Carlos Federico Arias Ortiz is a Mexican
biochemist
Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and Cell (biology), cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of ...
specialized in
rotaviri. Along his wife,
Susana López Charretón, he has been a co-recipient of both the 2001
Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology
The Carlos J. Finlay Prize is a biennial scientific prize sponsored by the Government of Cuba and awarded since 1980 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to people or organizations for their outstanding ...
and the 2008
TWAS
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable devel ...
Prize in Biology.
Arias Ortiz holds a bachelor's degree in
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...
and both a master's and a doctorate degree in basic biomedical research from the
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
(UNAM). Currently, he works for the Institute of Biotechnology of the same university.
From 1991 to 2006 he was a
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is an American non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded in 1953 by Howard Hughes, an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, fil ...
International Research Scholar.
See also
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List of people from Morelos, Mexico
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External links
Profile at the Howard Hughes Medical InstitutePersonal web page at the Institute of Biotechnology – UNAM(in Spanish).
References
Mexican biochemists
Members of the Mexican Academy of Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Cuernavaca
TWAS laureates
21st-century Mexican scientists
20th-century Mexican scientists
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