Dr. Gertrudis Rojas Dorantes

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsImmunology,Cell Biology
Keywordscytokine 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

CountryCuba
CityPlaya
InstitutionCenter of Molecular Immunology
InstituteInstitute of Molecular Immunology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Stefan DübelInstitut für Biochemie und Biotechnologie, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Braunschweig
Dr. Gertrudis Rojas DorantesInstitute of Molecular Immunology, Center of Molecular Immunology, Playa
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2015

Programme(s)

2015Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2019Gertrudis 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
2018Gertrudis 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