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Daniel Eduardo Almonacid Coronado
Assistant Professor
Universidad Andrés Bello
Santiago, Chile
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
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Biochemistry, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2004
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Biochemist, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2004
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Molecular Informatics, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Reino Unido, 2009
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POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Estados Unidos
2007 - 2012
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
SANTIAGO, Chile
2012 - A la fecha
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Postdoctoral Scholar Full Time
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, Estados Unidos
2007 - 2012
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Assistant Professor Full Time
Universidad Andrés Bello
Santiago, Chile
2012 - A la fecha
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).
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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
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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.
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Cambridge Overseas Society
University of Cambridge
Reino Unido, 2005
Scholarship from the Cambridge Overseas Society for graduate studies at U. of Cambridge, UK
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Beca Presidente de la República
MIDEPLAN
Chile, 2004
Beca Presidente de la República scholarship for graduate studies abroad.
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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
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Highest entry grade, Universidad de Concepción
Universidad de Concepción
Chile, 1999
Highest entry grade to the degree in biochemistry at Universidad de Concepción, Chile
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Highest national score in the chemistry aptitude test
DEMRE
Chile, 1998
Highest national score in the chemistry aptitude test for entry into Chilean universities
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Daniel Almonacid
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Universidad Andrés Bello
Santiago, Chile
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José Martínez
Associate professor
Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Concepcion, Chile
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Marta Cecilia Bunster
DIRECTORA
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN
Concepción, Chile
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Maximiliano Figueroa
Profesor Asociado
Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN
Concepción, Chile
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Carola Bruna
Profesor Asociado
Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS BIOLÓGICAS
Concepción, Chile