys. Soc. USA. Member of following Academies:TWAS, Trieste; Natl. Acad. of Medicine, Natl. Acad. Sciences, Argentina; Brazilian Acad. Sci.; European Acad. Sci.; Indian Sci. Acad.; Latin American Acad; Hong-Kong Core Acad. Sci.  300 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 2 books. Research interests: understanding structure-functional interactions of synaptic receptors in health and disease (Alzheimer, Parkinson) using an intertwined combination of biophysical approaches.