CURRICULUM VITAE

Diego A. Forero, MD, PhD

Assistant ProfessorCoordinator, NeuroPsychiatric Genetics, Biomedical Sciences Research Group

Director, Medical Research OfficeSchool of Medicine

Antonio Nariño University Bogotá, Colombia

Editor, Latin American Journal of Health SciencesEditor, hum-molgen.org

Emails: diego.forero@uan.edu.co daforerog@gmail.comPhone Number: +57 1 338 49 60 (Office)

+57 313 261 04 27 (Mobile)http://www.daforerog.co.cc

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: November 27, 1980Place of Birth: Bogotá, ColombiaNationality: Colombian

EDUCATION

Doctor in MedicineSchool of Medicine, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. January 1998-December 2003

PhDPhD Program in Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Antwerp /Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. January 2006-December 2009.

ADDITIONAL COURSES AND RESEARCH TRAINING

-Advanced Course in Experimental Biochemistry. (2001) School of Medicine and School ofChemistry. National University of Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia.-Advanced Courses in Human Genetics and Brain Aging. (2001-2003) School ofM edicine. National University of Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia.-Course of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology. (2003) Organized by Columbia Universityand Universidad del Zulia, 2003. Maracaibo, Venezuela.-Advanced Training in Cell Culture. (2003) Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, National Institute of Health of Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia.-Course: ENSEMBL Workshop (Organized by VIB and the European Bioinformatics

Institute). September 2006. Gent, Belgium.-Course: Macromolecular Structure Database (Organized by VIB and theEuropean Bioinformatics Institute). October 2006. Leuven, Belgium.-Course: Microarray data analysis workshop (Organized by VIB and Centro de InvestigaciónPríncipe Felipe -Spain-). December 2006. Ghent, Belgium.-Course: Biostatistics for PhD students (Organized by University of Antwerp). January-February 2007. Antwerp, Belgium.-Course: Taverna workshop (Organized by VIB and BioScope-IT). May 2007. Ghent, Belgium.-Course: Literature Mining & Gene Ontology (Organized by VIB and the European Bioinformatics Institute). February 2008. Ghent, Belgium.-Course: Technology Transfer, (Organized by VIB). August 2008. Ghent, Belgium.-Course: Vector NTI, (Organized by VIB). March 2009. Leuven, Belgium.-Research stay: Unit of Animal Genomics, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, 2008.-Course: Introduction to Perl (Organized by VIB). May 2009. Ghent, Belgium.-Course: Effective Writing for Life Sciences Research, (Organized by VIB and University ofOxford). June 2009. Ghent, Belgium.

PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2002-2003, Internship in Biomedical ResearchNeurosciences Research GroupSchool of Medicine and Institute of GeneticsNational University of ColombiaSupervisor: Dr. Humberto Arboleda, MD, MSc; Co-Supervisor: Dr. Juan J.Yunis, MD.

2003-2005, Researcher in Molecular NeurogeneticsNeurosciences Research GroupSchool of Medicine and Institute of GeneticsNational University of Colombia

2006-2009, Researcher in Genetics and GenomicsApplied Molecular Genomics GroupDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Laboratory of Developmental GeneticsCatholic University of Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumFlanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB).

2010-, Coordinator, NeuroPsychiatric Genetics Biomedical Sciences Research Group Antonio Nariño UniversityBogotá, Colombia.

2011-, Director, Medical Research OfficeSchool of Medicine Antonio Nariño UniversityBogotá, Colombia.

2010-, Coordinator, Laboratories of Molecular GeneticsAntonio Nariño UniversityBogotá, Colombia.

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

-2003-2005, Teaching AssistantAdvanced Course in Human Genetics and NeurogeneticsSchool of Medicine and Institute of GeneticsNational University of Colombia-2004-2005, Academic AssistantMSc Program in Neurosciences (First MSc Program in Neurosciences in Latin America)School of MedicineNational University of Colombia-2010-, Assistant ProfessorSchool of MedicineAntonio Nariño University

-2010-, Member, PhD Advisory Committee, Hernán Hernández, MD. PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia.-2010-2011, Jury, PhD Thesis. Ana V. Valencia, MSc. PhD in Biology, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.-2011, Jury, MSc Thesis Project. Jenny Ortega, BSc. Master in Neurosciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.

ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS

-2002, Member, Organizing Committee, I Colombian Meeting of Neurosciences, Colombia-2004-, Founder Member, Colombian Society of Neurosciences (Academic association affiliated

to the International Brain Research Organization since 2005), Colombia.-2003-2005, Member, Organizing Committee, National and International Conferences in

Neurosciences, National University of Colombia, Colombia.-2007-2008, Member, Organizing Committee, I International VIB Ph.D. Student Symposium, VIB, Belgium-2010, Organizer, International Symposium in Human Genomics. Bogotá, Colombia.-2010, Organizer, National Symposium in Human Genomics. Bogotá, Colombia.-2008-, Editor, International communication forum in human molecular genetics:

www.hum-molgen.org-2010-, Editor in Chief and Founder, Latin American Journal of Health Sciences -2010, Invited Member, Colombian Association of Human Genetics, Colombia.-2010-, Coordinator, Latin American Network of NeuroPsychiatric Genetics Project.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

-2003-2005. Molecular genetic studies of Alzheimer´s disease in Bogotá, Colombia.Neurosciences Research Group, National University of Colombia. Co-Investigator.-2003-2005. Molecular genetic studies of Parkinson´s disease in Bogotá, Colombia.Neurosciences Research Group, National University of Colombia. Co-Investigator.-2004-2005. Molecular genetic studies of human longevity in Colombia. Neurosciences Research Group, National University of Colombia. Co-Investigator.-2005-2008. Molecular genetic studies of ADHD in Bogotá, Colombia. Neurosciences Research

Group, National University of Colombia. Co-Investigator.-2008-. Molecular genomics of neuropsychiatric disorders in Colombia. Neurosciences Research Group, National University of Colombia. Co-Investigator.-2006-2009. The genetic basis for psychiatric diseases: a multidisciplinary approach. PhD Project. Promoter: Prof. Jurgen Del-Favero, PhD. Applied Molecular Genomics Group,Department of Molecular Genetics, U. of Antwerp; Co-Promoter: Prof. Patrick Callaerts, PhD.Laboratory of Developmental Genetics, Catholic University of Leuven (VIB).-2010-. Meta-analysis of genome-wide expression studies for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. School of Medicine, Antonio Nariño University. Principal Investigator.-2010-. Analysis of 10 Selected Functional Polymorphisms in Synaptic Genes as Novel Candidate Risk Factors for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in a Colombian Sample. School of Medicine, Antonio Nariño University. Principal Investigator.-2011-. Molecular Genomics of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Bogotá, Colombia. School of Medicine, Antonio Nariño University. Principal Investigator.-2011-. Molecular Genetics of Circadian Rhythms in a Sample of Healthy Individuals in Bogota, Colombia. School of Medicine, Antonio Nariño University. Principal Investigator.

EXPERIENCE AS REVIEWER-2008-2010, External Reviewer for health-related research projects forCOLCIENCIAS (the main science-funding organization in Colombia).-2009, External Reviewer: Journal of Affective Disorders.-2009, External Reviewer: International Journal of Genetics and Molecular Biology.-2010, External Reviewer: Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological

Psychiatry.-2010, External Reviewer: Behavior Genetics.-2010, External Reviewer: Revista Biomédica.-2011, External Reviewer: Journal of Medical Genetics and Genomics.-2011, External Reviewer: The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology.-2011, External Reviewer: Neuroscience Letters.

RESEARCH INTERESTSMolecular genetics and genomics of neuropsychiatric disorders.

LANGUAGES-Spanish (Mother Tongue).-English (PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences in English Language, 2006-2009).International Test of English Proficiency (iTEP): Level 6 (CEFR level: C2). Agosto 2010.

