Beatriz Patricia Cámara Herrera
Associate Investigator
UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARÍA
Valparaíso, Chile
Protein Chemistry; Molecular Biology; General Microbiology; Actinobacteria; Streptomyces; Marine Microbiology; Secondary Metabolites; Bioactive Compounds; Phylogenetic Biodiversity
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Natural Sciences, mention in Molecular Microbiology and Biochemistry, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT ZU BRAUNSCHWEIG. Alemania, 2007
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Industrial Chemist, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA. Chile, 1999
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Postdoctoral Scientist Full Time
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
Londres, Reino Unido
2008 - 2010
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Investigador Asociado Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA
Valparaiso, Chile
2011 - A la fecha
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Co-investigator Full Time
Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinshaft (DFG)- European Graduate College 653
Alemania
2003 - 2006
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Co-investigator Full Time
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) David Philips Fellowship (BB/E023703)
Reino Unido
2008 - 2012
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Co-Investigator Part Time
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María - USM 13.11.09
Chile
2011 - 2012
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Principal Investigator Part Time
Fondecyt Initiation Project N° 11121571
Chile
2012 - 2015
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Principal Investigator Part Time
Vetenskapsradet - Swedish Research Council Proyect N° 2013-6713
Suecia
2014 - 2017
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Principal Investigator Full Time
Fondecyt regular Nº 1171555
Valparaíso, Chile
2017 - 2020
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Co-investigator Other
CARe Project – Sweden
Suecia
2020 - 2022
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Principal Investigator Part Time
Anillo Project ACT172128
Valparaíso, Chile
2018 - 2020
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Sponsor Other
Fondecyt Postdoctoral Project N° 3180399
Chile
2018 - 2021
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Co-investigator Part Time
Fondecyt Regular Project N° 1180702
Valparaíso, Chile
2018 - 2021
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Investigator Part Time
USM 2016 N°216.27.2
Valparaíso, Chile
2016 - 2017
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Research Collaborator Part Time
Fondecyt Project N° 1110992
Valparaíso, Chile
2011 - 2014
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Co-Investigator Part Time
USM 13.11.09
Valparaíso, Chile
2011 - 2012
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Co-Investigator Part Time
Fondecyt Regular Project N° 1220433
Chile
2022 - A la fecha
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Principal Investigator Full Time
Fondecyt Regular Project N° 1221264
Valparaíso, Chile
2022 - A la fecha
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Co-Investigator Other
INACH Project RT 30-21
Valparaíso, Chile
2022 - 2024
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Sponsor Other
Postdoc UTFSM – Dr. Valentina González
Valparaíso, Chile
2022 - 2023
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Principal Investigators Part Time
ECOS-ANID Project N° C22B06
Chile
2023 - A la fecha
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Co-Investigator Part Time
Fondecyt Regular Project N°1231674
Valparaíso, Chile
2023 - A la fecha
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Principal Investigator Part Time
Millenium Nucleus in Natural and Exact Science Project NCN2023_054
Valparaíso, Chile
2024 - A la fecha
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Sponsor Other
Postdoc UTFSM – Dr. Fernanda Claverías
Valparaíso, Chile
2024 - A la fecha
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Principal Investigator Full Time
UTFSM
Valparíaso, Chile
2024 - A la fecha
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Co-investigator Part Time
FOVI240071
Chile
2024 - Sin Información
Student and postdoctoral training
Undergraduate thesis supervisor (9 finished):
1. Maria José Vargas, Biochemist, Universidad de Santiago de Chile. 2012.
2. Fernanda Claverías, Environmental Civil Engineering, UTFSM. 2014.
3. Valentina González, Environmental Civil Engineering, UTFSM. 2015
4. Andrés Cumsille, Environmental Civil Engineering, UTFSM. 2015
5. Gastón Vergara, Environmental Civil Engineering, UTFSM. 2016
6. Claudia Rojas Fuentes, Environmental Civil Engineering, UTFSM. 2016
7. Vania Molina Cádiz, Environmental Civil Engineering, UTFSM. 2019
8. Neri Salem Vargas Bermudez, Environmental Civil Engineering, UTFSM. 2022.
9. Raúl Cruz, Civil Informatics Engineering, UTFSM. 2024.
10. Anakin Jesus Sarmiento Maldonado, Marine Biology, Universidad de Valparaíso. 2025.
Master thesis supervisor (In Chile):
Jeanette Ehlersson, Pharmacist, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. (2011).
