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Gabriel Ignacio Ballesteros Teuber

Investigador Adjunto

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Functional symbiosis between endophytes and plants - Transcriptional responses of plants under climatic change conditions - Microbiome functional and taxonomic diversity

Educación

  •  Ciencias, UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA. Chile, 2018
  •  Ingeniero en Bioinformática, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2010

Experiencia Académica

  •   Investigador Asistente Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

    Vicerrectoría Académica

    Talca, Chile

    2021 - 2024

  •   Investigador Adjunto Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

    Vicerrectoría Académica

    Talca, Chile

    2025 - At present

  •   Profesor Conferenciante Other

    UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

    Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas

    Talca, Chile

    2019 - At present

  •   Profesor Conferenciante Other

    UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMAS

    Ciencias

    Chile

    2019 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


2024: Co-dirección tesis de pregrado “Tolerancia al estrés salino y contenido nutricional en diferentes ecotipos de quinoa”. Estudiante: Ignacio Ascencio Balboa. Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad de Concepción.



 

Article (27)

Development and Application of Novel SSR Markers to Assess the Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of <i>Phacelia secunda</i> Along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Central Chile Andes

Torres-Diaz, Cristian; Ortiz-Sepulveda, Ana; Valladares, Moises A.; Farias-Cantillana, Dario; Molina-Montenegro, Marco A.; Ballesteros, Gabriel I.

Article ISI
PLANTS-BASEL  (2025)

Fungal endophytes modulate the negative effects induced by Persistent Organic Pollutants in the antarctic plant <i>Colobanthus quitensis</i>

Egas, Claudia; Ballesteros, Gabriel; Galban-Malagon, Cristobal; Luarte, Thais; Guajardo-Leiva, Sergio; Castro-Nallar, Eduardo; Molina-Montenegro, Marco A.

Article ISI
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM  (2025)

The mountain papaya may be a possible reservoir of the Kashmir bee virus

Faundez-Acuna, Jorge Y.; Verdugo, Diego; Vergara, David; Olivares, Gerardo; Ballesteros, Gabriel I.; Quiroz, Karla; Villarroel, Carlos A.; Gonzalez, Gloria

Article ISI
PEERJ  (2025)

Fungal endophyte symbionts enhance plant adaptation in Antarctic habitats

Barrera, Andrea

Article ISI
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM  (2024)

Sunspot activity influences tree growth: Molecular evidence and ecological implications

Molina-Montenegro, Marco A.; Egas, Claudia; Ballesteros, Gabriel; Acuna-Rodriguez, Ian S.; San Martin, Filoromo; Gianoli, Ernesto

Article ISI
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY  (2024)

The role of the soil microbiome in the colonisation of glacier forefields by Antarctic pearlwort<i> (Colobanthus</i><i> quitensis)</i> under current and future climate change scenarios

Convey, Peter; Goodall-Copestake, William P.

Article ISI
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY  (2024)

Electromagnetic fields disrupt the pollination service by honeybees



Article ISI
SCIENCE ADVANCES  (2023)

Extreme environments as sources of fungal endophytes mitigating climate change impacts on crops in Mediterranean-type ecosystems

Atala, Cristian

Article ISI
PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET  (2023)

The "Trojan horse" strategy: Seed fungal endophyte symbiosis helps to explain the invasion success of the grass, <i>Poa annua</i>, in Maritime Antarctica

Greve, Michelle; Convey, Peter; Goodall-Copestake, William P.

Article ISI
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS  (2023)

A mutation increases the specificity to plant compounds in an insect chemosensory protein

Niemeyer, Hermann M.

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR GRAPHICS & MODELLING  (2022)

Biological Soil Crusts as Ecosystem Engineers in Antarctic Ecosystem

Barrera, Andrea; Atala, Cristian

Article ISI
Frontiers in Microbiology  (2022)

Genome sequencing of a predominant clonal lineage of the grain aphid Sitobion avenae



Article ISI
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY  (2022)

Hardening Blueberry Plants to Face Drought and Cold Events by the Application of Fungal Endophytes

Atala, Cristian

Article ISI
AGRONOMY-BASEL  (2022)

Seed fungal endophytes promote the establishment of invasive Poa annua in maritime Antarctica

Barrera, Andrea

Article ISI
PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY  (2022)

Symbiotic Interaction Enhances the Recovery of Endangered Tree Species in the Fragmented Maulino Forest

Barrera, Andrea; Atala, Cristian

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE  (2021)

Ammonium acts systemically while nitrate exerts an additional local effect on Medicago truncatula nodules

Liese R.; Ballesteros, G; Casieri L.; Cabeza R. A.

Article ISI SCOPUS
 (2020)

Functional insights from the GC-poor genomes of two aphid parasitoids, Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum

Dennis, Alice B.; Robin, Stephanie; Schrader, Lukas; Bast, Jens; Berghoefer, Jan; Beukeboom, Leo W.; Belghazi, Maya; Bretaudeau, Anthony; Buellesbach, Jan; Cash, Elizabeth; et al.

Article ISI
BMC GENOMICS  (2020)

Fungal Endophytes Exert Positive Effects on Colobanthus quitensis Under Water Stress but Neutral Under a Projected Climate Change Scenario in Antarctica

Ballesteros, Gabriel; Barrera, Andrea; Ramos, Patricio; Gundel, Pedro E.