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES-Python (Intermediate), PHP (Intermediate), JavaScript (Intermediate)-Online Resources Created for Genetics and Genomics: BioSilicoList, Genotyping Portal, GenetStat, MetaStatGen, NeuroPsyGenMut, GWAS-NeuroPsych, AD-PD-Array-List.-2007-2008: Webmaster, Website of the I International VIB Ph.D. Student Symposium, VIB, Belgium. http://www.vibes2008.org/

HONORS AND AWARDS

-International Brain Research Organization Scholarship, I International Symposium on Hereditary Ataxias and II Caribbean Meeting on Dementias, Holguin, Cuba, 2002.-International Brain Research Organization Scholarship, Molecular and CellularNeurobiology Course, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 2003.-Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Belgium, VIB International PhD ProgramFellowship, 2006-2009.-International Guest Speaker, Invited by the Colombian Association of Psychiatry, Bogotá, Colombia, April 2008.-Guest Speaker, Invited by the Colombian Association of Biological Sciences, Armenia, Colombia, October 2010.

-Inclusion on Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2011-2012. New Jersey, USA, May 2011.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL MEETINGS AND COURSES

-ALTERATIONS OF SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE, presented atI Colombian Meeting of Neurosciences, Bogotá, Colombia, 2002.-GENETIC FINDINGS IN LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE AND PARKINSON´S DISEASE IN COLOMBIA, presented at II Colombian Meeting of Neurosciences, Bogotá, Colombia, 2003.-ANALYSIS OF TEN MOLECULAR GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS IN A SAMPLE OF ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE PATIENTS IN COLOMBIA, presented at III Colombian Meetingof Neurosciences, Bucaramanga, Colombia, 2004.-ADVANCES IN THE GENETICS OF PARKINSONISM, presented at Course of Neuroscience2005, organized by the Colombian Association of Neurology, Bogotá, Colombia, 2005.-FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS IDENTIFICATION OF A SUBNETWORK OF SYNAPTICGENES ASSOCIATED WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA, presented at 32nd Molecular Genetics Meeting, Antwerp, Belgium, June 2007.-Course: MOLECULAR GENETICS AND PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS, Invited by theColombianAssociation of Psychiatry, Bogotá, Colombia, April 19, 2008.-Course: GENOMICS: APPLICATIONS AND ANALYSIS. Invited by the MSc Program in Neurosciences, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, April 21, 2008.-Conference: FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF BIPOLAR DISORDER ANDSCHIZOPHRENIA, Invited by the Colombian Association of Neurosciences, Bogotá, Colombia,April 24, 2008.-Videoconference: GENOMICS AND NEURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PLASTICITY,October 9, 2008, National University of Colombia.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

-Forero DA. GENETIC FINDINGS IN LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE INCOLOMBIA AND EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN THEPATHOGENESIS OF DEMENTIA, presented at I International Symposium on Hereditary Ataxiasand II Caribbean Meeting on Dementias, Holguín, Cuba, 2002.-Forero DA. ASSOCIATION OF GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN A POPULATION-BASED STUDY IN BOGOTA,

COLOMBIA, presented at V Latin American Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Bogotá, Colombia, 2005.-Forero DA. EXPLORING THE ROLE OF HUMAN miRNA GENES IN BIPOLARDISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA, presented at VIB Science Club in Genetics, Ghent, Belgium,2007.

