Fundación Ciencia Para La Vida
 

Our Team

Direct links to Senior, Associate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

Senior members
 

Pablo Valenzuela, Ph.D.
Cofounder and Director of Fundación Ciencia para la Vida, President of BIOS Chile IGSA, Professor of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and of the Universidad Andrés Bello, Head of the Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). Board member of several biotechnology companies in USA. Expert in the molecular biology of infectious diseases, vaccines and all aspects of biotechnological product development. Founder and former Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Chiron Corporation, California. National Award in Applied and Technological Sciences, 2002. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 
 

Mario Rosemblatt, Ph.D.
Executive Director of the Fundación Ciencia para la Vida, Professor of the Universidad Andrés Bello, and Professor at the University of Chile, Investigator at the Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). Expert in molecular and cellular immunology and vaccines. Former Chairman of the Department of Biology, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile. Founder and former Director of the Undergraduate Program in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering, Universidad de Chile. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
    Bernardita Méndez, Ph.D.
Cofounder and President of Fundación Ciencia para la Vida, Professor of the Universidad Andrés Bello. Adjunct Professor and Head of the Centro de Genómica y Bioinformática, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Member of the Consejo de Innovación Nacional para la Competitividad. Board member of Fundación Chile. Expert in quality assurance, regulatory affairs and intellectual property in biotechnology. Former Vice President of Chiron Corporation, a California-based biotechnology company. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 

 

Luis Burzio Ph.D.
Scientific Director of BIOS Chile IGSA, Professor of the Universidad Andrés Bello, Investigator at the Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). Expert in molecular biology and the biochemistry of nucleic acids. Former Professor and Vice Dean of Research and Academic Affairs at the Universidad Austral, Valdivia. Recipient in 2004 of the Pasteur Institute Biomedicine Award. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 
  David Holmes, Ph.D.
Professor of the Universidad Andrés Bello and Associate Member of the Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). Former Senior Investigator at General Electric’s Research and Development Center and Professor at Clarkson University, New York. Expert in genomics and bioinformatics, he directs the Center for Bioinformatics and Genome Biology at the Fundación. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 
     
Associate members
 

Pablo Rosenblatt.
M.Sc. in Fine Arts. Executive Director of Imago Comunicaciones, Director of Programa Eureka, Fundación Ciencia para la Vida. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 

  María Rosa Bono.
Ph.D. Professor of the Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Chile, and Associate Investigator at the Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
  Jorge Gatica.
Civil Engineer in Information Technology. Executive Director of the Bioplanet Program and Director of Bioplanet magazine. Professor of the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
  Arturo Yudelevich, Ph.D.
General Manager of BIOS Chile IGSA, Professor of the Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
 

Helios Murialdo, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of the Department of Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Canada. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

  María Ines Vera, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Research at the Universidad Andrés Bello; Associated Investigator at the Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
  Carlos George-Nascimento, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Austral Biologicals, San Ramon, California. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
     

Junior Members

  Sebastián Bernales,  Ph.D.
Associate Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and the Millennium Institute for Applied Biology (MIFAB). Researcher, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Investigator of the "Centro de Biomedicina", a joint venture between the Universidad San Sebastián and the Fundación Ciencia para la Vida. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

 

Verónica Burzio,Ph.D.                                            Associate Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). Assistant Professor at the Universidad Andrés Bello. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 

   

Esteban Engel, Ph.D. 
Associate Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, USA.
(Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 

 

Cristián Hernández-Cuevas.
Molecular Biotechnology Engineer from Universidad de Chile with a Master in Bioscience Enterprise from the University of Cambridge (2003). Throughout his career, Cristián has acquired invaluable experience in bio-businesses and technology transfer, both in Chile and in England . He has been a successful bio-entrepreneur, business consultant and Business Development Manager at Summit plc UK . He joined Fundación Ciencia para la Vida as Director of Business Development in 2007.  (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

 

Erwin Krauskopf, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at the Universidad Andrés Bello and Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

 

Alejandra Loyola, Ph.D.                             Associate Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). Investigator of the "Centro de Biomedicina", a joint venture between the Universidad San Sebastián and the Fundación Ciencia para la Vida.  (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

    Rodrigo Pacheco, Ph.D.
Associate Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). Investigator of the "Centro de Biomedicina", a joint venture between the Universidad San Sebastián and the Fundación Ciencia para la Vida. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
    Raquel Quatrini, Ph.D.
Associate Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Center for Bioinformatics and Genome Biology. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
  Evelyn Silva, Ph.D.
Associate Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
   

Nicole Tischler, Ph.D.
Associate Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). Investigator of the "Centro de Biomedicina", a joint venture between the Universidad San Sebastián and the Fundación Ciencia para la Vida. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

 

Paulina Uribe, Ph.D.
Associate Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB).
Assistant Professor at the Universidad Andrés Bello. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

 

Jaime Villegas, Ph.D.
Associate Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). Assistant Professor at the Universidad Andrés Bello. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 

   

Vivian Wilhelm, Ph.D.
Associate Investigator at Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 

 

 

Francisco Herrera, Ph.D.
Foreign Associate, Department of Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 

Friends of Fundación

    Bruce Alberts Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco. Past President, US Academy of Sciences. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
    Patricia Caldera Ph.D.
Academic Coordinator SEP Science and Health Education Partnership, University of California, San Francisco. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
    Julio Celis Ph.D.
Director, Danish Cancer Institute, Copenhagen. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
    Joe DeRisi Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
   

 

Eduardo Ergas.
Chairman, Fundación Ecoscience, Santiago, Chile. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 

   
Fernando Flores.
Senator, Chile. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 
     
Agustin Huneeus.
CEO and Chairman, Viña Veramonte, Casablanca, Chile. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 
   

 

David Hung MD
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Medivation INC. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

   

 

Regis Kelly Ph. D.
Professor and Director, Institute of Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3), Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

   

Manuel Krauskopf Ph.D.
Rector, Universidad Andrés Bello. Investigator, Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada (MIFAB). (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

    Simón Litvak Ph.D.
Professor and Director of CNRS, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, France. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
   

Edward Penhoet Ph.D.
Executive Director, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, California. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

   

William J. Rutter Ph.D.
President, Synergenics, California. Member of US Academy of Sciences. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

   

Marc Shuman MD.
Professor of Medicine and Director of Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco
. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación

    Rafael Vicuña Ph.D.
Dean, Facultad de Ciencia Biológicas Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
    Luisa L, Villa Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Ludwig Cancer Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación
   

Peter Walter Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco. Member of US Academy of Sciences. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 

    Keith Yamamoto Ph.D.
Executive Vice Dean, School of Medicine Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación) 
  Claudia Benavente Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. (Direct links to SeniorAssociate, Junior members and Friends of Fundación)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
     
     
     
 
     
     
     
     
     

 

 
   
 
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