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Wilson Moya, Christian Andrés Marcelo

Wilson Moya, Christian Andrés Marcelo

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Chile
Current country of residence
Chile
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Christian A.M. Wilson is an assistant professor of the University of Chile, at the department of biochemistry and molecular biology. He holds a doctorate degree in biochemistry with a postdoctoral training at the University of California at Berkeley under the supervision of professors Carlos Bustamante and Susan Marqusee. His group is focused, among others, on determining the importance of the force associated to the domain movements of different protein to perform their function. He is a young scientist who has participated in several projects as principal investigator and director of the network of studies in biochemistry/biophysics of manipulation of individual molecules. He has had an outstanding role in the development of new methods for measuring enzyme activity, such as a method for measuring the glycogen synthase, enzyme involved in diabetes, which has been used by other investigators. Also, Wilson is a regional expert in the field of single molecule manipulation. He has current collaborations and publications with Chilean, and foreign scientists. Wilson has assembled the first optical tweezers instrument to measure individual molecules in the country.
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Last updated on 12/07/2023

Gonzalez Munoz, Pablo Alberto

Gonzalez Munoz, Pablo Alberto

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Chile
Current country of residence
Chile
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I am an Associate Investigator at the Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy (www.imii.cl; Center of Excellence) and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile. I am a Biochemist from the same University and have a PhD in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. I have specialized in the field of immunology and more specifically in research areas that involve the interaction between pathogenic microbes and the host's immune system. My experimental work has focused over the years on bacteria, as well as viruses, such as the human respiratory syncytial virus, metapneumovirus and herpes simplex viruses. I performed two post-doctorates, one of them at the P. Universidad Católica de Chile and the other at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA. There, I trained on microbial genetics. Highlights of my research include work on a novel vaccine candidate against herpes simplex viruses and studying fundamental aspects of immunology. Some of my research studies have been published in journal such as PNAS and eLife.
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Av. Portugal 49, Santiago, CHILE
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Last updated on 12/07/2023

Chaimovich, Hernán

Chaimovich, Hernán

Current nationality
Brazil
Current country of residence
Brazil
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Chaimovich is an Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, U. São Paulo (IQUSP), Brazil; Adjunct Coordinator for Special Programs, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Former positions: Director, IQUSP; Research Provost, USP; President Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Vice-President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, President of the Brazilian Science and Technology Council, CNPq; Vice-President for External Affairs, ICSU; Co-Chair, InterAmerican Network of Academies of Science. His research focuses on fundamental and applied aspects of surfactant aggregates in Chemistry and Biochemistry, including experimental and theoretical analysis of specific ion effects on the properties of surfactant aggregates. Prizes and Distinctions: Brazilian Order for Scientific Merit; TWAS Medal; Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques, France; Scopus Prize, Elsevier. He is a member of the Academies of Science of Brazil, Chile, Latin America, and Venezuela and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (USA). Contributes regularly to publications in national and international Science Policy.
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Last updated on 19/08/2026

Brandan, María Ester


Current nationality
Chile
Current country of residence
Mexico
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Brandan is Professor of Physics at Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). She holds a BSc from Universidad de Chile and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her research interests have been experimental heavy-ion physics (some years ago) and medical physics (more recently). Her present research focuses on thermoluminescent dosimetry for highly ionizing radiation and the physics of radiological images. Organizer of the UNAM MSc (Medical Physics) programme in 1997 was responsible for its academic guidance until 2017. She has received the 2000 UNAM Catedrático recognition, the 2003 Mexican Physics Society Award for the Development of Physics in Mexico and the 2013 UNAM Universidad Nacional Award for Research in Exact Sciences. Memberships include the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society (1997 Fellow of the Nuclear Physics Division), the Mexican Physics Society (past President of the Nuclear and Medical Physics Divisions), and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (2018 Fellow). María-Ester Brandan chaired the International Solid State Dosimetry Organization and is presently a commissioner of ICRU.
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+52 (55) 56225059
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Instituto de Física UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, 04511 Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Last updated on 20/08/2026
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