CURRICULUM VITA
Andres Campos, Ph.D.
NAME: Andrés Campos
BIRTH DATE: February 23, 1963
NATIONALITY: Mexican
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree: Facultad de Ciencias (School of Science).
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National
University of Mexico). 1983-1986. Major in Biology. Grade
average: 93.5. Date of degree: August 19, 1988.
BSc Thesis:" Taenia solium: Clonación y caracterización parcial
de un gen de actina" ("Taenia solium: Cloning and partial
sequencing of an actin gene"). Principal advisor Dr. Juan Pedro
Laclette at Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM
(National University of Mexico).
Masters degree: Maestría en Investigación Biomédica Básica
(Biomedical Research). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
(UNAM) (National University of Mexico). 1988-1990. Area:
Molecular biology. Principal advisor: Dr. Juan Pedro Laclette.
Grade average: 98.3. Date of degree: June 7, 1990.
Masters Thesis: "Clonación y secuenciación de dos genes de actina
de Taenia solium (Cestoda)" ("Cloning and sequencing of two actin
genes from Taenia solium [Cestoda]"). Principal advisor Dr. Juan
Pedro Laclette at Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM
(National University of Mexico).
PhD degree: Doctorado en Investigación Biomédica Básica
(Biomedical Research). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
(UNAM) (National University of Mexico). 1991-1994. Area:
Molecular biology. Principal advisor: Dr. Juan Pedro Laclette.
Grade average: 95.33. Date of degree: September 28, 1994.
PhD Thesis: Inferencia filogenética del Phylum Platyhelminthes
usando secuencias génicas ("Phylogenetic relationships of the
Platyhelminthes based on DNA sequences"). Principal advisor Dr.
Juan Pedro Laclette at Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas,
UNAM (National University of Mexico).
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, HONORS OR OTHER RECOGNITION:
1st honors, Thesis and Master dissertation. Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México (National University of Mexico). June 7, 1990.
Candidate to National Research. National System of Researches.
SEP-CONACYT. June 1991 to July 1995.
Scholarship for Master studies (2 years: 1989-1990) conferring by
"Consejo Nacional de ciencia y Tecnología" (CONACYT) (National
Council of Science and Tecnology, Mexico).
Scholarship for PhD studies (3 years: 1991-1994) conferring by
"Consejo Nacional de ciencia y Tecnología" (CONACYT) (National
Council of Science and Tecnology, Mexico).
Grant for PhD studies (1 year: 1991) conferring by Programa de
Apoyo a las divisiones de estudios de Posgrado" (PADEP), UNAM
(National University of Mexico).
Grant for PhD studies (1 year: 1992) conferring by PADEP, UNAM
(National University of Mexico).
Grant for PhD studies (1 year: 1993) conferring by PADEP, UNAM
(National University of Mexico).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor (Postdoctoral position).
Department of Bioenergetics (Lab. 322-N). Instituto de Fisiología
Celular (Cellular Physiology Institute), Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National University of Mexico).
May 1, 1994 to May 31, 1996.
TEACHING:
Professor: Select Topics of Molecular Biology: "Molecular aspects
of the study of eukaryotic parasites". Instituto de
Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM (National University of Mexico).
2o. semester of 1991.
Invited professor molecular biology. 1990 (90-II). Instituto de
Fisiología Celular, U.N.A.M.
"Curso introductorio a la biología molecular" (Teórico-practico).
(Introductory course to molecular biology / theoretical and
practical).
Invited professor molecular biology. 1991 (91-II). Instituto de
Fisiología Celular, U.N.A.M.
"Métodos para el estudio de la estructura de proteinas". Tópico:
Mutagénesis dirigida.
("Methods for the study of protein structure". Topic: "Directed
mutagenesis").
Invited professor molecular biology. 1992-1993. Sección de
Graduados de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del
Instituto Politecnico Nacional.
"Genetic engineering and its applications". Topics:
"Electrophoresis of DNA and restriction maps" (1992),
"Phylogenetic inferences of the Phylum Platyhelminthes based on
DNA sequences" (1993).
Invited professor molecular biology. 1993-1994. Sección de
Graduados de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del
Instituto Politécnico Nacional.
"Genetic engineering and its applications". Topics:
"Electrophoresis of DNA and restriction maps" (1993),
"Phylogenetic inferences of the Phylum Platyhelminthes based on
DNA sequences" (1994).
Invited professor molecular biology. 1994-1995. Sección de
Graduados de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del
Instituto Politécnico Nacional.
"Genetic engineering and its applications". Topics:
"Electrophoresis of DNA and restriction maps" (1994),
"Phylogenetic inferences of the Phylum Platyhelminthes based on
DNA sequences" (1995).
Invited professor molecular biology. 1996. Sección de Graduados
de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del Instituto
Politécnico Nacional.
"Genetic engineering and its applications". Topics:
"Electrophoresis of DNA and restriction maps" (1994),
"Chromosomal organization of flagellar genes in Rhodobacter
sphaeroides".
Professor: Select Topics of Molecular Biology (adhoc curse): "The
bacteria flagellum and protein export systems". Instituto de
Fisiología celular, UNAM (National University of Mexico). 2o.
semester of 1995.
PUBLICATIONS:
Campos, A., Bernard, P., Fauconnier, A., Landa, A., Gómez, E.,
Hernández, R., Willms, K. and Laclette, J.P. (1990) Cloning and
sequencing of two actin genes from Taenia solium (Cestoda). Mol.
Biochem. Parasitol. 40: 87-94
Blair D., Campos, A., Cummings, C. M. and Laclette, J. P. (1996)
Evolutionary biology of parasitic platyhelminths: The role of
molecular phylogenetics. Parasitology Today. 12: 66-71
Ballado T., Campos, A., Camarena, L. and Dreyfus G. (1996)
Flagellar genes from Rhodobacter sphaeroides are homologous to
genes of the fliF operon of Salmonella typhimurium and to the
type-III secretion system. Gene 170: 69-72
PAPERS SUBMITTED (IN REVISION):
Andrés Campos, Michael Cummings, José Luis Reyes and Juan Pedro
Laclette. Phylogenetic relationships of Platyhelminthes based
on 18S ribosomal sequences.
Submitted to Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Alan Fauconnier, Abdelmounaaïm Allaoui, Andrés Campos,
Ary Van Elsen, Guy R. Cornelis and Alex Bollen. Flagellar flhA, flhB and
flhE genes, organised in an operon, cluster upstream from the inv locus in
Yersinia enterocolitica.
Submitted to Microbiology.
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