PhD thesis supervisor (9 finished):
1. Agustina Undabarrena Canusso, PhD in Sciences, mention in Microbiology, joint program Universidad de Chile y USACH. 2017 (Co-Supervisor).
Awarded by the Chilean Microbiology Society as the best PhD thesis in Microbiology 2017.
2. Valentina Alejandra González Fuenzalida, PhD in Biotechnology, joint program UTFSM-PUCV. 2021.
3. Fernanda Paz Claverías Ramos, PhD in Microbiology, UACh. 2023.
Awarded by the Universidad Austral de Chile as the best PhD graduate in science, class of 2023.
4. Néstor Serna Cardona, PhD in Biotechnology, joint program UTFSM-PUCV. 2023.
5. Leonardo Zamora Leiva, PhD in Biotechnology, joint program UTFSM-PUCV. 2023.
6. Andrés Cumsille Montesinos, PhD in Biotechnology, joint program UTFSM-PUCV. 2023.
7. Alison Acosta, PhD in Biotechnology, joint program UTFSM-PUCV. 2025
8. Laura Muñoz, PhD in Biotechnology, co-supervison, joint program UTFSM-PUCV. 2026.
9. Jacqueline Alejandra Vásquez Navarrete, PhD in Biotechnology, joint program UTFSM-PUCV. 2026
** Eduardo Sánchez Carvajal, PhD in Biotechnology, joint program UTFSM-PUCV (Ongoing).
** Eduardo Martínez Matus, PhD in Biotechnology, joint program UTFSM-PUCV. (Ongoing).
** Karla Penton Delgado, PhD in Biotechnology, joint program UTFSM-PUCV. (Ongoing).
** Thomas Dacal Barahona, PhD in Biotechnology, joint program UTFSM-PUCV. (Ongoing).
Advisor of 3 PosDocs:
1. Agustina Undabarrena. 2018 - 2021.
2. Valentina González. 2022 - 2023.
3. Fernanda Claverías. 2024 - 2026.
4. Néstor Serna. 2025-2027.
Congress presentations:
Participation as author in 154 national and international scientific events (shown for the last 5 years)
- 2025 -
1st Latin American Peptide Congress – Valparaíso – Chile. 15th-18th December.
- Sarmiento A, Cámara B, González V. Biotechnological Potential of Disulfide Reductase from Streptomyces sp. G11C in Keratin Degradation for Industrial Applications.
LXVIII Reunión Anual Sociedad de Biología – Valparaíso - Chile. 10th-12th December.
- Cámara B. Descubriendo el potencial antimicrobiano de las actinobacterias marinas del Pacífico Sur. Talk
- Dacal T, Cumsille A, Claverías F, Undabarrena A, Sánchez E, Serna N, Covarrubias-Lopez R, Olivares-Pachecho J & Cámara B. Una actinobacteria ´porteña´aislada de la Playa Torpederas en Valparaíso: Ingeniería racional de promotores.
- Penton K, Serna-Cardona N, Osorio M, González-Sanabria M, Parra J, & Cámara B. Potencial antimicrobiano de una inusual superclúster biosintético en Streptomyces sp. VB1, de la bahía de Valapraíso.
- Martínez-Matus E, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Ortega-Santana C, Avendaño-Herrera R & Cámara B. Exploración genómica y optimización de microcultivos para la selección temprana de Streptomyces marinas con actividad antibacteriana contra el patógeno de peces Edwardsiella anguillarum.
M Anual del Capítulo de Latinoamérica y el Caribe de la Sociedad Mundial de Acuicultura (LACQUA) - Puerto Varas - Chile.
- Martínez-Matus E, Ortega-Santana C, Silva-Orrego C, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Cámara-Herrera B & Avendaño-Herrera R. Susceptibilidad antibacteriana e identificación de genes de resistencia en el patógeno emergente en peces Edwardsiella anguillarum.
Latin American & Caribbean Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society (LACC-WAS) - Puerto Varas - Chile.
- Martínez-Matus E, Ortega-Santana C, Silva-Orrego C, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Cámara-Herrera B & Avendaño-Herrera R. Antibacterial susceptibility and identification of resistance genes in the emerging fish pathogen Edwardsiella anguillarum.
International Workshop Exploring Chilean Microbial Diversity New Taxa and their Biotechnological Application – Valparaíso – Chile. 8-10th September.
