Dr. Clara Isabel Bermudez Santana
Education
- 2006-2010 Ph.D. in Genomic organization and processing patterns of tRNAs. Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Leipzig University, Germany.
- 2001-2004 M.Sc. in Human Genetics. Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.
- 1991-1997 B.Sc. in Biology. Faculty of Science, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.
University Unit
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
- Biology Department.
- Bogotá, Colombia.
Research Group
Research Group in Theoretical and Computational Rnomics
Technical/Quantitative skills:
- Perl, BioPerl, Bioconductor, R applied to phylogenetic analysis, LaTeX, PSTricks and HTML. Fundaments in ANSI C,C++ PHP, Postscript and MySQL.
Contact information
- Email: cibermudezs@unal.edu.co
- Colciencias: cvLac
Professional experience
- 2014-date Associate Professor at Biology Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
- 2005-2014 Assistant Professor at Biology Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
- 1999-2004 Assistant investigator at Evolutionary Biology and Molecular Biology Group, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Research Interests
Topics: Study of RNAs as key regulators of the expression of gene mainly associated with innovations in morphology, complex systems and in neurodegeneration. Comparative genomics combined with transcriptomic of RNA virus, corals, basal chordates including tunicates, primates, and plants of importance in human health.
Selected Publications
Alvarez-Díaz, D.A., Gutiérrez-Díaz, A.A., Orozco-García, E, Puerta-González, A., Bermudez-Santana, C.I., Gallego-Gómez, J.C. (2019). Dengue virus potentially promotes migratory responses on endothelial cells by enhancing pro-migratory soluble factors and miRNAs. Virus Research, Volume 259, 2 January 2019, Pages 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2018.10.018
Velandia-Huerto, C.A., Brown, F.D., Gittenberger, A., Stadler, P.F., Bermudez-Santana, C.I. (2018). Nonprotein-Coding RNAs as Regulators of Development in Tunicates. Book Chapter Results Probl Cell Differ.(65):197-225. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92486-1_11
Faria, R., Triant, D., Perdomo-Sabogal, A., Overduin, B., Bleidorn, C., Bermudez-Santana, C.I., Langenberger, D., Dall’Olio, M., Indrischek, E., Aerts, J., Engel-hardt, J., Engel, J., Liebal, K., Fasold, M., Robb, S., GrathSree, S., Raj, R.,Carvalho, T., Salzburger, W., Jovanovic, V., Nowick, K. (2018). Introducing evolutionary biologists to the analysis of big data: guidelines to organize extended bioinformatics training courses. Evo Edu Outreach (11): 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-018-0080-z
Number of publications:
Cvlac: 12
TAGS: Transcriptome research, RNA Biology, Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics.