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Margarita Salas, in an image of 2016. DAVID S. BUSTAMANTE

In 2008, King Juan Carlos created the Marquesado de Canero to grant it to the renowned scientist. His daughter, Lucia, will inherit the title

The Spanish scientist Margarita Salas dies

The renowned researcher Margarita Salas has died this Thursday in Madrid at age 80, at the Jiménez Díaz Foundation University Hospital.

Disciple of Severo Ochoa and internationally recognized for his work in the field of molecular biology, he received with discretion the title of Marquise de Canero from King Juan Carlos in July 2008, an acknowledgment that the Emeritus created for her and will now inherit predictably, after the relevant request, his daughter Lucia.

"The valuable delivery of Mrs. Margarita Salas Falgueras to the scientific research on molecular biology, carried out intensely and rigorously throughout her professional life, deserves to be recognized in a special way, so, wanting to show her my Real appreciation, I come in granting him the title of Marquise de Canero, for himself and his successors, in accordance with Spanish noble law, "said the letter granting his title of marquise.

The name of the marquisate corresponds to the Asturian town where he was born, although he soon moved to Madrid, where he graduated in Chemical Sciences from the Complutense University. And it was also in Madrid, in the Madrid town of Valdemorillo, where she lived with her husband, Eladio Viñuela (died in 1999), and her daughter. In a one-floor chalet with many windows, of clear brick and a beautiful interior patio.

Without jewelry

Discreet, austere and simple even in her way of dressing (pants jacket suits and blouses in sober tones for comfort), she was passionate about contemporary art and possessed works by Chillida and Palazuelo. Perhaps it was one of his greatest luxuries, since the steel Rolex on his wrist was a gift from his collaborators when he was named a member of the Academy of Sciences. "I do not like to wear other jewelry, not even earrings. The holes in my ears have closed," he confessed in 2010 in an interview with Out of Series.

His daughter Lucia (43) has not followed the scientific path of his parents (Eladio Viñuela dedicated his life to molecular biology as well), and has channeled his career in the field of communication. With a degree from the University of Saint Louis, she has worked in the communication departments of large companies since she finished her studies.

She started as head of the L'Oreal group (where she became the Director of Internal Communications), where she became the Deputy Director of Institutional Relations of the BBVA Foundation.

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