Carlos Arias Ortiz

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name = Carlos Federico Arias Ortiz
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birth_place = Mexico
residence = Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
nationality = Mexican
field = Virology
work_institution = Institute of Biotechnology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
alma_mater = National Autonomous University of Mexico
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prizes = Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2001).
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Carlos Federico Arias Ortiz is a prominent Mexican biochemist specialized in rotaviri. He was a co-recipient of the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2001) along his wife, Susana López Charreton.citeweb| author = Liliana Alcántara| title = Susana López Charreton, las gotas de miel de la ciencia| url = http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/131143_4.html| date = 2005-10-23| publisher = El Universal| language = Spanish|]

Arias Ortiz holds a bachelor's degree in Pharmacology and both a master's and a doctorate degree in basic biomedical research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He currently works for the Institute of Biotechnology of the same university.citeweb| author = | title = HHMI International Research Scholars: Carlos F. Arias, Ph.D.| url = http://www.hhmi.org/research/scholars/arias_bio.html| date = | publisher = Howard Hughes Medical Institute|]

He was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Scholar from 1991 to 2006.

External links

* [http://www.hhmi.org/research/scholars/arias_bio.html Profile at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute]
* [http://www.ibt.unam.mx/server/PRG.base?tipo:doc,dir:PRG.curriculum,par:arias Personal web page at the Institute of Biotechnology - UNAM] (in Spanish).

References

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NAME= Arias Ortiz, Carlos Federico
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Mexican biochemist specialized in rotaviruses and co-recipient of the Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (UNESCO, 2001)
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