PARTICIPATION IN ADDITIONAL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

-II Colombian Congress of Biotechnology, September 1-3, 2004, Bogotá, Colombia.-Meeting of the Belgian Society for Cell of and Developmental Biology, "Molecular and cellular basis of neuroconnectivity". May 4-6, 2006, Leuven, Belgium.-XIV World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics. October 28-November 1, 2006, Cagliari, Italy.-Poster: Synaptogenomics and neuropsychiatric disorders, presented at the 11th Meeting ofthe European Graduate School of Neurosciences -11th EURON PhD student days- (Organizedby the European Graduate School of Neurosciences). September 13-14, 2007. Brussels, Belgium.-Meeting of the Belgian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, “miRNAs in health and disease II”. March 4, 2008, Liege, Belgium.-1st Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference, Venice, Italy, June 21-25, 2008.-Poster: ADHD and neural plasticity genes: a meta-analysis. XLVII Colombian Congress of Psychiatry. October 9-13, 2008, Bogotá, Colombia.

PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

ACCUMULATED IMPACT FACTOR AS AUTHOR: 40.124. ACCUMULATED IMPACTFACTOR AS FIRST AUTHOR: 21.982. TOTAL NUMBER OF CITATIONS: 66. H-index: 5.

ORIGINAL RESEARCH (Peer-Reviewed Full papers)-Forero DA, Benitez B, Arboleda G, Yunis JJ, Pardo R, Arboleda H. ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL POLYMORPHISMS IN THREE SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY-RELATEDGENES (BDNF, COMT AND UCHL1) IN ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE IN COLOMBIA. Neuroscience Research (ISSN: 0168-0102), 2006; 55 (3): 334-341.-Forero DA, Pinzón J, Arboleda G, Yunis JJ, Alvarez C, Catano N, Arboleda H.ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS OF POLYMORPHISMS IN APOE AND ACE GENES ANDHUMAN LONGEVITY IN COLOMBIA. Archives of Medical Research (ISSN: 0188-4409), 2006; 37 (7): 890-894.-Forero DA, Arboleda G, Yunis JJ, Pardo R, Arboleda H. ASSOCIATION STUDY OF POLYMORPHISMS IN LRP1, TAU AND 5-HTT GENES AND ALZHEIMER´SDISEASE IN A SAMPLE OF COLOMBIAN PATIENTS. Journal of Neural Transmission (ISSN: 0300-9564), 2006; 113 (9): 1253-62.-Alaerts M, Ceulemans S, Forero D, Moens LN, De Zutter S, Heyrman L, Lenaerts AS,Norrback KF, Goossens D, De Rijk P, Nilsson LG, Adolfsson R, Del-Favero J. DETAILEDANALYSIS OF THE SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE (SLC6A4) SHOWS NO ASSOCIATION WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER IN THE NORTHERN SWEDISHPOPULATION. American Journal of Medical Genetics B Neuropsychiatric Genetics (ISSN: 1552-4841) 2009 Jun 5;150B(4):585-92.-Alaerts M, Ceulemans S, Forero D, Moens LN, De Zutter S, Heyrman L, Lenaerts AS,Norrback KF, Goossens D, De Rijk P, Nilsson LG, Adolfsson R, Del-Favero J. NRG1CONFIRMED AS A SUSCEPTIBILITY FACTOR FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA IN THE

NORTHERN SWEDISH POPULATION. Archives of General Psychiatry (ISSN: 0003-990X), 2009 Aug;66(8):828-37.

-Forero DA*, Arboleda G, Vasquez R, Arboleda H*. CANDIDATE GENES INVOLVED IN NEURAL PLASTICITY AND THE RISK FOR ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER: A META-ANALYSIS OF 8 COMMON VARIANTS. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (ISSN: 1180-4882), 2009 Sep; 34(5):361-366. * Corresponding authors.-Morales LC, Arboleda G, Rodríguez Y, Benitez B, Forero DA, Ramirez N, Yunis JJ, Arboleda H. ABSENCE OF LAMIN A/C GENE MUTATIONS IN FOUR WIEDEMANN-RAUTENSTRAUCH SYNDROME PATIENTS. American Journal of Medical Genetics A (ISSN: 1552-4833) 2009; 149A (12): 2695-2699.

-Benitez B*, Forero DA*, Arboleda GH, Granados LA, Yunis JJ, Fernandez W, Arboleda H. EXPLORATION OF GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY FACTORS FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE IN A SOUTH AMERICAN SAMPLE. Journal of Genetics (ISSN: 0022-1333), 2010; 89 (2): 229-232. * Joint First Authors.

-Forero DA, Herteleer L, Norrback KF, Adolfsson R, Callaerts P, Del-Favero J. A NETWORK OF SYNAPTIC GENES ASSOCIATED WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA.In preparation.

-Forero DA, Takeda H, Norrback KF, Adolfsson R, Georges M, Callaerts P, Del-Favero J. FUNCTIONAL VARIATIONS IN BRAIN-EXPRESSED miRNA GENES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA. In preparation.

-Forero DA, Ceulemans S, Herteleer L, Norrback KF, Adolfsson R, De Strooper B, Callaerts P, Del-Favero J. COMMON AND RARE VARIATIONS IN APH1B AND NCSTN GENES, SUBUNITS OF THE GAMMA-SECRETASE COMPLEX, ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA. In preparation.

REVIEW ARTICLES-Forero DA, Casadesus G, Perry G, Arboleda H. SYNAPTIC DYSFUNCTION ANDOXIDATIVE STRESS IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: EMERGING MECHANISMS. Journal ofCellular and Molecular Medicine (ISSN: 1582-1838), 2006; 10 (3): 796-805.-Forero DA, van der Ven K, Callaerts P, Del-Favero J. miRNA GENES AND THE BRAIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS. Human Mutation (ISSN: 1098-1004), 2010 Nov; 31(11): 1195-204. -Forero DA*, Ortega-Rojas JC, Morales LC, Maestre GE, Sánchez-Contreras MY, Arboleda GH, Arboleda H*. COMMON GENETIC VARIANTS AND THE RISK FOR ALZHEIMER’S AND PARKINSON’S DISEASES: REVIEW OF THE CURRENT EVIDENCE. To be submitted to Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. * Corresponding Authors

ORIGINAL RESEARCH (Published Abstracts and Articles in Spanish)-Belalcazar H, Forero DA, Camelo D, Benitez B, Alvarez C, Yunis JJ, Pardo R, Arango G, Solano E, Arboleda G, Arboleda H. STUDY OF POLYMORPHISMS IN APOE, ACE, A2M AND TAU GENES AND THEIR RELATION WITH LIPID AND APOLIPOPROTEIN E SERUM CONCENTRATIONS IN COLOMBIAN PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE. Neurobiology of Aging (ISSN: 0197-4580), 2004; 25 (Supp. 2): S508.-Benitez B, Forero DA, Camelo D, Alvarez C, Belalcazar H, Fernandez W, Arango G, Bernal A, Arboleda G, Quintero L, Yunis JJ, Arboleda H. ANALYSIS OF POLYMORPHISMS IN

