Dr. Anaximandro Gómez Velasco

Researcher at CINVESTAV, Merida, Yucatan

Education and qualifications.

2004-2009       Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Scholarships awarded by the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program and CONACyT.

1995-200         BSc Biology, University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas, Mexico.

Research Experience.

• Since June 2021    Researcher at Human Ecology Departament, CINVESTAV, Merida, Yucatan.

• 2015-2020    Visiting Scientist at t El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristobal Unit.

• 2014  Training at Nanobiosensor Laboratory, Departament of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, USA. July 6-19, 2014. “Efficiency capture, concentration and detection of Mycobacterium smegmatis using magnetic nanoparticles coupled with a biosensor”.

• 2013-2014   Postdoctoral research fellow at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristobal Unit. “Transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Highlands region of Chiapas, Mexico”.

• 2009-2012      Postdoctoral research fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia. “Role of serine/threonine protein kinases (STPKs) and phosphatases in lipid metabolism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis”.

• 2009-2012     Trained to work with human pathogens under BSL3 and BSL2 environments, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Vancouver, Canada.

• 2004-2009      School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK. “Studies in mycobactin biosynthesis”.   

• 2003-2004     Research associate at the Research and Postgraduate College in the South Border (ECOSUR), Chiapas, Mexico. “Nematodes as biological control agents against fruit flies”.

• 2002-2003     Internship at the laboratory of the Regional Hospital of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. “Diagnosis of tuberculosis by smear sputum”.

• 2000-2002    Research and Postgraduate College in the South Border (ECOSUR), Chiapas, Mexico. “Sub-lethal effects and vertical transmission of an invertebrate iridescent virus type 6 (VII6) in Galleria mellonella”.