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Gabriel Macaya Trejos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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  • Catedr\u00e1tico, Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n en Biolog\u00eda Celular y Molecular, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bachiller en Qu\u00edmica, Universidad de Costa Rica (1970).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Diploma de Estudios Espec\u00edficos en Bioqu\u00edmica, Universidad de Par\u00eds 7 (1972).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ph.D. en Biolog\u00eda Molecular, Universidad de Par\u00eds 7 (1976). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Gabriel Macaya ha estudiado la conformaci\u00f3n del ADN, por medio del dicroismo lineal infrarrojo, la organizaci\u00f3n del genoma de los eucariones y la interacci\u00f3n del ion Ag+ con el ADN y el Virus de la Hepatitis B. Adem\u00e1s, ha trabajado en biolog\u00eda molecular y sus virus, y en el desarrollo y perfeccionamiento de metodolog\u00edas para fraccionar el ADN por m\u00e9todos biof\u00edsicos, utilizando las propiedades de flotamiento en gradientes de sales de cesio de los complejos del ADN con el ion plata (Ag+). Y es investigador principal de los proyectos \u0093Endofenotipos Bipolares en Aislamientos Poblacionales\u0094 y \u0093Mapeo de Genes de Susceptibilidad al Alcoholismo\u0094, ambos pertenecientes al Centro de Investigaciones en Biolog\u00eda Celular y Molecular, de la Universidad de Costa Rica. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ha ocupado los cargos de Vicerrector de Investigaci\u00f3n de la Universidad de Costa Rica (1981 a 1988), Rector de la Universidad de Costa Rica (1996 a 2004), Director  e investigador del Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n en Biolog\u00eda Celular y Molecular de la Universidad de Costa Rica (1992 a 1996), Consultor Proyecto Estrategia Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda en la Fundaci\u00f3n CR-USA. (2005), Presidente de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias (2006-) y Vicepresidente del Comit\u00e9 Ejecutivo de la Estrategia Siglo XXI (2007). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Adem\u00e1s, es miembro de: la Sociedad Costarricense de Bioqu\u00edmica y Biolog\u00eda Molecular, la Junta Directiva de la Fundaci\u00f3n Omar Dengo, la Academia Nacional de Ciencias y del Consejo Cient\u00edfico de la Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, N\u00e1poles, Italia. Y ha recibido el Premio Nacional de Ciencias \u0093Clodomiro Picado Twight\u0094 en 1976, as\u00ed como los siguientes reconocimientos: \u0093Caballero de la Orden de las Palmas Acad\u00e9micas\u0094, otorgado por el Gobierno de Francia, \u0093Doctor of Humane Letters\u0094, otorgado por la Universidad del Estado de Nueva York, 1998 y “Oficial de la Orden de la Legi\u00f3n de Honor”, otorgado por el gobierno franc\u00e9s el 29 de mayo del 2002.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Publicaciones representativas: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • Antill\u00f3n, A., Chang, F., G\u00e1mez, R., Macaya, G., Villalta, G. (2005) Informe Final de Car\u00e1cter General no Vinculante al Presidente de la Rep\u00fablica sobre el Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Centroam\u00e9rica, Rep\u00fablica Dominicana y Estados Unidos de Am\u00e9rica. EUNED, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Gonz\u00e1lez Y., Macaya G. (2008) Pensadores y forjadores. Pensamiento universitario latinoamericano. IESALC, UNESCO. Bid & co. Editor. pp 603-636.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Herzberg I., Jasinska A., Garc\u00eda J., Jawaheer D., Service S., Kremeyer B., Duque C., Parra M., Vega J., Ortiz D., Carvajal L., Polanco G., Restrepo G., L\u00f3pez C., Palacio C., Levinson M., Aldana I., Mathews C., Davanzo P, Molina J., Fournier E., Bejarano J., Ram\u00edrez M., Araya C., Araya X., Sabatti C., Reus V., Macaya, G, Bedoya G., Ospina J., Freimer N., Ru\u00edz-Linares A.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Convergent linkage evidence from two Latin American population isolates supports the presence of a susceptibility locus for bipolar disorder in (Sep. 2006) 5q31-34. Hum Vol. Genet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Macaya Trejos, Gabriel y otros. “Hepatitis viral B.”. Acta m\u00e9dica costarricense. 23(1):71-79, enero, 1980. (H 610.5 A183a C.R.).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Macaya Trejos, Gabriel y otros. Estructura y funci\u00f3n de los cronosomas plumulados”. Revista de biolog\u00eda tropical. 28(1):209-226, julio, 1980.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Macaya, G, (2008) Experiencia sobre el aprovechamiento de la informaci\u00f3n en los archivos de Gen\u00e9tica Memoria V Seminario Internacional de Archivos de Tradici\u00f3n Ib\u00e9rica “Los Archivos al Servicio de la sociedad” Departamento de Publicaciones, Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud. Pp175-180.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Service S., Molina J., Deyoung J., Jawaheer D., Aldana I., Vu T., Bejarano J., Fournier E., Ram\u00edrez M., Mathews C., Davanzo P., Macaya G., Sandkuijl L., Sabatti C., Reus V., Freimer N. Results of a SNP genome screen in a large Costa Rican pedigree segregationg for severe bipolar disorder. Am J. Med. Genet. B. Neuropsychiatr Genet. (May. 2006).<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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