Antonio Liras, PhD, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, and International Campus of Excellence, Spain.

Antonio Liras is President of the Scientific Commission at the Royal Foundation "Victoria Eugenia" of Haemophilia and Professor of Physiology at the Biology School, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, where he had obtained the Degrees in Pharmacy, in 1979, and in Chemical Sciences in 1986, and the PhD in Pharmacy, in 1988. During that same year he obtained the Certificate of Specialist Pharmacist in Clinical Analysis by the Undersecretary's Office of Education and Science and later, in 2003, the European Certificate of Clinical Chemistry by the European Communities Confederation of Clinical Chemistry (Brussels-EC4). His educational and scientific activity has been developed for more than 25 years at different european universities such as the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid and the Universidad of Milan, and in prestigious research centers as the Molecular Biology Center "Severo Ochoa" of Madrid and the Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta" in Milan and, from November 2002 until present, in the Physiology Department, Biology School, at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. All this work was officially recognised, in August 2003, by the National Agency for Quality Evaluation and Accreditation and his Scientific Research Quality was officially evaluated and recognised, in 2006, by the National Agency of Evaluation of the Research Activity. His scientific work in the fields of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Gene Therapy has been focused on the molecular and genetic aspects of physiological and physiopathological processes. This research activity resulted in the organization of post degree and specialized courses in these areas. He also participated in research projects supported by national and international entities like the  "Molecular Dystrophy Association Research Department" of New York or the "Commission of the European Communities" for the Human Genome Project. All this work has led to the involvement in 12 research projects; the supervision and evaluation of several Doctoral Theses; the author or co-author of over 40 peer-reviewer publications; over 100 publications including reviews, invited editorial and educational articles; and over 20 educational and scientific books, and attendance and participation in over 40 scientific congresses. He has been member of several national and international scientific committees like the Commission of Experts named by the Undersecretary's Office of Health (Spanish Ministry of Health) for the evaluation of grants for people with haemophilia and other congenital blood coagulation disorders, infected with hepatitis C virus. As Vicepresident of the Scientific Commission of the Royal Foundation "Victoria Eugenia" of Haemophilia, he is responsible for promotion and evaluation of the research grants for projects in haemophilia financially supported by this Royal Foundation. Dr. Antonio Liras is the director of several courses of the Continued Training Program on Hemophilia for haemophiliac patients and their relatives, organized by Spanish Federation of Haemophilia through the Spanish Federation of Hemophilia Journal. He is also director of the International Course in Hemophilia and other bleeding inherited disorders, the Spanish equivalent to the International Course in Hemophilia in Malmö, Sweden, and of the Musculoeskeletic Course in Hemophilia and other bleeding inherited disorders. Dr. Antonio Liras is on the editorial board of several scientific journals and is national coordinator of a project on ex vivo non-viral gene therapy and cell therapy for hemophilia using mesenchymal stem cells from adult adipose tissue, in collaboration with the Cell Therapy Laboratory at La Paz Hospital of Madrid. This project has received several awards for best research initiative in hemophilia from the Spanish Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, the Royal Foundation "Victoria Eugenia" of Haemophilia.