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Awards

March 2018 Award “Exceptional Woman of Excellence”.

November 2017 Empowering the Next Generation to Advance Open Access, Open Education and Open Data 2017. ​

January 2017 UNESCO youth delegate at the week for Education in sustainable development and global citizenship​.

November 2015 UN Women champion for change​.

April 2017 Hero at EDUEXPO. ​Selected speaker and titled “Empowerment Leader”
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
Ekpa'palek

Degrees:

2017
Clarissa Rios Rojas > Degrees
Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
2010
Clarissa Rios Rojas > Degrees
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
2008
Clarissa Rios Rojas > Degrees
Biological Systems and Organisms

Publications resulting from Research
1. Reports:
“​First Report on Gender Equality”. Agency for Environmental Assessment and Enforcement (Organismo de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental, OEFA) at the Ministry of Environment in Peru.

2. Articles:
“Students need guidance in languages they speak” Nature 564, 163 (2018). doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07674-6
“​Germ cells influence cord formation and Leydig cell gene expression during mouse testis development”. Developmental Dynamics journal (2016).
“On the role of germ cells in mammalian gonad development: quiet passengers or back-seat drivers?” Reproduction (2015).
“Transcriptome analysis of the hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cell region after kainic acid-induced status epilepticus in juvenile rats”. PLOS one journal. 2010
“Gene expression profiling of endometrial adenocarcinomas reveals increased apolipoprotein E expression in poorly differentiated tumors”. Int J Gynecol Cancer journal. 2009
Advances in Molecular Genetic Studies Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in Peru. Dysmorphology - LAJD. 2009

3. Popular science articles:
“Mind-controlled genes, DNA origami....Science fiction material or close reality for therapeutics?”. Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology (ANZSCDB) Summer Newsletter 2015
“The Ekpapalek Project: free programmes to promote the professional development of Latin American students”. Revista Peruana de Divulgación Científica en Genética y Biología Molecular. 2016

Open Forum in Science and Technology for Latin-America and the Caribbean
2025
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Evidence and Policy Summer School Science, Policy and Demography: The role of population and migration for sustainable development in the European Neighbourhood
2025
icon-pin-location Austria
Bucerius Summer School in Global Governance
2025
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Forum for Latin-American and Caribbean countries ​in Sustainable Development
2025
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Science Outreach at Burapha University
2025
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Women Economic Forum
2025
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“The roadmap to success webinars”
2025
icon-pin-location Empower Women (UN Women) and Ekpa’palek (Worldwide)
Event about higher Education by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission
2025
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Atlantic Dialogues
2025
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8th Weapons Law and Legal Review of Weapons.
2025
icon-pin-location Course at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (Switzerland)
Workshop on Cooperation and Assistance under article X of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
2025
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Geopolitical Analytical Skills for Business Leaders.
2025
icon-pin-location Course at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (Switzerland)
Capacity Building Workshop on Science Leadership and Science Advice.
2025
icon-pin-location Sponsored by the International Network for Government Science Advice: INGSA (Japan)
Asian Forum on Global Governance and Raisina Dialogues Young Fellow.
2025
icon-pin-location ​Sponsored by The Observer Research Foundation and ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius (India)
World Science Forum and Science Leadership Program “Avoiding the Weaponization of Research”
2025
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Training on citizen engagement in Policy relevant Science, Technology and Innovation.
2025
icon-pin-location ​Sponsored by The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
South American Workshop on Governmental Scientific Advice / Science and policy symposium. ​
2025
icon-pin-location Sponsored as a participant by AAAS, the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA), UNESCO and the Argentinian Ministry of Science and Technology (Argentina)
Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program 2016​ .
2025
icon-pin-location Sponsored by The German Marshall Fund of the United States and the OCP Policy Center (Morocco)