Gustavo Nicolás Lemus Díaz

EDUCATION

College / University

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Highest Degree

Doctor of Medicine

Major Subjects

General Medicine

Country

Colombia

Lab Experience

Mammalian cell culture techniques, lentiviral vectors generation, immunostaining techniques, flow cytometry and confocal microscopy

Projects / Research

2011 – 2012: (Project Thesis) Functional characterization of an inducible genetic silencing system in macrophages like cell from pro monocyte U937 to Leishmania host cell interaction study first stage. Science Faculty. Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2010 – 2011: Molecular characterization of host cell death induced by mycobacterium tuberculosis and its role in cellular immune response. Medical School. Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
2008 – 2009: Cellular evaluation of autoantibodies agonist activity from Chagasic and Non Chagasic patients with cardiomyopathy on Cardiac Neuro-receptors. Medical School. Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Scholarships / Awards

2012 – 2013:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2012:	Distinction of Academic Performance. School of Medicine. Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2012:	Research Student Scholarship by Stem Cells Group. Universidad Nacional de Colombia

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

As a Physician, I think molecular and cellular knowledge should be at human health service, but also a complete basic understanding must precede the clinical application, for that reason, I want to increase my knowledge in molecular and cell biology to acquire the necessary tools to develop my own research. I am interested in macrophage cell biology because their versatility makes it an accurate model to study cellular functions (e.g., vesicle trafficking, signal transduction, migration and cellular adhesion, etc) in different pathological and non-pathological events.