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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
PATENTS2003Mammalian selenophosphate synthetase - Patent number: 6586217. Abstract: Selenophosphate synthetase protein from a mammal, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding this protein. Methods of using these reagents and diagnostic kits are also provided. Inventors: M. Jorge Guimarães, J. Fernando Bazan, Albert Zlotnik.
2001ALERT® Emergency Room Tracking (IGAC - Inspeção Geral das Atividades Culturais, Portugal, 2001)
1999Purified mammalian nucleobase permeases; nucleic acids; antibodies. Patent number: 5858707. Abstract: Nucleobase permeases from mammals, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids hybridizing to or encoding such proteins. Methods of making and using said reagents and diagnostic kits are also provided. Inventors: M. Jorge Guimaraes, J. Fernando Bazan, Terrill K. McClanahan, Albert Zlotnik.
M. Jorge Guimarães, M.D., Ph.D.Founder & President of ALERT
AWARDS
AWARDS ATTRIBUTED TO ALERT LIFE SCIENCES COMPUTING2010Professional Merit Gold Medal Award, Gaia Municipality, Portugal
2007COTEC Innovation Award
1999 - to dateFounder & President, ALERT Life Sciences Computing, S.A.
1997 - 1999Post-doc in Gene Therapy, Genetics Department, Stanford University, U.S.A.
1993 - 1997Visiting Scientist, DNAX Research Institute, Palo Alto, U.S.A. Ph.D. in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal
1991 - 1993Internship in Medicine, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal
1985 - 1991Degree in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto,Portugal
2009Distinction in Professional Services, Rotary International
2008Medal of Honor from the Portuguese Business Association (AEP)
2008Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award
2000Citizen of Merit of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
1998BIAL Grand Prize in Medicine
1997Medical Genetics Prize Jacinto Magalhães
MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS- Guimarães, M.J. Discovery of non-rigid eggs and hatchlings in two Archaeopteryx fossils. Paleo & Life, Abstracts of the 90th Annual Meeting of the Palaontologische Gesellschaft, Munich 2019, 53- Guimarães, M.J. The Rediscovery of Archaeopteryx (Vol. II): Archaeopteryx’s Hatchlings (ALERT Life Sciences Computing, Portugal, 2018). On sale at amazon.com- Guimarães, M.J. The Rediscovery of Archaeopteryx (Vol. I): Non-Rigid eggs in the Bird Lineage (ALERT Life Sciences Computing, Portugal, 2018). On sale at amazon.com- Guimarães, M.J. et al. Identification of a novel selD homolog from eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea: is there an autoregulatory mechanism in selenocysteine metabolism? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996, 93: 15086-91- Guimarães, M.J. et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of lysosomal sialic acid O-acetylesterase. J Biol Chem. 1996, 271: 13697-705- Guimarães, M.J. et al. A new approach to the study of haematopoietic development in the yolk sac and embryoid bodies. Development. 1995, 121: 3335-46- Guimarães, M.J. et al. Differential display by PCR: novel findings and applications. Nucleic Acids Res. 1995, 23: 1832-3