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Daniel Eduardo Almonacid Coronado

Assistant Professor

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


1) Mutations in whole-exome/genome sequences of tumors and of obese patients 2) Functional annotation of (meta)genomes 3) Discovery and re-engineering of enzymes for biotechnological applications 4) Evolution of function in families of proteins

Educación

  •  Biochemistry, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2004
  •  Biochemist, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2004
  •  Molecular Informatics, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Reino Unido, 2009

Experiencia Académica

  •   POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO

    SAN FRANCISCO, Estados Unidos

    2007 - 2012

  •   ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

    SANTIAGO, Chile

    2012 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Postdoctoral Scholar Full Time

    University of California San Francisco

    San Francisco, Estados Unidos

    2007 - 2012

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    Universidad Andrés Bello

    Santiago, Chile

    2012 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


Supervisor of Master & Undergraduate Students – Dept. Biology, U. Andrés Bello, Chile Mar ’13 - Present
I have supervised the research performed by students while performing their undergraduate rotations and Master thesis at the Center for Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology at Universidad Andres Bello. Students supervised are: José Soto, 2013-2014, Master in biochemistry; Daniel Pizarro, 2013-2014, Master in biochemistry; Juan Pablo Bascur, 2014, Master in biochemistry; Joselyn Peña, 2013, biotechnology engineering student; Nicole García, 2014, Master in biotechnology engineering; Catalian Valdivia, 2014, Master in biotechnology engineering; Paullett Arriagada, 2014, Master in biotechnology engineering.

Supervisor of Ph.D. Student’s Rotations – Dept. Bioeng. & Th. Sci., U. Calif. San Francisco, USA Jun ’08 - Nov '12
I directly supervised the research performed by students while performing their rotations at the Babbitt lab at UCSF. Graduate students supervised were: Marc Yago, 2010, pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacogenomics graduate student; Jaline Gerardin, 2009, biophysics graduate student; Emmanuel Yera, 2008, biomedical informatics graduate student.

Lecturer – Dept. Biology, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile Mar ’13 – Present
Teaching undergraduate classes of up to 90 students. Courses being taught include: biochemistry (2nd year dentistry students and 1st year veterinary students; autumn ’13. 2nd year nursing students; spring '13); bioinformatics (3rd year biotechnology engineering students; autumn '13, autumn '14); bioinformatics and functional genomics (5th year biochemistry and 5th year biotechnology engineering students; autumn '13, autumn '14); enzyme informatics (5th year biochemistry and 5th year biotechnology engineering students; spring '13); protein engineering (5th year biochemistry and 5th year biotechnology engineering students; spring '13); bioinformatics of macromolecules (3rd year bioinformatics engineering students; spring '14).

Demonstrator for Theoretical Practicals – Dept. Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK Oct ’04 – Sep ’07
Teaching groups of up to 14 students how to carry out experiments and helping with the theory behind them. Courses taught included: chemical informatics (3rd year chemistry students; michaelmas term ’06-’07, lent term ’05-’06); part 2 chemistry (3rd year chemistry students; michaelmas term ’05-’06, lent term ’04-‘05); part 1B chemistry (2nd year chemistry students; lent term ’04-‘05).


Premios y Distinciones

  •   100 young bio-leaders of the future

    University of Cambridge

    Reino Unido, 2014

    Chosen one of the 100 young bio-leaders of the future to attend the first inter-generational global summit of biotechnology at the University of Cambridge, UK

  •   ISCB Travel Fellowship

    International Society for Computational Biology

    Estados Unidos, 2012

    Travel fellowships from the International Society for Computational Biology to attend their annual international meetings in Long Beach, Toronto and Vienna, in 2012, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

  •   Cambridge Overseas Society

    University of Cambridge

    Reino Unido, 2005

    Scholarship from the Cambridge Overseas Society for graduate studies at U. of Cambridge, UK

  •   Beca Presidente de la República

    MIDEPLAN

    Chile, 2004

    Beca Presidente de la República scholarship for graduate studies abroad.

  •   Roche Diagnostics accolade

    Universidad de Concepción

    Chile, 2004

    Roche Diagnostics accolade for graduating from the BSc in biochemistry with the highest grade in clinical 2004 biochemistry, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

  •   Highest entry grade, Universidad de Concepción

    Universidad de Concepción

    Chile, 1999

    Highest entry grade to the degree in biochemistry at Universidad de Concepción, Chile

  •   Highest national score in the chemistry aptitude test

    DEMRE

    Chile, 1998

    Highest national score in the chemistry aptitude test for entry into Chilean universities


 

Article (11)

The Structure-Function Linkage Database
Prediction of function for the polyprenyl transferase subgroup in the isoprenoid synthase superfamily
MACiE: exploring the diversity of biochemical reactions
Toward mechanistic classification of enzyme functions
Quantitative Comparison of Catalytic Mechanisms and Overall Reactions in Convergently Evolved Enzymes: Implications for Classification of Enzyme Function
A semiempirical approach to the intra-phycocyanin and inter-phycocyanin fluorescence resonance energy-transfer pathways in phycobilisomes
MACiE (Mechanism, Annotation and Classification in Enzymes): novel tools for searching catalytic mechanisms
The Chemistry of Protein Catalysis
The structure at 2 angstrom resolution of Phycocyanin from Gracilaria chilensis and the energy transfer network in a PC-PC complex
Using Reaction Mechanism to Measure Enzyme Similarity
MACiE: a database of enzyme reaction mechanisms
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Daniel Almonacid

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

2
Maximiliano Figueroa

Assstant Professor

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

2
José Martínez

Associate professor

Bioquímica y Biología Molecular

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

1
Marta Cecilia Bunster

DIRECTORA

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

1
Maximiliano Figueroa

Profesor Asociado

Bioquímica y Biología Molecular

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

1
Carola Bruna

Profesor Asociado

Bioquímica y Biología Molecular

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS BIOLÓGICAS

Concepción, Chile