Carlos Federico Arias Ortiz is a Mexican
biochemist
Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and Cell (biology), cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of ...
specialized in
rotavirus
Rotaviruses are the most common cause of diarrhea, diarrhoeal disease among infants and young children. Nearly every child in the world is infected with a rotavirus at least once by the age of five. Immunity (medical), Immunity develops with ...
es. Along his wife,
Susana López Charretón, he has been a co-recipient of both the 2001
Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology and the 2008
TWAS
The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting more than 1,400 scientists in some 100 countries. Its principal aim is t ...
Prize in Biology.
Arias Ortiz holds a bachelor's degree in
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur betwee ...
and both a master's and a doctorate degree in basic biomedical research from the
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...
(UNAM). Currently, he works for the Institute of Biotechnology of the same university.
From 1991 to 2006 he was a
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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International Research Scholar.
See also
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List of people from Morelos, Mexico
The following are people who were born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in the Mexican state of Morelos:
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External links
Profile at the Howard Hughes Medical InstitutePersonal web page at the Institute of Biotechnology – UNAM(in Spanish).
References
Mexican biochemists
Members of the Mexican Academy of Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Cuernavaca
TWAS laureates
21st-century Mexican scientists
20th-century Mexican scientists
National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Mexico)
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