Carlos Matute

Biosketch: Carlos Matute
Carlos Matute trained in physics and neuroscience at the University of Zaragoza, followed by postdoctoral work at the Brain Research Institute of the University of Zürich (with Michel Cuénod and Peter Streit) and at the University of California, Irvine (with Ricardo Miledi). He has also held visiting positions at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen) and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York).
He is Professor of Neuroscience at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), a member of CIBERNED and IIS Biobizkaia, and founder and former Scientific Director of the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience. He is also Adjunct Professor at Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is a member of Academia Europaea, President of the Spanish Society for Neuroscience (SENC), and Secretary General of Network Glia.
His research has focused on the biology of glial cells in health and disease, with seminal contributions to understanding how neurotransmitter signaling regulates oligodendrocyte function and survival. His current work explores myelin as a dynamic and potentially metabolic structure, combining human physiology, advanced imaging, and disease models to investigate its role in brain energy homeostasis and neurodegeneration