Fabian Aguilar

Teacher of Animal Histoanatomy, Biology I y II. He has third-level training as a Biologist, a fourth-level master’s degree in Molecular Biotechnology and is currently a doctoral scholar and PhD candidate. in Biology at the University of Cuyo – Argentina. He was a professor at Ikiam in the the chairs of Animal Biotechnology, Animal Physiology, Fundamentals of Biotechnology and Specialized Seminar I and the University of the Americas in the Faculty of Medicine. Member of the Genetics and Genomics Network of Ecuador. In the last 5 years worked as a Researcher in the Project for the Standardization and Implementation of Molecular Tests for the Early Diagnosis and Prophylaxis of Neglected Parasitosis in Ecuador, developed at the National Institute of Public Health Research Dr. Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez INSPI-LIP for the Multidisciplinary Program on Neglected Parasitosis in Ecuador PROPAD.

Research Interests

The topics of research interest focus on the field of human genetics, molecular biology and cell humans cancer culture and natural products

Selected Publications:

1. Cost and performance analysis of efficiency, efficacy, and effectiveness of viral RNA isolation with commercial kits and Heat Shock as an alternative method to detect SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR
   
2. Evaluación microscópica y molecular de Strongyloides venezuelensis en un ciclo de vida experimental utilizando ratas Wistar
   
3. Etnofarmacopea sagrada del Ecuador: interacciones espirituales entre gente y plantas. Ecologia Espiritual: Integrando Natureza, Humanidades y Espiritualidades
   

Research projects

• Actividad antiproliferativa y anticancerígena de extractos vegetales con alto valor nutracéutico
• El océano, la farmacia del futuro: Bacterias marinas como alternativa para enfrentar patógenos de la industria acuícola