Education |
1995 |
Extramural Assoc. Trainee, Federal Grants
Administration, National Institutes of Health |
| 1991 |
Post-Doctorate
in Biochemistry ,
Washington
State
University
|
| 1987 |
Ph.D. in Biochemistry,
Washington
State
University
,
Pullman
,
WA
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| Current Research, Teaching
and Professional Appointments |
2000
- Present |
Associate Dean of Research and Director of Graduate Studies |
| 1996
- Present |
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Ponce School of Medicine |
| 1996
- Present |
Co-Director of the Extramural Associates (EA)-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consortium of Puerto Rico |
| 1995
- Present |
Chairman of the Biomedical Research Committee at the Ponce School of Medicine |
| 1995
- Present |
Chairman, Department of Biochemistry, Ponce School of Medicine |
| 1993
- Present |
Director of the MBRS Program |
| 1988
- Present |
Chairman, Radioisotopes Committee, PSM |
| 1988
- Present |
Coordinator of the Annual Biomedical Research Symposium |
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| Recent Memberships of Professional Societies / Awards |
1999
- 2000 |
Distinguish Professor & Student Choice Award at the Ponce School of Medicine |
| 06/1998 |
Selected Participant of the Writing Winning Grants Workshop organized by the FASEB/MARC Program. FASEB Headquarters, Bethesda, MD, |
| 03/1998 |
Distinguish Professor - Student Choice Award at the Ponce School of Medicine |
| 03/1997 |
Distinguished Alumni Award given by the Pontifical Catholic University of P.R. |
| 05/1997 |
Researcher of the Year at the Ponce School of Medicine |
| 03/1997 |
Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence given by the American Medical Student Association [AMSA], Orlando, Florida |
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| Research
Title |
|
"Chaperonins from Chromatium vinosum" |
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"The Expression of Molecular Chaperones in Mitogen-Activated Human T Cells" |
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| Recent
Publications |
1998 |
J A Torres-Ruiz and M Bendayan. "Chaperonins 60` and CO-Chaperonin 10, from Chromatium vinosum ". Methods in Enzymology, 290, 147 |
| 1997 |
C S Velez-Granell, A E Arias, J A Torres-Ruiz and M Bendayan. "Presence of Chromatium vinosum Chaperonins 10 and 60 in Mitochondria and Peroxisomes of Rat Hepatocytes, Biol. Cell, 85, 67 |
| 1995 |
C S Velez-Granell, A E Arias, J A Torres-Ruiz, W K Kan, and M Bendayan. "Immunochemical Location of Chaperonin 10 and 60 in Rat Liver Tissue". Eur. J. Cell Biol., 85,1 |
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