Latin America 2006
From 2006.igem.org
Project
Students
Jose Antonio Valencia-Castellanos
My name is Jose Antonio Valencia-Castellanos. I am a Systems Engineer and Computer Science student at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Cali, Colombia. I am really excited about joining the Latin American Group for this competition because it is an opportunity for researchers from the called “third world countries” to get actively involved in cutting edge fields such as Synthetic Biology. I hope our involvement sets the foundation stone for a Latin American Community that will explore and develop inspiring research projects in this field. All my of my research work has been related to bioinformatics so far. I started my academic training in bioinformatics at McGill University during my exchange year. Afterwards I worked as a Research Assistant for Professor Michael Hallett at the McGill Centre for Bioinformatics. During this time, I was involved in a large project on identifying regulatory sub networks in Interaction Networks. This work was the basis of my undergraduate thesis that I will present soon at my home university. Last but not least important, I would like to express my strong motivation for what we are about to explore in this competition. I am looking forward to use my knowledge and experience in Bioinformatics to develop something interesting and challenging in Synthetic Biology.
Claudia Guevara
E-mail : guevara.c@javeriana.edu.co,
Anabelle Camarotti
Carlos Rincón
Estudiante de Ingeniería en sistemas con énfasis en las áreas de computación. Claridad conceptual para el desarrollo de software, habilidades para la estructuración y liderazgo de proyectos, el trabajo en equipo y el manejo de relaciones interpersonales. Dominio de Inglés e interés por la actualización profesional.
Elizabeth Contreras
Intereses: Pediatría, Medicina intensivista, Infectología, Embriología, Enfermedades crónicas en el ser humano. Biología, Microbiología, Parasitología, Nutrición. Genética en General, Campo de la investigación en general. Desarrollo profesional y personal.
Elizabeth is a student from República Dominicana
Email: lizcontreras10@gmail.com
Olga Brea Peña
Francisco Contreras
Francisco is a student from The Dominican Republic. Intereses: Campo de la Investigación. Tecnología; computadoras, creación de programas, com Auto Cad. Área de ingeniería civil enfocada a mecánica de fluidos, hidráulica de canales, y mecánica de suelos. Creatividad; creaciones para el bien social. Alternativas de energía. Ampliación y aplicación de conocimientos adquiridos. Email: franciscojcontrerasm@hotmail.com
Lorena Ibarguen My name is Lorena and am currently attending Alief Karr High School. I have a strong interest in the medical field. My future career is to be a M.D. with a specialty in Gynecology. This profession draws me close because I want to make a difference by helping women. Another career that I am interested in is Infectious Tropical Disease. What makes this career appealing is that in my home country many people live and die with these diseases, and there are so few doctors and help to cure these patients.
Olga Brea Peña
Is a student from The Dominican Republic.
Intereses: Campo de la Investigación en general, Cirugía general, Neurología. Genética, Malaria, VIH/SIDA. Virus y Bacterias y su incidencia en el hombre, Ingeniería de Tejidos, Citología, Biología. Música Clásica
Sandra
Alex Quintero
Fernando Rebello
Advisors
Dr Raul Cuero,(PhD)
Dr. Raul Cuero, (PhD), Microbiologist, Distinguished Professor.Research Leader, Scientist and Contact Person for Prairie View A&M University iGEM 2006 group. Dr Cuero holds 8 scientific inventions and more than 90 scientific publications.Dr Cuero is currently working on fungal toxins at the molecular level, and on biogenesis. He is also the author of the book "Triumph and Survival".
