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Angelina Díaz García
Country of origin: Cuba Currently in: Cuba, Havana General field of specialization: Physics-
Degrees
2009 Doctorate Physics -
Current Research Activities
Physics
Contribution from nanomedicine to the control of the pandemic of SARS-CoV2 using high-resolution microscopy. Development of magnetic RNA and DNA extraction system using nanotechnology for PCR diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. Development of fluorescent nanoparticles for biological applications.
Publications resulting from Research:
1. Viviana Falcón‑Cama, Teresita Montero‑González, Emilio F. Acosta‑Medina, Gerardo Guillen‑Nieto, Jorge Berlanga‑Acosta, Celia Fernández‑Ortega,· Anabel Alfonso‑Falcón, Nathalie Gilva‑Rodríguez, Lilianne López‑Nocedo, Daina Cremata‑García, Mariuska Matos‑Terrero, Giselle Pentón‑Rol, Iris Valdés, Leonardo Oramas‑Díaz, Anamarys Suarez‑Batista, Enrique Noa‑Romero, Otto Cruz‑Sui5, Daisy Sánchez, Amanda I. Borrego‑Díaz, Juan E. Valdés‑Carreras, Ananayla Vizcaino, José Suárez‑Alba, Rodolfo Valdés‑Véliz, Gretchen Bergado, Miguel A. González, Tays Hernandez, Rydell Alvarez‑Arzola, Anna C. Ramírez‑Suáres, Dionne Casillas‑Casanova, Gilda Lemos‑Pérez, Omar R. Blanco‑Águila, Angelina Díaz, Yorexis González, Mónica Bequet‑Romero, Javier Marín‑Prida, Julio C. Hernández‑Perera, Leticia del Rosario‑Cruz, Alina P. Marin‑Díaz, Maritza González‑Bravo, Israel Borrajero, Nelson Acosta‑Rivero. “Evidence of SARS‑CoV‑2 infection in postmortem lung, kidney, and liver samples, revealing cellular targets involved in COVID‑19 pathogenesis” Archives of Virology. (2023) 168:96, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-023-05711-y.
2. Brian Mondeja, Odalys Valdes, Sonia Resik, Ananayla Vizcaino, Emilio Acosta, Adelmo Montalván, Amira Paez, Mayra Mune, Roberto Rodríguez, Juan Valdés, Guelsys Gonzalez, Daisy Sanchez, Viviana Falcón, Yorexis González, Vivian Kourí, Angelina Díaz and María Guzmán. “SARS‑CoV‑2: a preliminary study of infected human nasopharyngeal tissue by high-resolution microscopy”. Virology Journal.; 18:149, 2021. https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-021-01620-1 .
3. Viviana Falcón Cama, Javier Marín-Prida, Nelson Acosta-Rivero, Emilio F. Acosta, Leonardo Oramas Díaz, Ana V. Casadesús, Briandy Fernández-Marrero, Nathalie Gilva-Rodríguez, Daina Cremata-García, Majel Cervantes-Llanos, Beatriz Piniella-Matamoros, Daisy Sánchez , Leticia del Rosario-Cruz, Israel Borrajero, Angelina Díaz, Yorexis González, Eduardo Pentón-Arias, Teresita Montero-González, Gerardo Guillen-Nieto, Giselle Pentón-Rol. “The microglial NLRP3 inflammasome is involved in human SARS-CoV-2 cerebral pathogenicity: A report of three post-mortem cases”. Journal of Neuroimmunology; 361:577728, 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8480138/
4. Roberto Rodríguez, Brian A. Mondeja, Leandro D. Lau, Ananayla Vizcaino, Emilio F. Acosta, Yorexis González and Angelina Díaz. “The SARS-Cov-2 Novel Coronavirus: A Reflection about Enhancement of High-Resolution Microscopic Images” ; J Bacteriol Parasitol, Iss.S10 No:1000004, 2021. https://www.walshmedicalmedia.com/open-access/the-sarscov2-novel-coronavirus-a-reflection-about-enhancement-of-highresolution-microscopic-images-78204.html.
Roberto Rodríguez, Brian A. Mondeja, Odalys Valdés, Sonia Resik, Ananayla Vizcaino, Emilio F. Acosta, Yorexis González, Vivian Kourí, Angelina Díaz, María G. Guzmán. “SARS CoV 2: enhancement and segmentation of high-resolution microscopy images—Part I”. Signal, Image, and Video Processing. April 2021. DOI:10.1007/s11760-021-01912-7, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33907588/
5. Roberto Rodríguez, Brian A. Mondeja, Odalys Valdés, Sonia Resik, Ananayla Vizcaino, Emilio F. Acosta, Yorexis González, Vivian Kourí, Angelina Díaz, María G. Guzmán “SARS-CoV-2: Theoretical analysis of the proposed algorithms to the Enhancement and Segmentation of High-Resolution Microscopy Images. Part II”, Signal Imaging and Video Processing, (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-021-02045-7 .
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingHead of the Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies Research Program, research, design, and development of different systems using nanotechnology for application in nanobiomedicine: biosensors, and fluorescent nanoparticles. Employment of high-resolution microscopy: AFM, SEM, and Confocal microscopy for research of materials in nanoscale.
Affiliations
Cunam Academy of Science -
Other Awards
Apr 2007Sofia Kovalevskaia International Award.For scientific achievements in the field of exact sciences awarded by the Academy of Sciences of Cuba and Sofia Kovalevskaia Association.Jan 2022Order Carlos J. Finlay, awarded by the State Council of the Republic of CubaFor extraordinary merits and valuable contributions to the scientific development of Cuba and for the benefit of Humanity.
