Juan Carlos Cabezas
(IPMB 1992)
Positions held since graduation:
Researcher Faculty of Medicine of Catholic University of Guayaquil - UCSG. (1995 - 1998)
Lecturer of CEll and Molecular Biology - Faculty of Medicine UCSG (1996 - )
Chief of Clinical Molecular and Diagnostics Laboratory of SOLCA (society of fight against cancer) (1998 - )
Academical Council of Master Degree Programme in Microbiology (member) Universidad de Guayaquil (2002 - )
Lecturer MSc. Programme in Microbiology: Molecular Biology, Genetics and Genetic Engineering. (2002 - )
Chief of Laboratory - Institute of Biomedicine UCSG (2002 -2004)
National Director of Scientific Reasearch - National Secretary of Science and Technology - SENACYT (2006 -2007)
Lecturer of Molecular Biology -Faculty of Medicine of Universidad de Especialidades Espritu Santo -UEES (2007 - )
Consejo Nacional de Salud (CONASA) National Council of Helath - Commission of Science & Technology. (2008 - 2009)
European Commision (CORDIS FP7) Project Evaluator - Etiology of Cancer in Latin America (2007)
Major tasks:
Decision taking on technologies to be introduced in an cancer hospital setting
Training of personal in Molecular Biology.
Teaching Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering.
Elaborate the framework of research projects, calls, evaluations, approval and follow up, with state funds.
List of publications:
Édison Patricio Valle, Ramiro Israel Burgos, José Rubén Valle, Daniela Egas Béjar and Juan-Carlos Ruiz-Cabezas. “Analysis of CFTR gene mutations and Cystic Fibrosis Incidence in the Ecuadorian population.” Revista Científica" 2007
Starr R Kaplan, Joseph J. Gard, Luis Carvajal-Huerta, Juan C. Ruiz-Cabezas, Gaetano Thiene, Jeffrey Saffitz. Structural and Molecular Patology of the Herat in Carvajal Syndrome. Cardiovascular Pathology 13: 26-32 (2004).
Norgett EE, Hatsell SJ, Carvajal-Huerta L, Ruiz-Cabezas JC, Common J, Purkis PE, Whittock N, LeighIM, Stevens HP and Kelsell DP. Recessive mutation in desmoplakin disrupts-intemediate filament ineractions and causes dilated cardiomypathy, wooly hair and keratoderma. Hum Mol Genet Vol 9, No 18: 2761- 2766 (2000).
Projects involved in:
Mutation in BRCA 1 and 2 in Familial Breast Cancer.
Mutations in CFTR in ecuadorian cases of Cystic Fibrosis.
Molecular rearrangements in cases of Leukemia diagnosed in SOLCA.
ECUAGEN : Development of a Genetic service in Ecuador.
Contact information:
Dr. Juan Carlos Ruiz C. M.Sc.
Habana 710 & O'connor
P.O.Box: 0901-8406
Guayaquil - ECUADOR
E-mail: [email protected]
(IPMB 1992)
Positions held since graduation:
Researcher Faculty of Medicine of Catholic University of Guayaquil - UCSG. (1995 - 1998)
Lecturer of CEll and Molecular Biology - Faculty of Medicine UCSG (1996 - )
Chief of Clinical Molecular and Diagnostics Laboratory of SOLCA (society of fight against cancer) (1998 - )
Academical Council of Master Degree Programme in Microbiology (member) Universidad de Guayaquil (2002 - )
Lecturer MSc. Programme in Microbiology: Molecular Biology, Genetics and Genetic Engineering. (2002 - )
Chief of Laboratory - Institute of Biomedicine UCSG (2002 -2004)
National Director of Scientific Reasearch - National Secretary of Science and Technology - SENACYT (2006 -2007)
Lecturer of Molecular Biology -Faculty of Medicine of Universidad de Especialidades Espritu Santo -UEES (2007 - )
Consejo Nacional de Salud (CONASA) National Council of Helath - Commission of Science & Technology. (2008 - 2009)
European Commision (CORDIS FP7) Project Evaluator - Etiology of Cancer in Latin America (2007)
Major tasks:
Decision taking on technologies to be introduced in an cancer hospital setting
Training of personal in Molecular Biology.
Teaching Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering.
Elaborate the framework of research projects, calls, evaluations, approval and follow up, with state funds.
List of publications:
Édison Patricio Valle, Ramiro Israel Burgos, José Rubén Valle, Daniela Egas Béjar and Juan-Carlos Ruiz-Cabezas. “Analysis of CFTR gene mutations and Cystic Fibrosis Incidence in the Ecuadorian population.” Revista Científica" 2007
Starr R Kaplan, Joseph J. Gard, Luis Carvajal-Huerta, Juan C. Ruiz-Cabezas, Gaetano Thiene, Jeffrey Saffitz. Structural and Molecular Patology of the Herat in Carvajal Syndrome. Cardiovascular Pathology 13: 26-32 (2004).
Norgett EE, Hatsell SJ, Carvajal-Huerta L, Ruiz-Cabezas JC, Common J, Purkis PE, Whittock N, LeighIM, Stevens HP and Kelsell DP. Recessive mutation in desmoplakin disrupts-intemediate filament ineractions and causes dilated cardiomypathy, wooly hair and keratoderma. Hum Mol Genet Vol 9, No 18: 2761- 2766 (2000).
Projects involved in:
Mutation in BRCA 1 and 2 in Familial Breast Cancer.
Mutations in CFTR in ecuadorian cases of Cystic Fibrosis.
Molecular rearrangements in cases of Leukemia diagnosed in SOLCA.
ECUAGEN : Development of a Genetic service in Ecuador.
Contact information:
Dr. Juan Carlos Ruiz C. M.Sc.
Habana 710 & O'connor
P.O.Box: 0901-8406
Guayaquil - ECUADOR
E-mail: [email protected]