- Cámara B. Unlocking the antimicrobial potential of South Pacific Marine Actinomycetes. Talk
- Claverías FP, Cámara B. Talk
- Sánchez-Carvajal E, Cámara B. Metabologenomic studies of the rare actinomycete genus Salinibacterium reveal potential novel bioactive compounds produced by strain AL4.1, isolated from the Chilean Patagonia. Talk
- Leal J, Claverías F, Cámara B. Evaluation of the bioactive potential in Spiractinospora alimapuensis VN6-2 using the OSMAC strategy.
- Dacal T, Cumsille A, Claverías F, Undabarrena A, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Serna-Cardona N, Covarrubias-Lopez R, Olivares-Pacheco J, Cámara B. Biosynthetic potential of Streptomyces sp. VS4-2, a “porteña” actinobacterium isolated from Torpederas Beach in Valparaíso: a genomic mining study.
- Pentón-Delgado KA, Serna-Cardona N, Zamora-Leiva L, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Claverías F, Cumsille A, Vivanco B, Tietze A, Tessini A, Cámara B. Antimicrobial Potential of a Unique Biosynthetic Supercluster in Marine Streptomyces sp. VB1 from Valparaíso Bay, Chile.
32nd International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products and 12th International Congress on Biodiversity – Sydney – Australia. 24-28th August.
- Sánchez-Carvajal E, Serna-Cardona N, Dacal T, Claverías FP, González V, Penton K, Martinez-Matus E, Cumsille A, Acosta A, Undabarrena A, Cámara B. Unlocking the Antimicrobial Potential of South Pacific Marine Actinomycetes. Talk
20th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes – Egmond aan Zee - Netherlands. 15-19th June.
- Cámara B, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Serna-Cardona N, Dacal T, Claverías FP, González V, Penton K, Martinez-Matus E, Cumsille A, Acosta A, Undabarrena A. Actinomycetes from the coasts of Chile: diversity encompassing from bioactive metabolite producers to keratin degraders.
- Sánchez-Carvajal E, Vargas N, Cumsille A, Serna-Cardona N, Dacal T, Claverías F, Acosta A, Cámara B. Comparative studies of the rare actinomycete genus Salinibacterium reveal novel bioactive compound produced by strain AL4.1, isolated from the Chilean Patagonia.
- Claverías FP, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Durán RE, Leal J, Seeger M, Nouioui I, Mast Y & Cámara B. Towards a Revised Taxonomic Framework for the Family Nocardiopsidaceae: Evidence for Genus-Level Reclassification.
- González V, Valencia R, Serna-Cardona N, Karlsson R, Seeger M & Cámara B. Unveiling a Novel Keratin Degradation Mechanism in Streptomyces sp. G11C: A Biotechnological Approach to Feather Recycling.
- Undabarrena A, Serna-Cardona N, Zamora-Leiva L, Cumsille A, González V, Valencia R, Ugalde J, Cámara B. A new member of the tetrahydroisoquinoline family revealed by integrating non-ribosomal peptide synthetase genetic engineering and metabologenomics.
- Pentón-Delgado KA, Serna-Cardona N, Zamora-Leiva L, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Claverías F, Cumsille A, Vivanco B, Tietze A, Tessini A, Cámara B. Antimicrobial Potential of a Unique Biosynthetic Supercluster in Marine Streptomyces sp. VB1 from Valparaíso Bay, Chile.
