2019 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

86 2019 Yearbook Dr. Lorena Betancor (Netherlands) Professor of Protein Technology. Magdalena Ripoll, B.S. (Netherlands) Graduate in Biotechnology Engineering, teaching assistant, and graduate student in the Chemistry track of the Basic Sciences Development Program (Pedeciba) conducted at the Biotechnology Laboratory under the direction of Dr. Betancor. Dr. Betancor presented the academic poster “Remotely activated nanoimmobilized biocatalyst by magnetic hyperthermia for directed enzyme prodrug therapy” 12 and Eng. Ripoll presented the academic poster “Microbial conversion of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone in water” 13 at the 14th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformations (BioTrans 2019), organized by the University of Groningen, Groningen, July 7–11. 12 Conducted in collaboration with Mag. Sonali Correa, research teaching assistant at the Biotechnology Laboratory of the Faculty of Engineering at Universidad ORT Uruguay; Dr. Laura Asín, researcher at the Network Center for Biomedical Research in Bioengineering, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine (Spain); Dr. Lucía Gutiérrez, researcher at the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Zaragoza (Spain); Dr. Jesús Martínez de la Fuente, permanent researcher at the Aragón Institute of Materials Science at the University of Zaragoza (Spain); and Dr. Valeria Grazú, Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Aragón Institute of Materials Science at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). 13 Conducted in collaboration with Dr. Lorena Betancor, Professor of Protein Technology at the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad ORT Uruguay, and Dr. Erienne Jackson, Associate Professor of Protein Technology at Universidad ORT Uruguay. Dr. Gerardo Matturro (Paraguay) Research professor in Software Engineering and associate academic coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in Systems. He taught a course on Requirements Engineering for the Graduate Program in Information and Communication Technologies at the Polytechnic School of the National University of Asunción, September 16–20. Dr. Helena Garbarino (Portugal) Academic coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in Systems. She presented the article “Analysis and estimation of passenger drop-off points in public transport systems. Case study: Montevideo, Uruguay. Analysis and estimation of passenger drop-off points in public transport systems. Case study: Montevideo, Uruguay” on June 14 at the 14th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI 2019), organized by the University of Coimbra, June 19–22. 14 Conducted in collaboration with Eliana Clavijo, B.S. in Systems Engineering from Universidad ORT Uruguay. Dr. Helena Garbarino Dr. Lorena Betancor ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2019