Alberto Antony Venancio Landeros.

Chemist Bacteriologist Parasitologist graduated from the National School of Biological Sciences, IPN. Subsequently, he obtained the degree of Master of Science at the Institute of Biotechnology of the UNAM, specializing in the structural study of proteins.

Since 2018, he joined the research group, developing recombinant proteins with better characteristics focused on in vitro diagnosis, as well as algorithms and automation of computer procedures that allow a more efficient analysis of biotechnological data.

In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, he developed new tools and procedures aimed at generating information to alleviate the health emergency. Through the tools developed by this department, it was possible to identify one of the first simultaneous infections by two variants of the coronavirus, generating solid scientific evidence, also proposing a computer analysis procedure that will reliably detect this phenomenon in other studies. In collaboration with other scientists, he published the article An Upgrade on the Surveillance System of SARS-CoV-2: Deployment of New Methods for Genetic Inspection, in which the inclusion of molecular screening tools using RT-qPCR in the epidemiological study of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Currently, he works at ITRASIG, where the results and tools developed led to the creation of the BioData department, an area that integrates analysis tools for the study of protein structures together with epidemiological and evolutionary data on viruses, among which stand out SARS-CoV-2 and HIV.