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CV resumido de Abel Alcázar-Román

Place of Birth:                 Lima, Perú
Date of Birth:                  May 31st, 1980
Nationality                     Peruvian

Education

July, 2002-present              Graduate student with Dr. Susan R. Wente
                                Cell and Developmental Biology
                                Vanderbilt University Medical Center

1997-2001       Bachelor of Science, cum laude
David Lipscomb University
                                Nashville, TN.
                                Emphasis in Cellular Biology
Recent Honors and Activities

January 2007- present   Peruvian Undergraduate Research Exchange Program (Coordinator)
December 2006   American Society for Cell Biology Predoctoral Student Travel Awardee
December 2006   Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Travel Grant
August 2005     Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Travel Grant
December 2003-March 2005        Graduate Student Association – President
        Cell and Developmental Biology
        Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Peer reviewed publications

1.      Alcázar-Román, A.R. and Wente, S.R. (2008). Inositol polyphosphates: a new frontier for regulating gene expression. Chromosoma. 117(1):1-13

2.      Alcázar-Román, A.R., Tran, E.J., Guo, S., and Wente, S.R. (2006). Inositol hexakisphosphate and Gle1 activate the DEAD-box protein Dbp5 for nuclear mRNA export. Nat. Cell Biol. 8(7):711-6

3.      Kendirgi, F., Rexer, D.J., Alcázar-Román, A.R., Onishko, H.M., and Wente S.R. (2005) Interaction between the shuttling mRNA export factor Gle1 and the nucleoporin hCG1: a conserved mechanism in the export of Hsp70 mRNA. Mol. Biol. Cell. 16:4304-15.

4.      Suntharalingam, M., Alcázar-Román, A.R., and Wente, S.R. (2004) Nuclear export of the yeast mRNA-binding protein Nab2 is linked to a direct interaction with Gfd1 and to Gle1 function. J. Biol. Chem.  279:35384-91.

Recent Conferences and Retreats

Alcázar-Román, A.R., Tran, E.J., Guo, S., and Wente, S.R mRNA Export Requires Spatial Activation of the DEAD-box Protein Dbp5 by Gle1 and Inositol Hexakisphosphate (IP6). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Eukaryotic mRNA Processing, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. August 22-26, 2007. (Oral Presentation)

Alcázar-Román, A.R., Tran, E.J., Guo, S., and Wente, S.R Inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) and Gle1 activate the DEAD-box protein Dbp5 during mRNA export. The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology 5th Annual Retreat, Nashville, TN. April 19, 2007. (Oral Presentation)

Alcázar-Román, A.R. Tran, E.J., Guo, S., and Wente, S.R. mRNA Export Requires Spatial Activation of the DEAD-box Protein, Dbp5 by Gle1 and Inositol Hexakisphosphate (IP6). American Society for Cell Biology 46th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. December 9-13, 2006. (Poster Presentation)

Alcázar-Román, A.R., Tran, E.J., Guo, S., and Wente, S.R. Exportación nuclear de mRNA: Enviando el mensaje. Encuentro Cinentífico Internacional, Lima, Peru. August 8 - 11, 2006. (Oral Presentation)

Alcázar-Román, A.R., Tran, E.J., Guo, S., and Wente, S.R. Mecanismo de Acción en la Exportación del ARN mensajero. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. August 4, 2006. (Invited Speaker)