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Benjamin Andres Garcia Bloj

Director

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Manipulación epigenética de genes supresores de tumores silenciados. CRISPR/dCas9 para activación de genes. Oncología de precisión. Medicina Genómica.

Educación

  •  Ciencias Medicas, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2016
  •  Medico cirujano, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR. Chile, 2009

Experiencia Académica

  •   Director Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR

    Estudios Interdisciplinarios

    Santiago, Chile

    2019 - At present

  •   Profesor asistente Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR

    Ciencias

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - 2019

  •   Research Associate Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

    Australia

    2014 - 2016

  •   Instructor becario Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Medicina

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2013

  •   Ayudante alumno Other

    UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR

    Medicina

    Santiago, Chile

    2004 - 2008

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Medical Writer Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2017 - 2017

  •   Director Médico Part Time

    Magenta Genetics

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - 2019

  •   Director Médico Part Time

    Genoma Mayor

    Santiago, Chile

    2019 - At present

  •   Director Programas para el Futuro Part Time

    Universidad Mayor

    Santiago, Chile

    2019 - At present


 

Article (5)

Activating PTEN Tumor Suppressor Expression with the CRISPR/dCas9 System

Moses, C; Nugent, F; Waryah, CB; Garcia-Bloj, B; Harvey, AR; Blancafort, P

Article ISI SCOPUS
MOLECULAR THERAPY-NUCLEIC ACIDS  (2019)

Synthetically controlling dendrimer flexibility improves delivery of large plasmid DNA

Kretzmann, Jessica A.; Ho, Diwei; Evans, Cameron W.; Plani-Lam, Janice H. C.; Garcia-Bloj, Benjamin; Mohamed, A. Elaaf; O'Mara, Megan L.; Ford, Ethan; Tan, Dennis E. K.; Lister, Ryan; Blancafort, Pilar; Norret, Marck; Iyer, K. Swaminathan

Article ISI
CHEMICAL SCIENCE  (2017)

High expression of PTPN21 in B-cell non-Hodgkin's gastric lymphoma, a positive mediator of STAT5 activity

Plani-Lam, J. H. C.; Chow, T. C.; Fan, Y-H; Garcia-Bloj, B.; Cheng, L.; Jin, D. Y.; Hancock, W.; Fanayan, S.; Ingley, E.; Song, Y-Q

Article ISI
BLOOD CANCER JOURNAL  (2016)

Waking up dormant tumor suppressor genes with zinc fingers, TALEs and the CRISPR/dCas9 system

Garcia-Bloj, B; Moses, C; Sgro, A; Plani-Lam, J; Arooj, M; Duffy, C; Thiruvengadam, S; Sorolla, A; Rashwan, R; Mancera, RL; Leisewitz, A; Swift-Scanlan, T; Corvalan, AH; Blancafort, P

Article ISI SCOPUS
ONCOTARGET  (2016)

The CRISPR road: from bench to bedside on an RNA-guided path

Garcia-Bloj, Benjamin; Moses, Colette; Blancafort, Pilar

Article WOS-ESCI
ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE  (2015)

Review (3)

Hallmarks of cancer: The CRISPR generation

Moses, C; Garcia-Bloj, B; Harvey, AR; Blancafort, P

Review ISI SCOPUS
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER  (2018)

The Reprimo Gene Family: A Novel Gene Lineage in Gastric Cancer with Tumor Suppressive Properties

Amigo, JD; Opazo, JC; Jorquera, R; Wichmann, IA; Garcia-Bloj, BA; Alarcon, MA; Owen, GI; Corvalan, AH

Review ISI SCOPUS
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES  (2018)

Noncoding Genomics in Gastric Cancer and the Gastric Precancerous Cascade: Pathogenesis and Biomarkers

Sandoval-Borquez, A; Saavedra, K; Carrasco-Avino, G; Garcia-Bloj, B; Fry, J.; Wichmann I.; Corvalan, AH

Review ISI SCOPUS
Disease Markers  (2015)

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Benjamin Garcia

Director

Facultad de Estudios Interdisciplinarios

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Ignacio Wichmann

Assitant Professor

Obstetrics

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Gareth Owen

Profesor Titular

Fisiologia

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Roddy Jorquera

Investigador

Investigación del cáncer

Fundación Arturo López Pérez

Santiago, Chile

1
Julio Amigo

Assistant Professor

Physiology

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile