Víctor-Manuel Treviño-Alvarado

Víctor-Manuel Treviño-Alvarado
A7-421, ITESM, Campus Monterrey
Col. Tecnológico
Monterrey, Nuevo León
México, CP 64840
Tel: +(52) 81 83582000 Ext. 468
vtrevino@itesm.mx
Curriculum Vitae
(January 2010)
SUMMARY
PhD, Lecturer and Researcher in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Expert software
designer and developer including web technologies. Considerable experience in experimental
molecular biology. Problem solving and analysis skills. Work as collaborative or independent
environment. Some experience as lecturer in English and Spanish covering Functional Genomics,
Computer Sciences, and Molecular Biology related courses
EDUCATION
2003-2007 PhD in Biosciences. University of Birmingham. United Kingdom. Thesis: “Identifying
the Molecular Components that Matter: A Statistical Modelling Approach to Linking
Functional Genomics Data to Cell Physiology”. Supervisor: Francesco Falciani.
Publications: 2 first author, 4 co-author, 2 Manuscripts in preparation.
1996-1998 MSc. In Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering. Universidad Autónoma de
Nuevo León, México. Thesis: “Getting new growth hormone genes in vertebrates"
(Obtención de nuevos genes de la hormona de crecimiento en Vertebrados).
Supervisors: Agnés Revol and Hugo Barrera-Saldana.
Focused Topics: Genetic Engineering, Gene Expression, Cellular and Molecular
Biology, Biochemistry, Biostatistics, and Laboratory Methods. Publications:1 (local).
1989-1994 BSc. Electronic Systems Engineering. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores
de Monterrey. Nuevo León, México. Main Topics: Computational Engineering,
Electronics, Process Theory, Robotics and Mathematics.
1986-1989 Technician in Data Processing. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de
Monterrey. Nuevo León, México. Main Topics: Programming Languages and
Algorithms.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2008-today Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Program. For undergraduates at ITESM.
2008-today Lecturer in Bioinformatics. For Postgraduates and undergradutes at ITESM.
1999-today Lecturer and Senior Software Designer and Developer. ITESM. Lecturing in
Computer Languages and technologies. Software: WebTec, a Course Management
System developed in WebObjects/Java attending more than 50,000 users per year.
From 2003 to 2006, it was as a "part-time" job.
2003-2006 Lecturer Assistant. University of Birmingham. Lecturing in Bioinformatics during
PhD research.
1998-1999 Research Assistant. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Computational
Genomics Program. Publications: 1.
1988-1998 Software Designer and Developer. Administración Interactiva, S.A. de C.V.
Business Magnament Applications. Around 30 commercial applications developed.
1995-1995 Lecturer in Informatics. Escuela Preparatoria Emiliano Zapata.
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PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
2009 Simplified amplified-fragment length polymorphism method for genotyping
Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. J. Microbiological Methods.
2009 Swarm intelligence algorithm for feature selection from large-scale functional
genomics datasets. Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology – BIOCOMP 2009 – WORLDCOMP2009.
2009 Metabolomic analysis of human vitreous humor differentiates ocular inflammatory
disease. Mol Vis.
2008 Models and computational strategies linking physiological response to molecular
networks from large-scale data. Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci.
2007 SNI-1. National Researcher Level 1 awarded by CONACyT (México).
2007 DNA microarrays: a powerful genomic tool for biomedical and clinical research.
Molecular and Medicine.
2007 Identification of VDR responsive gene signatures in breast cancer cells". Oncology.
2006 "The analysis of Cellular Transcriptional Response at the Genome Level: Two Case
Studies with Relevance in Bacterial Pathogenesis" in "Microarrays Technology
Through Applications". Editor: Francesco Falciani. Editorial Taylor & Francis.
2006 Synovial fluid leukocyte apoptosis is inhibited in patients with very early rheumatoid
arthritis. Arthritis Research Theraphy.
2006 GALGO: An R Package For Multivariate Variable Selection Using Genetic Algorithms.
Bioinformatics.
2005 Analysis of host response to bacterial infection using error model based gene
expression microarray experiments. Nucleic Acids Res.
2004 Making sense of molecular signatures in the immune system. Comb Chem High
Throughput Screen.
2001 Transcription unit conservation in the three domains of life: a perspective from
Escherichia coli. Trenes Genet.
2000 Proyecto Genoma Humano Parte X: Nuevas herramientas y secuencias génicas para
el estudio de la evolución molecular de los mamíferos. Ciencia UANL (Local Journal,
not indexed).
2000 Research Award 1999. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
1999 Cum Laude in MSc. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
2004-2006 Doctoral Stipend.
2003-2006 Doctoral Fellowship. The Darwin Trust of Edinburgh.
1996-1998 Master Fellowship. CONACyT.
1989-1994 Bachelor Fellowship. ITESM.
LANGUAGES
Spanish Mother Tongue
English TOEFL 233 (writing:4.0) (Evaluated in 2003), TOEFL 570 Institutional Evaluation.
OTHER DATA
Born Date: August 16, 1970
Marital Status: Married, 3 children.
US Visa:
Tourist
REFERENCES
• Francesco Falciani. Senior Lecturer. University of Birmingham. f.falciani@bham.ac.uk
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• Prof. Hugo Barrera Saldaña, Biochemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
hbarrera@fm.uanl.mx
• Dr. Julio Collado-Vides, Computational Genomics Program, Center for Genomics Sciences,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. collado@ccg.unam.mx
• Dr. Agnés Revol de Mendoza, Immunology, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
arevol@fm.uanl.mx
• Ing. Jorge Luis Garza Murillo, Center for Informatics Research, Instituto Tecnológico y de
Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. garza.jorge@itesm.mx
• Ing. Juan Cuauhtémoc Durán Gutierrez. Center for the Development in Knowledge
Technologies. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. jcduran@itesm.mx
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