- Evaluate the risk of HEV transmission associated with 39 pig and wild boar meat-derived products in Uruguay.
- Conduct RNA extraction from 24 pork liver pâté and 15 sausages and assess both quantity and quality.
- Foster collaboration with Institut Pasteur Montevideo with cDNA from pâté samples.
Department of Virology, Universidad de la República, UY
PI: Santiago Mirazo, Ph.D.
- Operate comparative study of complex ligand-receptor of human PPARg with fluorescent probes derived from BODIPY, 2kz6.
- Implement Structural analysis of the active site from 20 different PDB entries.
- Develop modeling and optimization of 20 BODIPY derivates and protonated BODIPY, e.g. 2kz6.
Computational Chemistry and Biology Group, Universidad de la República, UY
PI: Mauricio Vega, Ph.D.
Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, Universidad de la República.
Expected Graduation: March 2021.
- SciDAVis
- R studio
- Mega 7
- Chromas
- NCBI BLAST
- Avogadro
- PyMOL
- MOE
- GOLD
- Chimera
- Gaussian
- Lima, A.; Bremermann, V.; Martínez, G. & Martínez, M. Microorganisms as sources of enzymes with the biotechnological application. Poster presentation delivered at the Seminar of Research in Biological Science, Montevideo, November 27, 2015.
- Lima, A.; Cancela, Florencia; Arbiza, Juan & Mirazo, Santiago. Detection and characterization of the Hepatitis E virus in products driver from pork meat. Poster presentation delivered at the Meeting of Young Microbiologists, Montevideo, December 4, 2020.
- Spanish
- English
- Portuguese
- Member, American Society for Microbiology.
- Member, American Society for Virology.
- Member, International Society for Antiviral Research.
- Member, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
- Member, American Chemical Society.
- Member, Uruguayan Society of Microbiology.
- Member, Uruguayan Chemistry and Pharmacy Society.
- Course, Viruses & How to Beat Them: Cells, Immunity, Vaccines, Tel Aviv University.
- Course, Proteins: Biology’s Workforce, Rice University.
- Course, Managing Projects Effectively, ACS
- Course, Running Productive Meetings, ACS
- Course, Becoming an Effective Contributor, ACS
- Course, Matching Interests with Goals, ACS