2020 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

119 CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2020 Dr. Olivia Vergnolle (United States) Research Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. She delivered the virtual seminar “Protein engineering strategies for virus vaccine and immunotherapy development” as part of the Biotechnology Seminar Series Web#Biotecort, organized by the Chair of Protein Technology in the Department of Biotechnology, on November 17. Dr. Thao Dang (France) Research Director, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). She participated as an external reviewer via videoconference for the final Systems Engineering project “Extraction of weighted finite automata from artificial neural networks as a method for explainability,” by Federico Pan Suárez, October 14. Eirik Bremnes, M.Sc. (Mexico) Technical Lead at Globant Mexico. He delivered the videoconference “Introduction to the Main Phases of Software Development,” July 17. Dr. José Rubén Morones-Ramírez (Mexico) Research Professor at the Center for Research in Biotechnology and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Autonomous University of Nuevo León. He presented the virtual seminar “NanoBioEngineering in the Development of Smart Therapeutic Agents” as part of the Biotechnology Seminar Series #Biotecort, organized by the Chair of Protein Technology in the Department of Biotechnology, October 20. Dr. Leonardo Ríos Solís (United Kingdom) Assistant Professor at the Center for Synthetic Biology and Systems Biology at the Institute of Bioengineering, University of Edinburgh. He presented the virtual seminar “High-throughput design of microbial cell factories under industrial-scale conditions” as part of the BiotechnologyWeb#Biotecort Seminar Series, organized by the Protein Technology Chair of the Department of Biotechnology, on May 15. Dr. Daniela Quaglia (United Kingdom) Anne McLaren Fellow, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham. She delivered the virtual seminar “Automation and standardization in enzyme engineering: CalA as a case study” as part of the BiotechnologyWeb#Biotecort Seminar Series, organized by the Chair of Protein Technology in the Department of Biotechnology, on September 29. Dr. Maribel Fernández (United Kingdom) Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, King’s College London. She made an academic visit to the Faculty of Engineering, funded by the National Research and Innovation Agency as part of the FCE project “Type Control for Nominal Type Theory,” during which she participated in the project’s research activities alongside members of the Chair of Computer Theory, November 23–December 4.