Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Courses and conferences
Languages
Publications
Academic training - Professional formation
Personal Information
Presentations (Oral and Poster):
Accomplishments
Certification
Affiliations
Timeline
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Ari Misael Martínez Torres

Ari Misael Martínez Torres

Coyoacán,Mexico

Summary

Dynamic and innovative General Practitioner with a robust background in both clinical and academic settings, including a notable position at UNAM. Excelled in pioneering research on brain injury models and enhancing student understanding of complex biomedical concepts. Demonstrates exceptional analytical skills and a commitment to advancing medical knowledge and patient care.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

General Practitioner

Private Clinic
Mexico City, Mexico
02.2015 - Current

Guest professor of histology and microscopy course

UNAM
02.2024 - 05.2024

Guest professor in the course of Genetic and Biomedicine

Instituto Politécnico Nacional
01.2019 - 12.2019

Sub-investigator (SI) in Clinical Protocols of Pulmonary Hypertension and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

National Institute of Cardiology Dr. Ignacio Chavez
02.2015 - 01.2016

Instructor of Human Anatomy and Immunology

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
08.2010 - 12.2013

Education

PhD student - Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences Division, Department of Molecular Neuropathology

Instituto de Fisiología Celular
11.2024

M. Sc. - Molecular Biomedicine

Instituto Politécnico Nacional
07.2020

Social Service -

Instituto Nacional de Cardiología
02.2016

Undergraduate Medical Internship -

Hospital Juarez de Mexico
12.2014

Medical Doctor Degree -

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
11.2013

Skills

Brain injury animal models

  • MCAO
  • Excitotoxicity injury model
  • Intracerebral glutamate injection
  • Intracerebral hemorrhage model
  • Collagenase intracerebral injection
  • Autologous blood injection
  • TBI
  • Fluid percussion model

Behavioral and motor testing in mice

  • Three chambers test
  • Rotarod test
  • Novel Object Recognition (NOR) test
  • Elevated Plus Maze
  • Y-maze
  • Balance beam
  • Spontaneous cylinder activity
  • Inverted grid test
  • Adhesive removal test

Molecular biology

  • PCR
  • RT-PCR
  • Western Blot
  • Enzymatic activity
  • Brain edema quantification
  • BBB permeability assay
  • Histological specimen processing and staining
  • ROS determination in tissue

Courses and conferences

  • Study timelines and Enrollment Expectations, 06/30/15
  • 6 Minute walk Test (6MWT), 06/30/15
  • Pharmagenomics, 07/01/15
  • PI Overview of Clinical Diagnostics, Data Management and Investigational, 07/01/15
  • Good Clinical Practices Overview, 07/02/15
  • Course on Acute Respiratory Infections in cold season, National Institute of Public Health, 04/09/16
  • Course on Attention to vector-borne diseases with emphasis on Zika, National Institute of Public Health, 04/11/16
  • Course Learning Breastfeeding WHO, National Institute of Public Health, 04/15/16
  • 58th National Surgical Week 'Current decisions in surgery and medicine', Mexican Academy of Surgery, 09/27/16 to 09/30/16
  • Course Geohelminthiasis: prevention, management, and control, Pan American Health Organization, 04/16/16
  • Course Prevention and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease for teams of the first level of care, Pan American Health Organization, 10/19/16
  • Rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis Course, Pan American Health Organization, 10/22/16
  • Zika Course: Clinical Approach in basic care, Pan American Health Organization, 10/22/16
  • Course on Prevention and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease for first level of care teams, Pan American Health Organization, 10/19/16
  • Course-Symposium on Cranioencephalic Trauma: Current Status and Therapeutic Opportunities. Cinvestav Coapa January 10 and 11, 2019
  • Assistant at the Neurogune Biennial Meeting, Donostia – San Sebastián, España, 06/28/24

Languages

  • English, Advanced intermediate, TOEFL iBT, 2020, ENALLT UNAM, 2020
  • Italian, Intermediate, in the process of certification

Publications

  • Martínez-Torres, A. M., & Morán, J., Aquaporin 4 and the endocannabinoid system: a potential therapeutic target in brain injury, Experimental brain research, 242, 9, 2041–2058, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-024-06896-7, 2024
  • Martínez-Torres, A. M., & Morán, J., CB1 Receptor Activation Provides Neuroprotection in an Animal Model of Glutamate-Induced Excitotoxicity Through a Reduction of NOX-2 Activity and Oxidative Stress, CNS neuroscience & therapeutics, 30, 11, e70099, https://doi.org/10.1111/cns.70099, 2024

Academic training - Professional formation

  • Medical Doctor Degree, School of Medicine at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 07/01/09, 11/30/13
  • Undergraduate Medical Internship, Hospital Juarez de Mexico, Ministry of Health, 01/01/14, 12/31/14
  • Social Service, Medical Sub-investigator, Clinical Research Protocols Department of Cardioneumology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, 02/01/15, 02/29/16
  • Resident Physician, General Surgery, ISSSTE Regional Hospital Dario Fernandez Fierro, 03/01/17, 12/31/17
  • M. Sc., Molecular Biomedicine, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 01/01/18, 07/31/20
  • PhD student, Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences Division, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 09/01/20, present

