Amalia Dutra

Amalia Dutra, Ph.D (b. 1958), is a Uruguayan-American genetic biologist known for being part of the team that mapped the human genome.[1][2]

Amalia Dutra
Born1958
Tarariras, Colonia Department
Nationality Uruguay
Citizenship United States of America
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
OccupationGenetic biologist
Known forWork in mapping the Human genome

Biography

Amalia Dutra, born in Tarariras, graduated from the Faculty of Science at the University of the Uruguayan Republic in 1983. She decided to devote herself to research at Clemente Estable Institute for Biological Research. Dutra taught genetics at the University of the Uruguayan Republic's Faculties of Medicine, Psychology, and Agronomy. In 1988, she emigrated to the United States of America and found work at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, researching the genetics of immune disorders at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In 1993, she began researching at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in Washington.[3][4][5][6]

Currently, she is the Director of the Central Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Confocal Microscopy (Cytogenetic and Confocal Microscopy Core) of NHGRI.[6]

Citations
  1. Israel, Sergio. "Entrevista con la investigadora Amalia Dutra". smu.org (in Spanish). Sindicato Médico del Uruguay. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. "33 GENETIC DISEASE RESEARCH BRANCH" (PDF). genome.gov. National Human Genome Research Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. "La ciencia es muje". Universia (in Spanish). 31 March 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. "Amalia Dutra National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Cancer Research, Cell Biology, Genetics PhD". researchgate.net. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. Carro, Luis A. (31 December 2004). "Científica que integró el equipo que descubrió el genoma humano, dispuesta a trabajar aquí". LaRed21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  6. "Glosario de términos genéticos". webs.um.es. NHGRI. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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