- 2024 -
4th Synthetic Biology of Natural Products Conference – Cancun – Mexico
- Claverías F, Serna N, González V, Zamora L, Acosta A, Sánchez E, Cumsille A, Undabarrena A, Cámara B. Genomic-metabolomic connections: A promising pathway for finding antibiotic chemical pathway. Poster and Talk
- Eduardo Sánchez Carvajal, Neri Vargas Bermúdez, Andrés Cumsille, Beatriz Cámara. Phylogenomic and biosynthetic novelty of four marine Streptomyces from Southern Chile: prioritizing for bioactive compounds. Poster
Scientific Symposium “From the Neckar Valley to the Cordillera de Los Andes: Breaking borders with Molecular Systems Engineering” – University of Heidelberg / Heidelberg Center for Latin America - Santiago - Chile
- Claverías F & Cámara B. BGC similarity networks in S. alimapuensis and the family Nocardiopsaceae to assess novelty of potential RiPPs
- Cámara B & Seeger M. “From the Natural Microbial Heritage of Chile to Bioactive Compounds, Biocatalysts, and Biocontrol”. Talk
- 2023 -
LXVI Reunión Anual Sociedad de Biología – Valparaíso - Chile
- Cámara B. Actinobacterias marinas del Pacífico Sur: un mar de posibilidades. Talk
- Sánchez-Carvajal E, Vargas Bermúdez N, Cumsille A & Cámara B. Divergencia filogenómica ligada a la novedad biosintética de péptidos no ribosómicos en cuatro Streptomyces marinas de la Región de Aysén, Chile
- Vargas Bermúdez N, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Zamora Leiva L, Serna Cardona N, Cumsille A & Cámara B. Estudios metabologenómicos de actividad antimicrobiana contra Mycobacterium smegmatis de Salinibacterium sp. AL4.1, un actinomiceto aislado de
sedimentos marinos de la Región de Aysén, Chile
- Zamora Leiva L, Serna Cardona N, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Claverías F & Cámara B. NetworkFlow: Una herramienta bioinformática automatizada para la búsqueda de nuevos Agrupamiento de Genes Biosintéticos
- Serna-Cardona N, Cumsille A, Zamora-Leiva L, González V, Vergara M, Altamirano C, Tietze A, Tessini C, Reyes F, Olano C, Salas JA, Undabarrena A & Cámara B. Develando el potencial de las Streptomyces marinas: descubriendo nuevos péptidos
antibiótico a través de Molecular Networking e ingeniería genética
- Claverías F, Cumsille A, Sánchez-Carvajal E & Cámara B. Redes de similitudes de BGCs en Spiractinospora alimapuensis (Chile) y la familia Nocardiopsaceae para evaluar novedad de los potenciales RiPPs
- González V, Serna-Cardona N, Beys-da-Silva, WO, Karlsson R, Alarcon L, Seeger M & Cámara B. Análisis proteómico de una Streptomyces marina: Dilucidando el mecanismo de degradación de la queratina de las plumas
- Acosta A, Zamora Leiva L, Serna Cardona N, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Salvà-Serra F, Moore ERB & Cámara B. Evaluación del efecto antibiopelícula de metabolitos de Rhodococcus sp. contra Pseudomonas aeruginosa
XLV Congreso Chileno de Microbiología SOMICH – Pucón – Chile
- Cámara B. Bioprospection of marine actinomycetes: a sea of possibilities. Invited talk in Marine Microbiology symposium.
-Claverías F, Cumsille A & Cámara B. BGC similarity networks in Spiractinospora alimapuensis and the family Noocardiopsaceae to assess novelty in potential RiPPs. Awarded as best oral communication
Iimena Symposium: Integrating Informatics and Metabolomics Engineering for the Discovery of Novel Antibiotics – Copenhagen – Denmark
- Cámara B. Marine actinomycetes from the South Pacific: a sea of possibilities. Invited Talk, 25th September
XVII MaNaPro International Symposium on Marine Natural Products & XIII ECMNP European Conference on Marine Natural Products – Granada – Spain
- Serna-Cardona N, Cumsille A, Huerta M, Zamora-Leiva L, Undabarrena A, Tessini C, Angulo A & Cámara B. Genomic-metabolomic connections: a promising pathway for finding antibiotic chemical novelty. Talk, 3-8th September
- Serna-Cardona N, Cumsille A, Zamora-Leiva L, González V, Vergara M, Altamirano C, Tietze A, Tessini C, Reyes F, Olano C, Salas JA, Undabarrena A & Cámara B. Unlocking the potential of marine Streptomyces: discovery of novel bioactive peptides
through metabolomic profiling and genetic engineering, 3-8th September
3rd ISME Latin America ISME-LA – Buenos Aires – Argentina
- Sánchez Carvajal E, Vargas Bermúdez N, Zamora-Leiva L, Cumsille A, Serna-Cardona N, Tessini C, Cámara B. Isolation of actinomycetes from marine sediments of the Aysén Region, Chile, and genomic and metabolomic studies of antimicrobial activity
of the strain Salinibacterium sp. A-L4.1.
BIOTEC 2023. XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Biotecnología – Madrid – Spain
- González V, Serna-Cardona N, Beys-da-Silva, WO, Karlsson R, Alarcon L, Seeger M & Cámara B. Proteomic analysis of keratinolytic Streptomyces sp. G11C identifies relevant enzymes in the mechanism of feather keratin degradation.
Awarded as best poster presentation
15th International Conference on Culture Collections ICCC, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar – Braga – Portugal
- Claverías F, Zamora-Leiv L, González V, Cumsille A & Cámara B. Taxonomically unique Actinomycetes isolated from Chilean marine environments: Corynebacterium alimapuense sp. nov. and Spiractinospora alimapuensis gen. nov., sp. nov.
Workshop Meta-Omics – Zurich - Switzerland
- Cumsille A, Serna-Cardona N, Huerta M, Zamora-Leiva L, Sánchez-Carvajal E, Claverías F, Undabarrena A, Tessini C, Angulo A & Cámara B. Exploring Antibiotic Chemical Novelty in marine Actinomycetota, through Genomic-Metabolomic Connections.
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XLIV Congreso Chileno de Microbiología SOMICH – La Serena – Chile
- Sánchez-Carvajal E, Zamora-Leiva L, Serna-Cardona N, Cámara B. Perspectiva genómica sobre el potencial biosintético de Streptomyces sp. VB1, un actinomiceto derivado de sedimentos marinos de la Bahía de Valparaíso
- Vargas Bermúdez N, Cumsille A, Cámara B. Aislamiento y caracterización de Actinobacterias marinas de la costa de la Región de Aysén y evaluación de su potencial actividad antimicrobiana
- Valentina Alejandra González Fuenzalida, Ricardo Valencia, Agustina Undabarrena, Leonardo Zamora Leiva, Walter O. Beys-da-Silva, Beatriz Cámara. Estudio proteómico valida el análisis bioinformático integrativo que detectó queratinasas en
Streptomyces marinas.
Awarded as best oral communication-
- Sepúlveda-Mardonés M., Báez-Matus X., Serna-Cardona N., Bravo-Cortés G., Vega-Celedón P., Cámara B., Díaz-Barrera A., Seeger M. Janthinobacterium sp. BmR6b co-produces violacein with antibacterial and antioxidant activities during a
polyhydroxybutyrate production process.
19th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes – Toronto - Canada
- Cumsille A, Serna-Cardona N, Undabarrena A, Tietze D, Tietze A, Reyes F, Cámara B. Bioprospecting antimicrobial compounds from the South Pacific. Insights into the chemical and biosynthetic space of Streptomyces sp. VS4-2.
- Serna-Cardona N, Zamora-Leiva L, Cumsille A, Claverías F, González V, Sánchez E, Acosta A, Undabarrena A, Cámara B. Exploring the chemical and genetic space of Actinomycetes from the South Pacific.
Congreso EuroBiofilms 2022, Mallorca - Spain
- Acosta A., González V., Zamora L., Cumsille A., Salvà-Serra F, Cámara B. A marine Rhodococcus with anti-biofilm activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- 2021 -
LXIV Reunión Anual Sociedad de Biología
- Undabarrena A, Serna-Cardona N, Cumsille A, Zamora-Leiva L, González V, Claverías F, Seeger M & Cámara B. Desde el fondo del mar: Avances en la búsqueda de compuestos bioactivos en Actinobacterias de las costas chilenas. Talk.
Awarded the Dr. Humberto Maturana prize, in the Young Researchers Symposium
Congreso Digital Chileno de Microbiología SOMICH
- Cumsille A, González V, Undabarrena A, Claverías F & Cámara B. Comparative genomics in the Genus Brevibacterium
- Vargas N, Cumsille A & Cámara B. Isolation and characterization of marine from Aysén
- Claverías FP, Durán RE, Cumsille A, Serna-Cardona N, Zamora Leiva L, Riesco R, Seeger M, Trujillo ME & Cámara B. Taxonomy and ecological adaptation of strain VN6-2, a novel genus of the family Nocardiopsaceae isolated from marine sediment of
Valparaíso Bay, Chile
- Zamora Leiva L, Undabarrena A, Valencia R & Cámara B. Bioinformatic analysis of Streptomyces strains isolated from the Pacific Ocean, for the search of novel biosynthetic gene clusters. Talk
Leibniz-Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig & Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen – VAAM Workshop Biology of Bacteria Producing Natural Products. Online Poster
VAAM Workshop 2021 – Biology of Bacteria Producing Natural Products. Online
- Undabarrena A., Serna N., Zamora-Leiva L., Cumsille A., González V., Valencia R., Ugalde J., Reyes F., Salas J. & Cámara B. From the bottom of the sea: insights into a new member of the tetrahydroisoquinoline family antibiotics. Talk
XXV Congreso Latinoamericano de Microbiología – ALAM 2021, 25-28 August 2021, online
- Claverías FP, Durán RE, Seeger M, Cámara B. Comparative genomics and pangenomics of the Nocardiopsaceae family reveals insights into marine gene adaptations of strain VN6-2, a novel marine Actinobacteria isolated from Valparaíso Bay, Chile
ISMELAT 2021, 27-30 July 2021, online
- Cumsille A, González V, Undabarrena A, Claverías F, Cámara B. Comparative genomics in the Genus Brevibacterium
- Zamora-Leiva L, Undabarrena A, Valencia R, Cámara B. Integration of bioinformatic tools in an automatized workflow for the search of novel biosynthetic gene clusters.
