Dr. José Luis Ramirez
named
new Director of UNU/BIOLAC
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Dr.
José Luis Ramirez |
Venezuelan geneticist Dr. José Luis Ramirez Ochoa has
been appointed Director of the UNU's Programme
for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU/BIOLAC).
Dr. Ramirez, 56, is a professor of Genetics at the Central
University of Venezuela where he heads both the Department of Graduate
Studies in Cell Biology and the Molecular Genetics Groups. He is a Ph.D.
in molecular biology from Johns Hopkins University.
An expert on tropical diseases, Dr. Ramirez has published
numerous papers on Leishmaniasis, Chaga's disease and other parasitic
infections and serves as a high level Advisor and permanent collaborator
of the Central American Network of Tropical Diseases.
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