XII Internship Medical Journeys, Dr. Manuel Gea González General Hospital, Health Ministry. TALKS and PRESENTATIONS Evolution of Pathogenesis in Cryptococcal Species. Garcia-Solache M and Casadevall A. 111th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, May 21-24, 2011, New Orleans, USA. Poster. The Gap Genes in Clogmia albipunctata (Diptera: Psychodidae). Marie Curie RTN Evonet meeting, Cambridge, UK, 10-12 December 2008. Invited Talk. Analysis Of The Gap Gene Network In Clogmia albipunctata (Diptera: Psychodidae). Marie Curie RTN Zoonet meeting. Budapest, Hungary, November 2008. Poster. Gap genes in lower flies. EMBO/Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology. Practical Course on Developmental Biology of Animals and Plants, Tübingen, Germany, August 2006. Talk. Functional analysis of NRAMP protein homologue in malaria vector Anopheles albimanus. XVI National Congress of Immunology. Area Innate Immunity. Oaxaca, México, 7-11 March 2004. Talk. Functional analysis of the iron transporter AnaNRAMP in Anopheles albimanus. XXV National Congress of Biochemistry. Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, México, Nov 29- Dec 03, 2004. Talk. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2005-2009 Laboratory demonstrator (teaching assistant) for part IA and IB (first and second year undergraduates) natural sciences and medicine students, University of Cambridge. Areas: Biology of Cells, Bacteriology, Evolution and Behaviour, Development (Drosophila), Histopathology. 2004 Undergraduate Research Project Supervisor, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, México. ADDITIONAL TRAINING 2010 Molecular Mycology: Current approaches to fungal pathogenesis. Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass, August 4- 20, 2010. 2006 EMBO/Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology. Practical Course on Developmental Biology of Animals and Plants, Tübingen, Germany. 2002 ATLS: Advanced Trauma Life Support, Trauma Committee Mexico, American College of Surgeons, Xoco General Hospital, Mexico City Health Services, July 3-4 2002 2000 Course "Biology of Disease Transmitting Insects and their Interactions with Parasites”. Course director: Dr. Humberto Lanz, National Institute of Public Health, National Institutes of Health, México and Johns Hopkins University, Epidemiology Department. Fifth Summer Program in Public Health and Epidemiology. 1996-2000 Medical Student Research Program, Institute of Cell Physiology, UNAM. Laboratory of Dr. Jaime Mas Oliva (mentor). Cholesterol transport biochemistry. 1995 Summer Research Program for High School Students, Pectinolytic enzymes of fungi. Biomedical Research Institute, UNAM. Dr. Carlos Huitrón Vargas (supervisor).