Article ISI SCOPUS
 (2020)

In silico analysis of metatranscriptomic data from the Antarctic vascular plant Colobanthus quitensis: Responses to a global warming scenario through changes in fungal gene expression levels

Balboa, K; Bertini L.; Proietti S.

Article ISI SCOPUS
 (2020)

Integration of Physiological and Molecular Traits Would Help to Improve the Insights of Drought Resistance in Highbush Blueberry Cultivars

Balboa, Karen; Ballesteros, Gabriel I.; Molina-Montenegro, Marco A.

Article ISI
PLANTS-BASEL  (2020)

Multiple late-Pleistocene colonisation events of the Antarctic pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis (Caryophyllaceae) reveal the recent arrival of native Antarctic vascular flora

Biersma, Elisabeth M.; Newsham, Kevin. K.; Vidal, Marcela A.; Collado, Gonzalo A.; Figueroa, Christian C.; Goodall-Copestake, William P.; Leppe, Marcelo A.; Valladares, Moises A.; Convey, Peter

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY  (2020)

A first insight into the structure and function of rhizosphere microbiota in Antarctic plants using shotgun metagenomic



Article ISI SCOPUS
POLAR BIOLOGY  (2019)

First report of Chaetogaster limnaei (Annelida: Naididae) in Chile based on samples retrieved from an invasive freshwater snail

Collado, G.A. ; Cabrera F.J.; Villalobos N.I.; Aguayo K.P.

Article ISI SCOPUS
REVISTA MEXICANA DE BIODIVERSIDAD  (2019)

Identification and Expression Profiling of Peripheral Olfactory Genes in the Parasitoid Wasp Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Reared on Different Aphid Hosts



Article ISI SCOPUS
INSECTS  (2019)

Sex- and tissue-specific expression of odorant-binding proteins and chemosensory proteins in adults of the scarab beetle Hylamorpha elegans (Burmeister) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)



Article ISI SCOPUS
PEERJ  (2019)

Expression differences in (Hymenoptera=> Braconidae) females reared on different aphid host species.

Ballesteros, Gabriel I; Gadau, Jürgen; Legeai, Fabrice; Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Angelica; Lavandero, Blas; Simon, Jean-Christophe; Figueroa, Christian C

Article
PeerJ  (2017)

Differences in learning and memory of host plant features between specialist and generalist phytophagous insects

Tapia, DH; Ballesteros, G.I.; Figueroa, CC; NIEMEYER, HM; Ramirez, CC

Article ISI SCOPUS
Animal Behaviour  (2015)

Proyecto (1)

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERPINNING HOST-ADAPTATION IN A PARASITOID WASP=> A NOVEL APPROACH TO INCREASE THE EFFICACY OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

FONDECYT (1130483)

Proyecto
2013-2017
Tesista

5
Alfredo Figueroa

Profesor Titular

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Marcelo Leppe

Profesor Titular

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Cristian Torres

Académico Jornada Completa

Ciencias Básicas

Universidad del Bio-Bio

Chillán, Chile

1
Marcela Vidal

Academica

UNIVERSIDAD DEL BIO-BIO

Chillan, Chile

4
CRISTIAN ATALA

Profesor adjunto

Instituto de Biología

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Curauma, Chile

1
Marely Cuba

Titular professor

Ciencia y Tecnología Vegetal

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN, CAMPUS LOS ÁNGELES

Los Ángeles, Chile

1
Leon Bravo

Profesor Titular

Ciencias Agronómicas y Recursos Naturales

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA

Temuco, Chile

1
Patricio Ramos

academico

Instituto de ciencias biológicas

UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

Talca, Chile

1
Claudio Meneses

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Agronomía y Sistemas Naturales

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Luis Larrondo

Associate Professor

Genetica Molecular y Microbiologia

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Andrea Silva

Executive Director

Vicerrectoría de Investigación

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

1
Cristóbal Galbán

Profesor Titular

Centro de Genómica, Ecología y Medio Ambiente

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago de Chile, Chile

1
Carlos Villarroel

Académico

Ciencias Forestales

Universidad Católica del Maule

Talca, Chile

10
Ian Acuña

Investigador Asistente

Instituto de Investigación Interdisciplinaria (I3)

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

2
Eduardo Castro

Associate Professor

Departamento de Microbiología

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Samuel Morales

Académico Conferenciante

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Ricardo Cabeza

Profesor Asociado

Producción Agrícola

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Francisco Cabrera

Académico Titular

Universidad del Alba

Chillán, Chile

1
osvaldo yañez

Académico Investigador

Facultad de Ingeniería y Negocios

Universidad de Las Américas

Santiago, Chile

1
Nicolás Villalobos

Académico a honorarios

Ciencias Básicas

Universidad del Bío-Bío

Chillán, Chile

1
Moisés Valladares

Investigador Postdoctoral

Departamento de Ciencias Básicas

Universidad del Bío-Bío

Chillán, Chile

2
Gonzalo Collado

Académico

Ciencas Básicas

Universidad del Bío-Bío

Chillán, Chile

1
Pedro Gundel

Titular Professor

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
María Rubio

Investigador Postdoctoral

Facultad de Ingeniería

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

26
Gabriel Ballesteros

Investigador Adjunto

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Daniela Sepúlveda

Asistente de investigación

Instituto de Ciencias biológicas

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile