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Julio Ortiz

 

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Julio Ortiz, Ph.D.

Project leader
Text Link Intern Molecular Structural Biology
Text Link Intern The 70S Ribosome
Phone: 089/8578 2648
Fax: 089/8578 2641
Email: ortiz[a]biochem.mpg.de
Room: C130b
   
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A. PERSONAL: Born January 7, 1969
Caracas, Venezuela.

B. EDUCATION: September 1997 to August 2002
“Doctor en Ciencias Biologicas”
(Doctor in Biological Sciences)
“Universidad Simón Bolívar”
Caracas, Venezuela.
Thesis: “Tridimensional Electromicroscopy of
acto-myosin complexes in nucleotide-free state”
Doctoral Thesis in collaboration with the
“Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische
Forschung” (Heidelberg, Germany) and the
“Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones
Científicas”
(Caracas, Venezuela).
Research Advisors: Dr. Rasmus Schröder
Dr. Raúl Padrón Dr. José Bubis


September 1986 to June 1992
"Licenciado" in Biology
"Universidad Simón Bolívar"
Caracas, Venezuela

Thesis: "Characterization of Visual Transducin Functional Cysteines using chemical modification techniques"
Research Advisor: Dr. José Bubis



C. PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE: September 2002 to present
Postdoctoral fellow
Structural Biology Department
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie
Martinsried, Germany
Research Advisor: Dr. Wolfgang Baumeister

February 1996 to August 1997.
Research Associated Professional
“Instituto Venezolano de Investigación Científica”
(I.V.I.C.).
“Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular”.
“Lab. Genética Molecular”. Venezuela.

July 1992 to January 1994
Research Associate
"Gerencia Nacional de Biotecnología,
Empresas Polar"
Caracas, Venezuela.


D. COURSES: 16-20 April 2004
Single Particle Reconstructions & EMAN Tutorial Workshop
National Center for Macromolecular Imaging,
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, U.S.A..

December 1999 to March 2000
German language course
Goethe-Institut Mannheim, Germany.

14-23 July 1993
Computer Methods in Molecular Biology. International Centre for Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology.
Trieste, Italy.
Publications:

Ortiz,J.O., Brandt, F., Matias, V.R.F., Sennels, L., Rappsilber, J., Scheres, S.H.W., Eibauer, M., Hartl, F.U. and Baumeister, W. 2010. Structure of Hibernating Ribosomes Studied by Cryoelectron Tomography in vitro and in situ. J. Cell. Biol., 190:613-621.

Brandt, F., Etchells, S. A., Ortiz, J. O., Elcock, A. H., Hartl, F. U., Baumeister, W. 2009. The Native 3D Organization of Bacterial Polysomes. Cell, 136:261-271


Ortiz, J. O., Rodriguez-Lanetty, M. and Bubis, J. 2008. Purification and characterization of transducin from capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. Comp Biochem Physiol, B Biochem Mol Biol 149:22-28


Ortiz, J. O., Förster, F., Kürner, J., Linaroudis, A. A.,and Baumeister, W. 2006. Mapping 70S ribosomes in intact cells by cryoelectron tomography and pattern recognition. J Struct Biol. 156:334-341


Bubis, J., Ortiz, J. O., and Möller C. 2001. Chemical modification of transducin with Iodoacetic Acid: Transducincarboxymethylated at Cys-347 allows transducin binding to light-activated rhodopsin but prevents its release in the presence of GTP. Arch Biochem Biophys. 395:146-157