Ana R. Otero

Office hours: Posted on door or e-mail for appointment

Office: Marian Hall, Room 321
Phone: 617-975-9008
Email: oteroan@emmanuel.edu

I am interested in teaching students to think critically and to analyze the science that is around us. To do this, I relate class material to specific issues from the news and daily life.

My passion is infectious disease and the role of microorganisms in our world. I have always been interested in neglected diseases in the developing world, especially those caused by parasites. I feel that living in the developed world we have a responsibility towards poorer nations. I try to bring the students close to these "far" lands, hoping to bring about awareness and commitment in the student.

I am also interested in vaccine development and implementation. Before becoming a teacher I worked in the pharmaceutical industry and in the vaccine industry which I also find fascinating.

In my spare time, I like to travel and make jewelry.

Courses

BIOL1101 - Life on Earth Laboratories 
BIOL1102 - Biology of Women and Men Laboratories 
BIOL1105 - Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology
BIOL1106 - Introduction to Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Laboratories
BIOL2113 - Human Nutrition
BIOL2123 - Genetics
BIOL3125 - Molecular Biology Laboratories
BIOL3127 - Microbiology
BIOL4160 - Seminar

Recent Professional Activity

Woo, M.H., Vance, J.R., Otero Marcos, A.R., Bailly, C. y Bjornsti, M.A. Active site mutations in DNA topoisomerase I distinguish the cytotoxic activities of camptothecin and the indolocarbazole, rebeccamycin. J. Biol. Chem. 277, 3813-22, 2002.

Villa, H., Otero, A.R., Reguera, R.M., Perez-Pertejo, Y., Garcia Estrada, C., Balana-Fouce, R., Ordonez, D. Reconstitution of Leishmania DNA topoisomerase I activity using co-expression of independent genes. XIII Molecular Parasitology Meeting. Boston, 2002.

Villa, H., Otero Marcos A.R., Reguera R.M., Balana-Fouce R., Garcia-Estrada C., Perez-Pertejo, Y., Tekwani, B.L., Myler, P.J., Stuart, K.D., Bjornsti, M.A., Ordonez, D. A novel active DNA topoisomerase I in Leishmania donovani. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 3521-6, 2003.

Sellitto M., Otero A. R., Ryvkin F. A laboratory model to test Escherichia coli adsorption to soil particles in the Boston's waterways. Muddy River Research Symposium. Wheelock College. Boston, 2008.