My principal focus is to understand plant responses to environmental conditions through epigenetic modifications and changes in gene expression using genomic and molecular approaches.

- Co-tutoría de Alonso Espinoza en tesis de Magíster en Biotecnología titulada "Identificación de regiones diferencialmente metiladas en el genoma de Prunus persica asociadas a harinosidad del fruto después de almacenamiento en frío". Año 2020.

- Co-tutoría de Paula Sandoval en tesis de Magíster en Biotecnología y Ciencias de la Vida titulada "Identificación de genes asociados a la detección de frío y tolerancia a bajas temperaturas durante la acumulación de horas frío en Prunus avium var ‘Kordia’ a partir de datos de RNA-seq y MethyIC-seq". Año 2021.

CONGRESOS NACIONALES

- Rothkegel, K., Bravo, S., Prieto, H., and Almeida, A.M. (2013). Determination of DNA methylation kinetic in the promoter region of dormancy associated mads-box gene (DAM6) in peach (prunus persica) and sweet cherry (prunus avium) during bud dormancy release. Poster, VIII Reunión de Biología Vegetal, Pucón, Chile.

- Rothkegel, K., Bravo, S., Prieto, H., and Almeida, A.M. (2014). Determination of the DNA methylation and expression kinetic of DORMANCY ASSOCIATED MADS-box (DAM) genes in sweet cherry (Prunus avium) during bud dormancy release. Oral presentation, IX Reunión de Biología Vegetal, La Serena, Chile.

- Rothkegel, K., Cáceres, J., Meneses, C., Miyasaka-Almeida, A. (2017). Single-base resolution of the methylome in the high chill requirement variety of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) ‘Kordia’ during dormancy. Oral presentation, XII Reunión de Biología Vegetal, Villarrica, Chile.

- Rothkegel, K., Sandoval, P., Soto, E., Cáceres, J., Miyasaka-Almeida, A., Meneses C. (2018). Whole bisulfite genome sequencing of contrasting sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) varieties during cold accumulation in the dormancy period. Poster, XIII Reunión de Biología Vegetal, Puerto Varas, Chile.

CONGRESOS INTERNACIONALES

- Rothkegel, K., Tapia, S., Bravo, S., Prieto, H., and Almeida, A.M. (2014). Determination of DNA methylation and histone modification kinetic in regulatory regions of DORMANCY ASSOCIATED MADS-box gene (DAM6) in sweet cherry (Prunus avium) during bud dormancy release. Poster, 7th International Rosaceae Genomics Conference, Seattle, USA.

- Rothkegel, K., Sanchez, E., Bravo, S., Prieto, H., Miyasaka-Almeida, A. (2016). Small RNA sequencing and DNA methylation analysis in floral bud reveal that RNA directed DNA Methylation (RdDM) participates during cold accumulation and dormancy release in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.). Oral presentation, 8th International Rosaceae Genomics Conference, Angers, France. Third place in best oral presentation.

- Cáceres-Molina, J., Rothkegel, K., Carrasco-Valenzuela, T., Urra, C., Meneses, C., Prieto, H., Miyasaka-Almeida, A. (2018). Comparative genomics for three sweet cherry varieties. Poster, Plant and Animal Genome XXVI Conference (PAG), San Diego, CA, USA.

- Rothkegel, K., Cáceres, J., Carrasco-Valenzuela, Tomás., Meneses, C., Miyasaka-Almeida, A. (2018). Single-base resolution methylome of floral bud in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) varieties during cold accumulation in the dormancy period. Oral presentation, Plant and Animal Genome XXVI Conference (PAG), San Diego, CA, USA.

- Rothkegel, K., Sandoval, P., Soto, E., Cáceres-Molina, J., Miyasaka-Almeida, A., Meneses, C. (2019). Whole bisulfite genome sequencing of contrasting sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) varieties during cold accumulation in the dormancy period. Poster, Plant and Animal Genome XXVII Conference (PAG), San Diego, CA, USA.

- Rothkegel, K., Sandoval, P., Soto, E., Ulloa, L., Riveros, A., Lillo, V., Cáceres-Molina, J., Almeida, A.M, Meneses, C. (2020). Chilling accumulation modulates the transcriptome and epigenome during bud dormancy in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.). Oral presentation, 10th International Rosaceae Genomics Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

DIFUSIÓN

Rothkegel, K. (2016). Regulación molecular de la dormancia y floración por señales ambientales en árboles perennes. Presentación a alumnos de Biología, Electivo de Formación Avanzada de Fisiología Molecular de Plantas, BIO391, 01 de Diciembre.