APOE, ACE, ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN AND TAU AND MUTATIONS IN PARKIN GENES AND PARKINSON´S DISEASE IN COLOMBIA. Movement Disorders (ISSN: 0885-3185), 2004; 19 (Supp. 9): S361.-Castro LJ, Yunis JJ, Ricaurte O, Forero DA, Benítez BA, Gómez M, Otero W, Oliveros R, Barbosa G, Arboleda H. TELOMERE LENGHT ANALYSIS IN GASTRIC CARCINOGENESIS (IN SPANISH. ANÁLISIS DE LONGITUD TELOMÉRICA EN CARCINOGÉNESISGÁSTRICA). Revista Española de Patologia (ISSN: 1699-8855) 2005; 38 (4): 229-233.-Benitez B, Forero DA, Yunis JJ, Arboleda G, Fernandez W, Arboleda H. MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF CANDIDATE POLYMORPHISMS IN UCHL-I, ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN, TAU AND MUTATIONS IN PARKIN GENES IN A SAMPLE OFCOLOMBIAN PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders(ISSN: 1353-8020), 2005; 11 (Supp.2): 256.-Forero DA, Herteleer L, Norrback KF, Callaerts P, Adolfsson R, Del-Favero J. AHAPLOTYPE- BASED ANALYSIS OF NF1 GENE IN BIPOLAR DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA. American Journal of Medical Genetics B Neuropsychiatric Genetics (ISSN: 1552-4841),2006; 141B (7): 756.-Forero DA, Lambertz I, Alaerts A, Ceulemans S, De Zutter S, Heyrman L, Norrback KL,Goossens D, Marine JM, Adolfsson A, Callaerts P, Del-Favero J. miRNA DYSFUNCTION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: GENETIC AND FUNCTIONALEVIDENCE. Schizophrenia Research (ISSN: 0920-9964), 2008; 102 (Supp 2): 181.-Del-Favero J, Ceulemans S, Alaerts A, Forero D, Heyrman L, Glassee W, Moens L, De Rijk, Goossens D. MAQ, A NOVEL METHOD FOR PCR BASED, HIGH-THROUGHPUT COPY NUMBER VARIATION ANALYSIS APPLIED TO THE 22q11 DELETION SYNDROME. Schizophrenia Research (ISSN: 0920-9964), 2008; 102 (Supp 2): 185.-Alaerts A, Forero D, Ceulemans S, De Zutter S, Norrback KL, Goossens D, De Rijk P,Adolfsson A, Del-Favero J. IDENTIFYING GENES FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA IN ALARGE PEDIGREE FROM A NORTHERN SWEDISH ISOLATED POPULATION.Schizophrenia Research (ISSN: 0920-9964), 2008; 102 (Supp 2): 181.-Arboleda H, Morales L, Arboleda G, Ramirez N, Forero D, Yunis J. ABSENCE OFMUTATIONS IN LAMIN A/C GENE IN FOUR WIEDEMANN-RAUTENSTRAUCHSYNDROME PATIENTS. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging (ISSN: 1279-7707), 2009; 13 (Supp1):S381.

COMMENTARIES AND DISCUSSION PAPERS-Takashima A, Klein P, Kim L, LaFerla F, Geula C, Busciglio J, Brady S, Stokely M, Tezapsidis N, Gouras G, Strobel G, Crutcher K, Forero DA. AXONAL TRANSPORT HYPOTHESISMOVES ON TO IMPLICATE PRESENILIN: ALZHEIMER RESEARCH FORUM LIVEDISCUSSION. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (ISSN: 1387-2877), 2004; 6 (5): 537-545.-Strobel G, Nelson P, Bock D, Marques M, Pawlak M, Koudinov A, Zamrini E, Forero DA, Mattson MP, Trojanowski J. ALZHEIMER’S: A TRIPLE WHAMMY. WHY ARE SO MANY NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES SINGLE, DOUBLE, OR TRIPLE AMYLOIDOSES?. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (ISSN: 1387-2877), 2005; 7 (1): 85–91.

BOOK CHAPTERS-Forero DA, Sanchez-Contreras M. MOLECULAR GENETICS AND PSYCHIATRY: FROM SYMPTOMS TO MECHANISMS (in Spanish). Published in Avances (book edited

by the Colombian Association of Biological Psychiatry). Bogotá, Colombia, 2009. ISBN: 978-958-99242-0-4.

ACADEMIC REFERENCES

-Professor Jurgen Del-Favero, PhD. Group Leader, Applied Molecular Genomics Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium..-Professor Humberto Arboleda, MD, MSc. Director, Neurosciences Research Group and MSc Program in Neurosciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.-Professor Gladys Maestre, MD, PhD. Researcher, Columbia University, EEUU and Director, Laboratory of Neurosciences, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela.-Professor José G. Ortiz, PhD. Researcher, Departament of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. -Professor George Perry, PhD. Dean, Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, EEUU. Editor in Chief, Journal of Alzheimer’s disease.-Doctor Frank S. Zollmann, MD, MFPM. Researcher, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germant. Founder, hum-molgen.org.