Gualberto González - Short Curriculum Vitae

GUALBERTO G. GONZÁLEZ Adjunct Professor
Department of Immunology
Faculty of Chemistry
University of Uruguay
Uruguayan citizen

STUDIES
Faculty of Chemistry, UROU B.Sc. 1979 Chemistry
Faculty of Chemistry, UROU Ph.Chem 1981 Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Faculty of Chemistry, UROU Ph.D. 1997 Immunochemistry
Thesis work: Characterization of parasite antigens and mapping of their major epitopes.
Postgraduate courses: WHO Immunology Research and Training Center, Laussanne, Switzerland Set-Oct/1996. "Advanced WHO course on Immunology, Vaccinology, Biotechnology, and Biosafety applied to Infectious Diseases"

EMPLOYMENT
10/1997- Adjunct Prof., Head Immunochemistry group, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Uruguay.
6-7/1998 Visiting Scientist, Affymax Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
8-10/1998 Visiting Scientist, Affymax Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
9/1994-9/1995 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Vaccine Research, BMC, The National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.
1993-1997 Ph.D student, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Uruguay.
1991-1993 Research Assistant, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Uruguay.
10/91-6/92 Visiting Research Fellow, Section of Immunology and Cell Culture, BMC, The National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.
2-6/1988 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden.
1982-1990 Production and Quality Control Manager, Electroplast S.A. and RÜSCH S.A. (sterile medical equipment)

PUBLICATIONS

• Gualberto González, Carmen Lorenzo, Alberto Nieto. Improved immunodiagnosis of cystic hydatid disease by using a synthetic peptide with higher diagnostic value than its parent protein, Echinococcus granulosus antigen B (2000) . J. Clin. Microbiol. 38: (in press).
• Gualberto González, Pablo Spinelli, Carmen Lorenzo, Ulf Hellman, Alberto Nieto, Antony Willis, Gustavo Salinas. Molecular characterization of P-29, a metacestode-specific component of Echinococcus granulosus which is immunologically related to, but distinct from, antigen 5 (2000). Molecular Biochemical Parasitol. 105:177-84.
• Mariela Barbieri, Verónica Fernández, Gualberto González, Victor Martínez and Alberto Nieto. Diagnostic evaluation of a synthetic peptide derived from a novel antigen B subunit as related to other available peptides and native antigens used for serology of cystic hydatidosis (1998). Parasite Immunology, 20:51-61.
• Gualberto González, Beatriz Castro and Hugo Massaldi. Extraction of eCG (equine chorionic gonadotrphin) from pregnant mare plasma by direct adsorption on chromatographic media (1997). Biotechnol. and Bioeng., 57:22-25.
• Gualberto González, Alberto Nieto, Cecilia Fernández, Anders Örn, Christer Wernstedt and Ulf Hellman. Two different 8 kDa monomers are involved in the oligomeric organization of the native Echinococcus granulosus antigen B. (1996). Parasite Immunol. 18, 587-596.
• Gualberto González, Dan Sunnemark, Anders Örn and Kjell-Olov Grönvik. Detection of cruzipain, the major cysteine proteinase from Trypanosoma cruzi and its C-terminal extension in biological fluids during experimental infection in mice (1996). Scand J of Immunol.. 44, 122-128 .
• Gualberto González., Örn A., Cazzulo J.J. & Grönvik K. Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against the major cysteine proteinase of Trypanosoma cruzi" (1994). Scand J of Immunol.. 40, 389-394.
• Gualberto González. Caracterización de antígenos parasitarios y mapeo de sus epítopes mayores (1997) Thesis work. Facultad de Química, Cátedra de Inmunología. Montevideo-Uruguay Grants
  "Peptide and protein phage display libraries as tools for the identification of diagnostic valuable molecules". Funding: CSIC, Universidad de la Républica, Uruguay, 2000-2002, USD 20,000.
  " Development of highly reliable immunodiagnostic reagents by using combinatorial peptide libraries". Funding: The Zaffaroni Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 1999-2001, USD 60,000.
  "Improvement of the diagnosis of hydatid disease by the identification and characterization of novel Echinococcus granulosus antigens". Funding: Fondo Clemente Estable (CONICYT), Uruguay (Proyecto 3036, 1997-99), USD 25,000.Language
  

LANGUAGES
English: Basic and advance courses at the Alianza Cultural Uruguay-EEUU, Montevideo.
German: Basic and Technical language courses at the Goethe Institute, Montevideo

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