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Vinicius Ramos Henriques Maracaja Coutinho
Associate Professor
Univesidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
(i) computational systems biology; (ii) RNA bioinformatics; (iii) comparative genomics; (iv) epitranscriptomics of diseases; (v) single-cell transcriptomics; and (vi) development of computational tools/databases
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Bioinformatics, UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO. Brasil, 2013
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Biological Sciences, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA PARAIBA. Brasil, 2006
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Assistant Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR
Facultad de Ciencias
Santiago, Chile
2013 - 2017
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Assistant Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas
Santiago, Chile
2018 - 2022
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Associate Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas
Santiago, Chile
2022 - A la fecha
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Visiting Professor Other
FUNDACAO OSWALDO CRUZ
Instituto Gonçalo Moniz
Salvador, Brasil
2023 - 2023
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Visiting Researcher Other
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Gurdon Institute
Cambridge, Reino Unido
2018 - 2018
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Visiting Researcher Other
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - IRD
Montpellier, Francia
2022 - 2022
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Visiting Researcher Other
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PARAIBA
Joao Pessoa, Brasil
2014 - 2015
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Fundador Other
Beagle Bioinformatics
Santaigo, Chile
2013 - A la fecha
MSc: 6 graduated students since 2015, 2 in progress.
PhD: 7 graduated students since 2019, 11 in progress.
- Founder and Director of the Graduate Program on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology from the Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas de la Universidad de Chile, launched in 2019.
- He coordinado y participado como profesor de cátedra de diversos cursos referentes a Estadística, Programación, Genómica y Bioinformática para distintas carreras de pregrado en la Universidad de Chile y Universidad Mayor.
- He coordinado y participado como profesor de cátedra de diversos cursos referentes a Estadística, Programación, Genómica y Bioinformática para distintos programas de doctorado en la Universidad de Chile, Universidad Mayor y Universidad de La Frontera.
- 2014-2015: Founder of the DIB Talks - Disruptive Ideas in Biotech (www.dibtalks.com), a series of talks that aims to disseminate and popularize disjunctive technologies associated with the Biosciences.
- 2014-2016: Founder of a digital platform for collective financing of scientific projects "Dodo Scientific Crowdfunding" (www.dodofunding.com).
- Participation as an exhibitor or organizer in different scientific events, scientific entrepreneurship or scientific dissemination throughout the country.
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Parallella University Program - PUP
Adapteva
Estados Unidos, 2014
Selected to be part of the Parallela University Program, from Adapteva. The goal of the project is to apply computational biology algorithms in the low cost super computer Parallella.
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2nd Austral BIO Challenge
UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE
Chile, 2014
One of the winners of the 2nd Austral BioChallenge, from Austral Incuba / Universidad Austral de Chile.
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GBR GapSummit Biotech Leader of Tomorrow
Global Biotech Revolution
Reino Unido, 2014
Selected one of the Leaders of Tomorrow of Biotechnology, due to my work trying to solve the gaps we current have in funding biotech projects.
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3rd Place Poster Award. ISCB Latin America Conference
ISCB Latin America Conference
Argentina, 2016
3rd Place Poster Award. International Society for Computational Biology Latin America Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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1st Place Poster Award. Copec-UC “Big Data” Conference
FUNDACION COPEC UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA
Chile, 2015
2015 – 1st Place Poster Award. Copec-UC “Big Data” Conference, Santiago, Chile.
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Start-Up Chile Recognition Program
CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION
Chile, 2014
Start-Up Chile Recognition Program, Start-Up Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Fundacity Entrepreneur of the Week
Fundacity
Chile, 2013
Fundacity Entrepreneur of the Week.
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Honorable Mention: Databases & Data Integration, Text Mining and Information Extraction
Associação Brasileira de Bioinformática e Biologia Computacional
Brasil, 2012
Honorable Mention: Databases & Data Integration, Text Mining and Information Extraction. X-Meeting 2012, Associação Brasileira de Bioinformática e Biologia Computacional – AB3C, Campinas, Brazil.
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Prêmio Elo Cidadão
Universidade Federal de Paraíba
Chile, 2007
Premiación por el trabajo de extensión universitaria asociada a la difusión de la Bioinformática e inserción digital de la comunidad.
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Prêmio Elo Cidadão
Universidade Federal de Paraíba
Chile, 2005
Premiación por el trabajo de extensión universitaria asociada a la difusión de la Bioinformática e inserción digital de la comunidad.
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2nd Best Place Poster Award. X-Meeting 2005
Associação Brasileira de Bioinformática e Biologia Computacional
Chile, 2005
2nd Best Place Poster Award. X-Meeting 2005, Associação Brasileira de Bioinformática e Biologia Computacional – AB3C, Caxambu, Brazil.
Transcriptomics at the single cell level and human diseases: opportunities and challenges in data processing and analysis |
Predicting RNA Families in Nucleotide Sequences Using StructRNAfinder |
Avaliação de Desempenho em Bioinformática: Estudo de caso de sistemas computacionais para a investigação de microRNAs |
Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases - ACCDiS |
Epitranscriptomic regulation of competing endogenous RNA networks in cardiac fibroblasts associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction |
RCAN1 trisomy and the control of PINK1 levels in the survival of human Down's syndrome induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) and iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes |
Establecimiento de una línea base de las características genómicas, toxicológicas y ciclos temporales de la marea roja y de las microalgas tóxicas presentes en la costa de la Región de los Ríos para el anticipo de políticas públicas |
Instalación y desarrollo del área de investigación y docencia en Bioinformática=> Estudio RNAs no codificantes posicionalmente conservados y su rol en las enfermedades cardiacas a través de la integración de datos multiómicos |
BIOINFORMATICS APPROACHES AND ITS APPLICATION ON THE IDENTIFICATION, EVOLUTION AND FUNCTIONAL ASSIGNATION OF NON-CODING RNAS |
Dodo Biotech Crowdfunding |
Dodo Scientific Crowdfunding - SSAF/CORFO |
Generating a reference dataset for non-redundant sequences and for orthologous groups of non-coding RNAs in 50 thousand species |
Generating a reference dataset for non-redundant sequences and for orthologous groups of non-coding RNAs in 50 thousand species |
A Reciprocal Approach to Promoting Study Abroad in STEM: Montclair State University |
A Reciprocal Approach to Promoting Study Abroad in STEM=> Montclair State University, USA and Universidad Mayor, Chile |
Computational approaches in RNomics: a data integration study |
Computational approaches in RNomics=> a data integration study |
Dodo Biotech Crowdfunding |
Centro FONDAP de Estudios Avanzados de Enfermedades Crónicas / ACCDiS Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases |
Development of cloud solutions for bioinformatics |
Systems biology of long non-coding RNAs |
Systems Biology of long non-coding RNAs |
Beagle Bioinformatics |
Beagle Bioinformatics |
NimbusGene=> integrating bioinformatics tools on the cloud |
In silico characterization and expression analysis of intronic transcripts in human and mouse |
Bioinformatics approaches and its application on the identification, evolution and functional assignation of non-coding RNAs |
Dodo Scientific Crowdfunding - Start-Up Chile |
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Vinicius Ramos Henriques
Associate Professor
Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases - ACCDiS
Univesidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
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CESAR SAEZ
Associate professor
Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
SANTIAGO, Chile
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Carolina Sanchez
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science; Principal Investigator of Advanced Genomics Laboratory; Head of DNA Sequencing Core of the Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Universidad Mayor
Santiago, Chile
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Mario Chiong
Profesor
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
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Jose Matamala
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurological Science
University of Chile
Santiago, Chile
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Hugo Verdejo
Profesor Asociado
División de Enferemedades Cardiovasculares
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
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Andrew Quest
Full Professor
Biologia Celular y Molecular
FACULTAD DE MEDICINA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
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Héctor Levipan
Profesor Asociado
Ciencias y Geografía
Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación
VALPARAISO, Chile
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Jaime Figueroa
Profesor Titular
Bioquimica y Microbiologia
UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE
Valdivia, Chile
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Jorge Toledo
Investigador
Departamento de Anatomia y Biologia del Desarrollo
Universidad de Chile; Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI)
Santiago, Chile
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Pablo Castro
JEFE DIVISION
DIVISION ENFERMEDADES CARDIOVASCULARES
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile
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ALEJANDRO CORVALAN
Principal Investigator
Hematology and Oncology
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
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Luis Federico Batiz
Full Professor
Center for Biomedical Research and Innovation (CIIB)
Universidad de Los Andes
Santiago, Chile
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SERGIO LAVANDERO
Director
Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS)
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FAC CIENCIAS QUÍMICAS Y FARMACÉUTICAS
Santiago, Chile
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Steffany Cárdenas
Asistente de investigación
Recursos Ambientales
Universidad de Tarapacá
Arica, Chile
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Karina Pino
Group Leader/Associate Professor
Centro de Investigación Biomédica
Universidad de los Andes
Santiago, Chile
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Roberto Elizondo
Profesor Asistente
Departamento de Biología Celular
Universidad de Concepción
CONCEPCION, Chile
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Angela Court
Asistente de Investigación
Medicina Nanoregenerativa
Universidad de Los Andes
Santiago, Chile
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Alvaro Elorza
FULL PROFESSOR
INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
Santiago, Chile