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Profile
| Academic position | Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader |
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| Research fields | Immunology,Cell Biology |
| Keywords | cytokine engineering, antibody engineering, epitope mapping, directed evolution, phage display |
| Honours and awards | 2023: Annual Scientific Research Prize of the Cuban Academy of Sciences 2022: Annual Prize in Immunology awarded by the Cuban Society of Immunology 2022: Annual Scientific Research Prize of the Cuban Academy of Sciences 2022: Order Lazaro Penna awarded by the Cuban workers union and the Presidency of the Republic of Cuba for the contribution to anti-COVID-19 vaccine development 2022: Special Award of the Ministry of Science and Technology to scientific results with greatest social impact 2022: World Intellectual Property Organization medal to the inventors 2021: Annual Scientific Research Prizes of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (author of three winner scientific works) 2021: Order Carlos J. Finlay for outstanding contribution to the development of science (Presidency of the Republic of Cuba) 2021: Prize of Technological innovation of La Habana 2021: Prize to Technological innovation (Cuban Ministry of Science and Technology) 2015: Annual Scientific Research Prize of the Cuban Academy of Sciences 2015: Prize of the Science and Technology Forum in La Habana 2014: Annual Scientific Research Prize of the Cuban Academy of Sciences 2013: Annual Scientific Research Prize of the Cuban Academy of Sciences 2009: Annual Scientific Research Prize of the Cuban Academy of Sciences 2004: Annual Scientific Research Prize of the Cuban Academy of Sciences 1996: Annual Scientific Research Prize of the Cuban Academy of Sciences |
Current contact address
| Country | Cuba |
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| City | Playa |
| Institution | Center of Molecular Immunology |
| Institute | Institute of Molecular Immunology |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Stefan Dübel | Institut für Biochemie und Biotechnologie, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Braunschweig |
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| Dr. Gertrudis Rojas Dorantes | Institute of Molecular Immunology, Center of Molecular Immunology, Playa |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/06/2015 |
Programme(s)
| 2015 | Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2019 | Gertrudis Rojas, Tania Carmenate, Julio Felipe Santo-Tomás, Pedro A. Valiente, Marlies Becker, Annia Pérez-Riverón, Yaima Tundidor, Yaquelín Ortiz, Jorge Fernandez de Cossio-Diaz, Luis Graça, Stefan Dübel, Kalet León: Directed evolution of super-secreted variants from phage-displayed human Interleukin-2 . In: Scientific Reports, 2019, 1-13 |
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| 2018 | Gertrudis Rojas, Tania Carmenate: Phagekines: screening binding properties and biological activity of functional cytokines displayed on phages. . In: Michael Hust, Theam Soon Lim, Phage Display.Methods and Protocols. Humana Press, 2018. 535-560 |