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Luis
Burzio
Ph.D. Senior
Scientist, Fundación Ciencia
Para La Vida, Research
Director, Bioschile IGSA(www.bioschile.cl)
Professor Luis O. Burzio is a distinguished Chilean biochemist
and molecular biologist. During this Post-Doctoral Fellowship
at the Population Council, Rockefeller University at the
end of 1969, he made an important contribution to understanding
the function of the enzyme poly (ADP-Ribose) synthetase,
and DNA synthesis and repair. Back in Chile in 1980, his
research was focused on mammalian spermatogenesis,
describing for the first time, and against the existing
dogma, the presence of RNA in the mammalian sperm nucleus.
Since his publicatin, other laboratories have confirmed
this finding. Recently he discovered a chimeric mitochondrial
RNA in mouse sperm and testis.
Derived from his work on spermatogenesis in bivalve mollusks
he has developed a strong adhesive that has constituted
a major biotechnological contribution in the field of marine
adhesives and their applications. This work has resulted
in two patents in USA. In the Academic field he has been
appointed to several administrative positions, besides his
participation in undergraduate and post-graduate programs
as well as in Scientific Societies. Dr. Burzio served as
a Member of the Governing Council of CONICYT
(www.conicyt.cl
)
ACADEMIC
POSITIONS:
Several appointments in national and international institutions.
Research Graduate and Post-Graduate teaching responsibilities
in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidad de Concepción;
Universidad Austral de Chile; Universidad de Chile; Rockefeller
University, USA; Hamburg University, Germany; Nara University,
Japan; Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Universidad
Andrés Bello.
PUBLICATIONS: 62 original articles in refereed journal
and chapters of books with a total of 818 citations. 2 US
Patents, 4 Chilean Patents.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
BURZIO,
L.,
Silva, T., Burzio, V.A., Burzio, L.A., Pardo, J. (1997). Enviromental
Bioadhesion: themes and applications. Current Opinion in Biotechnology.
8, 309-312.
Figueroa, J. and BURZIO, L. (1997).
Polysome-like structures in the chromatoid body of rat spermatids.
Cell Tissue Res. 291, 575-579.
Aguayo, J., Miquel, A., Aranki, N., Jamett,
A., VALENZUELA, P.D.T. and BURZIO, L.O. (2002).
“Detection of Piscirickettsia salmonis in fish tissues
by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using specific antibodies”.
Dis. Aq. Org. 49, 33-38
Molina, A., Corta, A., San Martín,
R., Alvarez, M., BURZIO, L.O., KRAUSKOPF, M. and
Vera, M.I.
(2002). “Gene
structure of the carp fish ribosomal protein L41. seasonally
regulated expression”. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 295:
582-586.
Villegas, J., Araya, P., Bustos-Obregon,
E. and BURZIO, L.O. (2002). “Localization
of the 16S mitochondrial rRNA in the nucleus of mammalian
spermatogenic cells”. Mol. Hum. Reprod. 8: 977-983.
Miquel, A., Müller, I., BURZIO, V., Aguayo,
J., Flores, C., Villegas, J., Yudelevich, A. and BURZIO,
L.O. (2003). “Biosíntesis de pegamentos de
organismos marinos. Biotecnología Marina”. Paniagua, J. (ed).
México (in press) (Invited).
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