Gerardo Vázquez

I recently finished my program in Biotechnology – Advanced, and in the past, I acquired a B.Sc. in Biology and an M.Sc. in Biochemistry.

I have several internships in areas such as neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, molecular and cellular biology, and Biochemistry, where I learned different techniques such as laboratory animal management, neurosurgery in brain and dorsal spine on rats in models of neurodegenerative diseases, research about the brain progesterone receptor, cloning and protein expression of the TIMP 4 protein and the light antibody lambda chain native and mutants to determine the thermodynamic stability. In other laboratories, I had the opportunity to transfect U2OS cells to express and immunoprecipitatate eIF4E and the mutant S53A in cancer research. Another research was the study of LRF as one of the regulators in the metabolic pathways and transcription downstream of TORC1 in mammals.

Experience in research
Aug 1999 – Jan 2000. Internship. Basic training in laboratory techniques. Institute of Cellular Physiology. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). 

Sept 2005 – Nov 2005. Internship. Research Project on the mechanisms of damage to motor neurons in the spinal cord by excitotoxicity. Neuroscience Institute of Cellular Physiology. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Nov 2005 – Jun 2007. Internship. Roles of sex hormones on the central nervous system. Department of Biology Faculty of Chemistry. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Quantification of progesterone receptors in brain regions of rodents and amphibians.

Aug 2009 – May 2010. Internship. Cloning and expression of TIMP - 4 in bacterial cells. Department of functional genomic of Cancer. National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN). 

Jan 2015 – Ago 2015. Internship. U2OS transfection, expression and immunoprecipitation of eIF4E and mutant S53A. Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal.

Aug 2016 – Feb 2018. Internship. LRF as one of the regulators in the metabolic pathways and transcription
downstream of TORC1 in mammals. Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph.

Work Experience.

Jun 2003 – Sept 2003. Laboratory technician chemical. PROBIOMED. Plant Tenancingo.Responsible of the fermentation processes, sampling and culture conditions, and microbiological purity in cultures.

Ago 2013 – Dec 2013. Academic tutor. CENTRO UNIVERSITARIO IMEC. México, D.F. Tutored students in academic subjects areas of biology, bioethics, chemistry, and physics.

Jan 2014 – Sept 2014. Academic tutor. Institute ISECA. Tenancingo. Estado de México. Tutored students in academic subjects areas of chemistry and mathematics.

BTA. Biotechnology - Advanced. School of Biological Sciences & Applied Chemistry. Seneca Polytechnic. Seneca@York Campus. Toronto. ON.

Bsc.  Biology. Faculty of Science. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

M.Sc. Biochemistry. Institute of Chemistry. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).