Personal Information

  • Age: 33
  • Date of Birth: 11/06/91
  • Marital Status: Single
  • Federal tax payer registry: MATA9111061F6

Presentations (Oral and Poster):

  • Presentation of the poster "Cicatrizing and remodeling effect of bacoderm Nano-tech in diabetic foot" at the VI Congress of the Colegio Iberoamericano de Diabetes A.C. (October 19-22, 2018).
  • Presentation of the poster Cicatrizing Effect of Bacoderm Nano-tech in vasculitic ulcer in the XXIV Student Congress of Pharmacology and VII Congress of Students without border, November 7,8 and 9, 2018.
  • Poster presentation Edaravone: The new therapeutic option in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at the XXIV Student Congress of Pharmacology and VII Congress of Students without borders, November 7,8 and 9, 2018.
  • Poster presentation Cicatrizing effect of Bacoderm Nano-tech in venous ulcers at the XXIV Student Congress of Pharmacology and VII Congress of Students without borders, November 7,8 y 9, 2018.
  • Poster presentation entitled. 'Edaravone in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis' at the First Poster Competition in Neurosciences Instituto Politécnico Nacional on December 3, 2019.
  • Short Talk presentation of the research work titled ¨Anti-Edematous and neuroprotective effect of Bacopa procumbens extract in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion model' at the Keystone Symposia Brain Therapeutics: Disruptive Technologies and Opportunities, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. February 16-19, 2020.
  • Poster presentation of the research work entitled ¨Anti-Edematous and neuroprotective effect of Bacopa procumbens extract in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion model' during Keystone Symposia Brain Therapeutics: Disruptive Technologies and Opportunities, Santa Fe, New Mexico, E.U.A. February 16-19, 2020.
  • Participation as student in workshop “Laboratory animal handling in biomedical research”. Mexico City, August 24-31, 2020.
  • Participation as student in the Cannalatan-ISN school “Investigating cannabinoid function in the nervous system: mechanism of action and biomedical implications”. Madrid, Spain. June 19-22, 2022.
  • Poster presentation of the research work entitled. The NRLP3 inflammasome downregulation participates in CB1-mediated neuroprotection after the intracerebral hemorrhage.V Neurobiology meeting of the Mexican Society for Biochemistry Morelia, Mexico April 13 to 17, 2024.
  • Poster presentation of the research work entitled The neuroprotective mechanisms of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) in a hemorrhagic brain injury model. V Neurobiology meeting of the Mexican Society for Biochemistry. Morelia, Mexico April 13 to 17, 2024.

Accomplishments

  • Graduated with a Master of Science, earning Magna Cum Laude honors.
  • Presentation and first place in the category Application to the Postgraduate level clinic of the poster Cicatrizing effect of Bacopa procumbens nanoconjugate in a venous ulcer at the XXVI Student Congress of Pharmacology and IX Student Congress Science without Borders November 6,7 and 8, 2019.
  • Awarded Scholarship by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to attend Keystone Symposia, Brain Therapeutics: Disruptive Technologies and Opportunities, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. February 16-19, 2020.
  • Awarded a research fellowship to collaborate on studying the neuroglial basis of behavioral processes at the Achucarro Basque Center for Neurosciences, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain. Supervised by Edgar Soria Gómez, the research stay will take place from May 1, 2024, to July 31, 2024.

Certification

  • GPC (Good Clinical Practice) Training Certificate, Trancelerate BioPharma Inc., 07/02/15
  • IWRS Training, 07/01/15

Affiliations

  • Co-founder and participant of the student society at the Instituto de Fisiología Celular, UNAM
  • Medical doctor at the Fundación Best A.C., providing care to people who, due to their socioeconomic needs or disabilities, are unable to meet their basic requirements for subsistence and development.

Timeline

Guest professor of histology and microscopy course

UNAM
02.2024 - 05.2024

Guest professor in the course of Genetic and Biomedicine

Instituto Politécnico Nacional
01.2019 - 12.2019

General Practitioner

Private Clinic
02.2015 - Current

Sub-investigator (SI) in Clinical Protocols of Pulmonary Hypertension and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

National Institute of Cardiology Dr. Ignacio Chavez
02.2015 - 01.2016

Instructor of Human Anatomy and Immunology

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
08.2010 - 12.2013

PhD student - Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences Division, Department of Molecular Neuropathology

Instituto de Fisiología Celular

M. Sc. - Molecular Biomedicine

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Social Service -

Instituto Nacional de Cardiología

Undergraduate Medical Internship -

Hospital Juarez de Mexico

Medical Doctor Degree -

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Ari Misael Martínez Torres