Ian Eric Burbulis

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Ian Eric Burbulis, PhD

Assistant Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0361-0683

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    1996 …2024

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    Personal profile

    Personal profile

    Dr. Burbulis completed his Ph.D. under the direction of Dr. Brenda Winkel investigating the molecular biology of flavonoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana at Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Center of Excellence in Genomic Sciences (CEGS) funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute at the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, California, USA. Before joining Universidad San Sebastián, he was a founding member of Green Pacific Biologicals and an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Virginia, Virginia, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Sciences at the Patagonia Campus, Puerto Montt, Chile

    Teaching

    Dr. Burbulis teaches introductory classes in Medicine and research. He is also a collaborating member of the Ph.D. program in Cellular Biology and Biomedicine at the Universidad San Sebastián in Santiago

    Research interests

    Dr. Burbulis investigates somatic mosaicism in humans. Here, mutations occur in resident stem cells as they replace damaged cells during a healthy lifetime. These mutations eventually create a mosaic of cells in all organs of the body in which each cell contains a unique genomic structure. The abundance of these mutant cells is low during youth but increases with age. Cells containing severe mutational loads differentiate into a senescent state that protects the host from cancers and other malformations. However, senescent cells secrete inflammatory factors that promote diseases of old age. The rate at which senescent cells accumulate is related to the rate of aging

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

    Education/Academic qualification

    PhD, Biology and Chemistry, Virginia Tech

    … → 1998

    Bachelor, Biología y Química, Virginia Tech

    … → 1993

    External positions

    Universidad de Virginia, Charlottesville, Estados Unidos de América

    2012 → 2021

    Keywords

    • QR180 Immunology

    Cargo USS

    • Investigador (a)

    Jerarquía Académica

    • Profesor Asistente

    Línea de Investigación

    • Línea de Investigación
    • Lifespan
    • Somatic mosaicism

    Macrodisciplinas

    • Macrodisciplinas
    • Genomics

    Disciplinas ANID

    • Disciplinas

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