Dr. Luis Fernando Cadavid Gutiérrez - CEMarin

Dr. Luis Fernando Cadavid Gutiérrez

Education

• 1997 –  2001: Ph.D.  in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Yale University, U.S.A.
• 1997 – 2000: M.Sc. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Yale University, U.S.A.
• 1987 – 1992: B.Sc. in Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.

University Unit

• Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. 
• Faculty of Science, Biology Department. 
• Phone: +57(1) 3165000 ext: 11618

Research Group

Institute of Genetics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Headquarters

Technical/Quantitative skills: 

Contact information

• Email: lfcadavidg@unal.edu.co

Professional experience

• 2007-Date: Professor, Dpt. of Biology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 
• 2008-2012: Director, Institute of Genetics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 
• 2006-2007: Associate Professor, Dpt. of Biology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 
• 2001-2006: Assistant Professor, Dpt. of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM USA.
• 1995-1997: Postdoctoral, Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA. 
• 1992-1994: Associate Researcher, Immunogenetic Group, National Institute of Health, Bogotá.

Research Interests

Topics: Ecology and Evolution, Sequencing, Genetics, Evolution, Immunology, Phylogenetic Analysis, Primates, Coral.

Selected Publications

Cadavid, L. F., Palacios, P., and Lugo, J. S. (2013) Bimodal evolution of the killer cell Ig-like family in New World primates. Immunogenetics DOI: 10.1007/s00251-013-0719-4

Galindo, J. A. and Cadavid, L. F. (2013) High Diversification of CD94 by Alternative Splicing in New World primates. Immunogenetics 65:281-90

Cárdenas, A., Rodríguez-R, L. M., Pizarro, V., Cadavid, L. F., and Arévalo-Ferro, C. (2012) Shifts in bacterial communities of two caribbean reef-building coral species affected by white plague disease. ISME J 6:502-512.

Number of publications: 

Cvlac: 58