Xavier Soberón leads Mexico’s National Institute of Genomic Medicine. Originally a chemist, he has been interested in the chemical synthesis of DNA and its applications, but has recently focused on the genetic make-up of Latino and Mexican populations and the genomics of parasites and the microbiomes of respiratory disease. He has served as director of...
Michael Schatz’s laboratory develops novel computational methodologies and algorithms to aid in the interpretation of large scale sequencing projects. He is interested in the structure and function of genomes, as well as the technology necessary to store and analyze them. Prof Schatz has received the Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, an NSF Early Career Award and has been named a Young...
Elaine Mardis is interested in cancer and the genomics and transcriptomics associated with its development. Her expertise includes the analysis of data from next generation sequencing technologies and the bridging between basic research and clinical practice. She has received the Scripps Translational Research Award and her work on cancer genomics has been featured as one of...
James Lupski studies de novo rearrangements in the human genome and their role in complex and Mendelian human diseases. His laboratory uses next generation sequencing approaches and other methodologies to uncover mechanisms by which these rearrangements occur, as well as the particular phenotypes they lead to. He has been the recipient of various awards, among them the Bloemendal...
Evan Eichler studies genome evolution and mechanisms of recent gene duplication in the human genome, as well as their impact on genome instability and emergence of new gene function. He develops methods for systematically identifying these variants and assessing their association with phenotypic differences. His main contributions include the characterization of segmental duplications and human...
Julio Collado leads the Computational Genomics Program at UNAM. He develops computational methods for studying the regulation of gene expression in bacteria, especially in E. coli. He participated in the annotation of the initial E. coli genome and is behind the creation of one of the most used databases of bacterial regulatory networks, RegulonDB, continuously...
Bruce Stillman studies the biological processes by which cells replicate their DNA and divide. His laboratory has identified many proteins involved in these tasks, as well as their roles in human disease. Under his leadership, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has been recognized as one of the best molecular biology institutions in the world, and he...
Rafael Palacios obtained the M.D. degree in 1969 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); and the Ph.D. degree in 1970 under the mentorship of Dr Guillermo Soberon (UNAM). He made a postdoctoral training in Stanford University with Dr Robert Schimke from 1971 to 1973. Since his return to Mexico he has worked in UNAM...
Carlos Arámburo de la Hoz received his PhD from the Faculty of Chemistry at the National University of Mexico and pursued postdoctoral work at Rutgers University. His area of expertise is neuroendocrinology. He is a researcher at the National University of Mexico and has taught in the Faculty of Sciences and the Institutes of Biomedical...
William Lee obteined his P.h. D. In Phisics in The University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. In 1998 he was incorporated as researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of UNAM, where he has olso served as Director. He has reacently been appointed as Coordinator of Scientific Research of UNAM by the current Rector Dr Enrique Graue...
