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pmoreno [Pedro A. Moreno] |
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pmoreno [Biographical Summary] |
| ====== Pedro A. Moreno ====== | ====== Pedro A. Moreno ====== |
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| Doctor in Biology \\ University of Houston \\ TX, USA, 2004 | Doctor in Biology \\ University of Houston \\ TX, USA, 2004 |
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| [[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pedro_A_Moreno/research | ResearchGate]] | [[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pedro_A_Moreno/research | ResearchGate]] |
| [[https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/gruplac/jsp/visualiza/visualizagr.jsp?nro=00000000002141 | BIMAC]] | [[https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/gruplac/jsp/visualiza/visualizagr.jsp?nro=00000000002141 | BIMAC]] |
| | [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-a-moreno-17088027 | LinkedIn]] |
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| ===== Biographical Summary ===== | ===== Biographical Summary ===== |
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| Pedro worked in molecular biology, searching for genes and antigenic proteins of //M. tuberculosis// and //M. leprae// with diagnostic and immunogenic potential. Subsequently he gained experience in the study of breast cancer, human genetics, and fractal geometry. Later he made the transition to the new genomics and bioinformatics. He collaborated in the formulation of a scalar theory that explains the population repertoires of cells in the humoral immune response (Burgos and Moreno-Tovar, 1996). And they were pioneers in applying multifractal analysis to the study of DNA sequences arranged on the chaos game representation (Gutiérrez et al., 1998). | Pedro worked in molecular biology, researching genes and antigenic proteins of M. tuberculosis and M. leprae with diagnostic and immunogenic potential. Subsequently, he gained experience in the study of breast cancer*, human genetics, and fractal geometry. Later, he transitioned to the emerging fields of genomics and bioinformatics. He collaborated in formulating a scalar theory that explains the population repertoires of cells in the humoral immune response (Burgos and Moreno-Tovar, 1996) and was a pioneer in applying multifractal analysis to the study of DNA sequences arranged in the chaos game representation (Gutiérrez et al., 1998). Additionally, Pedro served as coordinator for the Dpto. of Valle del Cauca of the GeBiX Project of Excellence from 2008 to 2014, focusing on the analysis of metagenomes of extreme environments. Subsequently, between 2015 and 2020, he coordinated the SGR of Valle del Cauca project on breast cancer. |
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| | *Note: Pedro's collaboration on breast cancer was part of Patricia E. Vélez's Summa Cum Laude master's thesis in genetics, which validated the use of tamoxifen for breast cancer patients in Colombia. Since then, thousands of women in the country have benefited from this research. |
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| ===== Research Interests ===== | ===== Research Interests ===== |
| Pedro is currently working on identifying biological problems that can be addressed with computer tools, mainly using databases, mathematics, geometry and statistics to study the structural and functional organization of genes, genomes and omics profiles. His main interests are: developing algorithms and applications (software) aimed at answering questions that account for the emergent properties that characterize life. | Pedro is currently working on identifying biological problems that can be addressed with computer tools, mainly using databases, mathematics, geometry and statistics to study the structural and functional organization of genes, genomes and omics profiles. His main interests are: developing algorithms and applications (software) aimed at answering questions that account for the emergent properties that characterize life. |
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| ===== Some Publications ===== | ===== Some Publications - before 2005===== |
| * Moreno PA. (2004). **Large scale and small scale bioinformatics studies on the Caenorhabditis elegans genome**. Doctoral thesis. University of Houston. Houston, TX, USA. 1-216. | * Moreno PA. (2004). **Large scale and small scale bioinformatics studies on the Caenorhabditis elegans genome**. Doctoral thesis. University of Houston. Houston, TX, USA. 1-216. |
| * Kirt Martin, Janet L. Siefert, Yue Lu, Pedro A. Moreno, William R. Widger and George E. Fox. (2003). **Cyanobacterial signature genes.** Photosynthesis Research. 75: 211 – 221. | * Kirt Martin, Janet L. Siefert, Yue Lu, Pedro A. Moreno, William R. Widger and George E. Fox. (2003). **Cyanobacterial signature genes.** Photosynthesis Research. 75: 211 – 221. |
| * Pedro A. Moreno, Patricia E. Vélez y Javier D. Burgos (2007). Biología Molecular, Genómica y Post-Genómica. Pioneros, principios y tecnologías. Incluye referencias a Colombia. Editorial Universidad del Cauca. Segunda edición. Popayán. 298 págs. ISBN: 958-33-5118-0. ([[https://www.libreriadelau.com/biologia-molecular-genomica-y-postgenomica-pioneros-principios-y-tecnologias-u-del-cauca-9789589451366-biologia/p|Book]]) | * Pedro A. Moreno, Patricia E. Vélez y Javier D. Burgos (2007). Biología Molecular, Genómica y Post-Genómica. Pioneros, principios y tecnologías. Incluye referencias a Colombia. Editorial Universidad del Cauca. Segunda edición. Popayán. 298 págs. ISBN: 958-33-5118-0. ([[https://www.libreriadelau.com/biologia-molecular-genomica-y-postgenomica-pioneros-principios-y-tecnologias-u-del-cauca-9789589451366-biologia/p|Book]]) |
| * Morfolia: Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia ([[https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/morfolia|Equipo Editorial]]) | * Morfolia: Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia ([[https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/morfolia|Equipo Editorial]]) |
| | * Patricia E. Vélez, Pedro A. Moreno (Conference Editors) (2018)([[https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/supplements/volume-19-supplement-8|Selected articles from the IV Colombian Congress on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology & VIII International Conference on Bioinformatics SoIBio 2017. BMC Genomics 19, Suppl 8. Pages;: 92. Editor Springer-Nature/]]) |
