Luis Felipe Opazo

EDUCATION

College / University

Universidad de Chile
State University of New York SUNY

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology

Country

Chile

Lab Experience

Protein Modeling, Bioinformatics, Protocols in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology Proteins Biochemistry: expression purification

Projects / Research

1998 – 1999: Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Chile, Chemotaxis in Thiobazilus ferrooxidans.
2000: Plattsburg State University of New York, Alternative Oxidase Pathway (AOX) in Chlamidomonas reindhardii
2001: San Diego, California, International Workshop on “Drug Design” and “How to use CHARMm force field” in SGI interface with Insight II tools.
2002 – 2003: Millennium Institute CBB, University of Chile & EMBL Heidelberg; Master’s thesis entitled “Theoretical and Experimental Studies of the inhibition mechanism of the cycline dependent kinase, Cdk5 and it implication on Alzheimer disease”

Scholarships / Awards

2003 – 2004:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2002 – 2003:	Millennium Institute for Advanced Studies in Cell Biology (CBB)

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

Know a bit more of the complexity of the brain, looking forward to study neuropathologies and hopefully we could give some explanation of neurodegenerative phenomena.