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Sex: Male

Education

  • Auburn University, Alabama, Ph.D. in Biochemistry, 1976
  • Auburn University, Alabama, MS in Biochemistry, 1973
  • University of the Philippines, B.S. Agricultural Chemistry, 1969

Field of Specialization

Genomics and Proteomics (DNA Sequencing), Endocrinology, Diabetes, Plant and Animal Science

Researches

Moser, B.A., Becnel, J.J., White, S.E., Claudio Afonso, C., Kutish, G., Shanker, S., Almira, E., (2001) Morphological and molecular evidence that Culex nigripalpus baculovirus is an unusual member of the family Baculoviridae

Almira, E.C., Vives, M.C., Lopez, C., Guerri, J., Flores, R., Moreno, P., et al., (2000) Sequences of Citrus Tristeza Virus Separated in Time and Space Are Essentially Identical
Journal of Virology Volume 74, No. 15

Jones, J.B., Bouzar, H., Stall, R.E., Almira, E.C., Roberts, P.D., Bowen, B.W., Sudberry, J., Strickler, P.M., Chun, J., (2000) Systematic analysis of xanthomonads (Xanthomonas spp.) associated with pepper and tomato lesions

Jovtis, S., Brocato, N., Temperley, G., Balbiani, L., Comba, A.Z., Rondinon, M., Almira, E., Martinez, J., Bruno, M., Maldonado, D., Cavarra, G., M Orlando, M., (2000) Final results of a phase II trial of first-time therapy with gemcitabine (Gemtro® ) (G) and carboplatin (C) in patients (pts) with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Lung Cancer Volume 29, No. 1

Jovtis, S., Marantz, A., Almira, E., Balbiani, L., Castilla, L., Fein, L., Lewi, D., Pascón, G., Pinkevicius, R., Uranga, G., (1999) Phase II trial of gemcitabine (GEM), 5-Fluoruracil (5FU) and leucovorin (LV) in advanced pancreatic cancer (PC)
European Journal of Cancer Volume 35

Shiwani, K., Ritchings, B.W., . Almira, E.C., Lory, S., Ramphal, R., (1997) A Transcriptional Activator, FleQ, Regulates Mucin Adhesion and Flagellar Gene Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Cascade Manner

Xu, J., Pemberton, G.H., Almira, E.C., McCarty, D.R., Koch, K.E., (1995) The Ivr 1 gene for invertase in maize
Plant Physiology Volume 108, No. 3

Chakrabarti, D., Reddy, G., Dame, J., Almira, E., Laipis, P., Ferl, R., Yang, T., Rowe, T., Schuster, S., (1994) Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Plasmodium falciparum
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology Volume 66, No. 1

Shen, B., Carneiro, N., Torres-Jerez, I., Stevenson, B., McCreery, T., Helentjaris, T., Baysdorfer, C., Almira, E., Ferl, R.J.,Habben, J.E., Larkins, B., (1994) Partial sequencing and mapping of clones from two maize cDNA libraries
Plant Molecular Biology Volume 26, No. 4

Misbin, R.I., Almira, E.C., (1989) Degradation of insulin and insulin-like growth factors by enzyme purified from human erythrocytes. Comparison of degradation products observed with A14- and B26-[125I]monoiodoinsulin
Diabetes Volume 38, No. 2

Almira, E.C., Misbin, R.I., (1989) Effects of insulin and streptozotocin-diabetes on isoproterenol-stimulated cyclic AMP production in myocytes isolated from rat heart
Metabolism-clinical and Experimental Volume 38, No. 2

Misbin, R.I., Green, A., Alvarez, I.M., Almira, E.C., Dohm, G.L., Caro, J.F., (1988) Inhibition of insulin-stimulated glucose transport by factor extracted from serum of insulin-resistant patient
Diabetes Volume 37, No. 9

Misbin, R.I., Almira, E.C., (1984) The fate of insulin in rat hepatocytes. Evidence for the release of an immunologically active fragment
Diabetes Volume 33, No. 4

Misbin, R.I., Almira, E.C., Duckworth, W.C., Melhl, T.D., (1983) Inhibition of insulin degradation by insulin-like growth factor
Endocrinology Volume 113, No. 4

Misbin, R.I., Almira, E.C., Cleman, M.W., (1981) Insulin Degradation in Serum of a Patient with Apparent Insulin Resistance
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Volume 52, No. 2 

Awards

  • Balik Scientist Award, DOST, 2011
  • Balik Scientist Award, DOST, 2008
  • Graduated Cum Laude (With Honors), University of the Philippines, 1969
  • Undergraduate Fellowship, University of the Philippines, 1964-69
  • Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture, Aubum University, 1973
  • Graduate Research Assistantship, Auburn University, 1971-75