DR. OLGA G. MARCUCCI.

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced lecturer of more than 40 years in teaching various areas of the Biological Sciences, including Biochemistry and Anatomy and Physiology. Skilled in driving academic improvement. Extensive training as a Scientific researcher in Biochemistry. Trained in performance scoring for Teacher certification Programs in Science for high school teachers in US. Fluent in Spanish and Italian.

EDUCATION

Licenciado en Biología (Equivalent to B.S. Biology) – Thesis: “In vitro reconstitution of the human plasm high-density lipoprotein (HDL)” Universidad Central de Venezuela (Caracas, Venezuela, 1970).

University of Houston, (USA). Courses for Master degree and research in: Organization of the respiratory chain in Azotobacter vinelandii (1970-1972).

PhD in Biochemistry - University of Glasgow (Scotland, UK, 1985). Research on Synthesis and assembly of the mitochondrial Pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex

Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas in San Antonio, TX (1989-1990) Dept of Biochemistry. Health Science Center.

Visiting Professor at the University of New York (US). Laboratory of Prof. S Patel. Molecular Biology of multienzyme complexes.

Course for Medical Interpreter at University of Texas, Austin TX. Ago.2019

WORK HISTORY

Period 1973-1974

Quality control expert for Nestle Company, Caracas, Venezuela

Period 1974 – 2003. Caracas, Venezuela

School of Medicine Luis Razetti, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Central de Venezuela.

Tenured Faculty Member 1974 – 1993

Tenured Professor 1993 - 2002

Biochemistry Chairwoman, Escuela “Luis Razetti” 1995-2002

Retirement on January 2004

Teaching experience (Faculties of Medicine and Sciences, Universidad Central de Venezuela)

Undergraduate Courses

Biochemistry for Medical students. (1975-2002)

Regulation of metabolism

Metabolism of carbohydrates.

Pre-medical courses in Chemistry and Biology

During this period, due to the lack of good textbooks in Spanish. I became interested in improving the materials for teaching Biochemistry for Medical Sciences and wrote several compilations or booklets on Metabolism of Carbohydrates, Metabolism of Lipids, Regulation of metabolism and on Problems in Biochemistry.

Graduate Courses (Faculties of Medicine and Sciences)

Courses dictated included Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism; Methods in protein chemistry; Enzymology of multi-enzyme complexes; Lipoprotein metabolism and Mitochondria: Structure and function.

Administrative experience (1995-2002)

As the Chairwoman of the Chair of Biochemistry (Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Central de Venezuela) organized and coordinated teaching activities of 13 faculty members and daily activities of 5 office personnel; Assisted and coordinated Chair, Department, and Inter-department Faculty meetings.

Scientific Research experience

Activities: Developed research projects; Directed thesis activities for students of the Schools of Biology/Sciences. Coordinated work of technical personnel; Wrote grants and aids for scientific research; Administered grants.(1986-2003)

Specific areas of research

Structure, Biochemistry and regulation of the mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Lipogenesis: Regulation of hepatic lipogenesis by nutrients and hormones

Tissue culture of hepatic cells. Metabolism. Nutritional Biochemistry

Structure and function of the nuclear envelope in hepatocytes. Effects of thioacetamide.

In vitro assembly of High density lipoprotein (HDL) in humans

Publications

Presentations in Congresses: 39

Papers published in journals: 15

Monographs and short communications: 9

Selected references:

1.- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003986185700239

2.- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/000527609390197H

3.- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1144738/

4.- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb13831.x/full

1.- Olga L. De Marcucci, Michael S. DeBuysere and Merle S. Olson.

Dissociation and reassembly of the dihydrolipoyl transacetylase component of the bovine heart pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Arch. Biochem.Biophys (1995) 323(1): 169-176.

2.- Luis A. Da Silva, Olga L. De Marcucci and Zulay R. Kuhnle.

Dietary polyunsaturated fats suppress the high-fructose-induced increase of rat liver pyruvate dehydrogenase levels. Biochim.Biophys Acta (BBA-lipids) (1993) 1169 (2) 126-134.

3.- Olga L. De Marcucci, A. Hunter and J.G.Lindsay.

Low immunogenicity of the common lipoamide dehydrogenase subunit (E3) of mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase multienzyme complexes. Biochem.J. (1985) 226 (2) 509-517.

4.-Jefferey A. Hodgson, Olga L. De Marcucci and J.G. Lindsay.

Structure-function studies on the lipoate-acetyl-transferase-component X-core assembly of the ox heart pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Eur. J. Biochem. (1985) 171 (3) 609-614

Period 2004-2006. Austin TX.

Research Fellow (non-paid position) at the University of Texas, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Lab of Dr Marvin Hackett.

2008-2014. Austin, TX, US

Period 2007-2014. Austin TX.

National Evaluation Systems. Performance scorer on Teacher certification Programs in the areas of Science, Biology, Chemistry and Physics for several US States.

Data Recognition Systems (DRC). Performance scorer for High School student’s graduation tests. Reading comprehension and writing components.

Period 2015-May 2022. AUSTIN,TX US.

Department of Natural Sciences. St. Edwards University, Austin TX

Part-time Adjunct teacher of the following Undergraduate Courses:

General Biology Lab

Cells, organs and systems Lab

Nutrition, Metabolism and Health in Topics in Contemporary Biology.

Physiology Lab (for Biology majors)

Anatomy and Physiology I and II . From Fall 2015-May 2022

SINCE JULY, 2022.

PART-TIME INSTRUCTOR OF ANATOMY & PHYSIOLGY (Courses A&P !,2 and 3) . AOMA (Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Academy). Austin, TX

Other teaching experiences. Kirby Hall School, Austin (2018-2019)

Teacher of A.P. *Biology.8Th grade.

Teacher of A.P.Chemistry 9th grade

Awards

Order “José María Vargas” - Universidad Central de Venezuela, First class (Corbata); 1998

CONICIT. (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnologicas) First level, Meritorious Research Fellow (1995 -1997; 1997 - 1999)

Award CONADES (Consejo Nacional de Estudios Científicos), 1998

Award PEI (Programa de Estimulo a la Investigación Científica), June 1999

Award CONABA (Consejo Nacional de Ciencias Básicas) 1998 and 2000; First level.

Languages (in order of knowledge)

Spanish (native), English (written and spoken) and Italian (mostly spoken) .

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