Awarded as best poster presentation
XII European Conference on Marine Natural Products. XII ECMNP 2021 - Galway – Ireland
- Serna N, Cumsille A, Undabarrena A, Cámara B. Exploring chemical diversity of marine streptomycetes from the Pacific Ocean through molecular networking.
World Microbe Forum, ASM and FEMS collaboration, 20-24 June 2021, online
- Cumsille A, Undabarrena A, Serna-Cardona N, Reyes F, Cámara B. Similarity networks to bioprospect antimicrobial compounds from marine actinobacteria.
- Claverías FP, Durán RE, Seeger M, Cámara B. Comparative genomics of the Nocardiopsaceae family reveals insights into marine gene adaptations of strain VN6-2, a novel marine Actinobacteria isolated from Valparaíso Bay, Chile
- 2020 -
Congreso Digital Chileno de Microbiología SOMICH
- Cumsille A, Woolery M, Reyes F, Cámara B. Similarity networks to bioprospect antimicrobial compounds from marine actinobacteria
- Undabarrena A, Serna N, González V, Olano C, Salas JA, Cámara B. Genetic engineering in marine Streptomyces: insights into the biosynthesis of novel compounds
LXIII Reunión Anual Sociedad de Biología
- Undabarrena A, Valencia R, Cumsille A, Zamora-Leiva L, Castro-Nallar E, Barona-Gomez F, Cámara B. La genómica evolutiva del género Rhodococcus revela rasgos biosintéticos de productos naturales ancestrales dependientes de la filogenómica. Talk
- Cumsille A, Woolery M, Reyes F, Cámara B. Redes de similitud para la Bioprospección de antimicrobianos naturales producidos por actinobacterias marinas. Awarded as best poster presentation
- González V, Vargas-Straube MJ, Beys-da-Silva W, Santi L, Beltrametti F, Cámara B. Bioprospection of marine-derived Actinobacteria from the Chilean coast and new insight in the mechanism of keratin degradation in Streptomyces sp. G11C
Segunda Jornada de Biocatálisis. JBiocat 2019 – Santiago – Chile
- González V, Valencia P, Cámara B. Caracterización del extracto enzimático de Streptomyces sp. G11C utilizado en la hidrólisis de queratina de plumas
Charlas / Talks
“El espacio químico de las Actinomicetes marinas nos brinda un mar de posibilidades”
Talk – Department of Chemistry, UTFSM.
22nd October 2020
“A genomics and metabolomics guided bioprospection of marine actinomycetes of the South Pacific”
Talk – ActinoBase e-Seminar (Youtube Channel).
6th August 2020
“Actinobacteria from the South Pacific: A bioprospection for Natural Bioproducts”
Talk – Center for Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
16th January 2020
“Marine actinobacteria from Chilean coasts: a prospective source for the discovery of keratinases.”
Talk – XLI Congreso Chileno de Microbiología SOMICH, Puerto Varas, Chile.
8th November 2019
“Actinobacteria from the South Pacific – Chemical diversity of specialized metabolites.”
Talk – XV Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology BAGECO – Lisbon – Portugal.
30th May 2019
“Actinobacteria from the South Pacific: A bioprospection for Natural Bioproducts”
Talk – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
22nd January 2019
“Chilean marine actinobacterial culture collection: an important resource for bioprospection”
Talk - XXIV Congreso Latinoamericana de Microbiología ALAM 2018 - XL Congreso Chileno de Microbiología SOMICH, Santiago, Chile.
13th – 16th November 2018
“Bioprospecting marine actinobacteria from the south Pacific: from isolation to genome mining and metabolomics”
Talk – II Simposio Biotecnología Microbiana y Bioingeniería. Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
30th-31st August 2018
“Bioprospecting bioactive compounds: targeting marine actinobacteria from the Northern Chilean Patagonia”
Talk – Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
21st August 2018
“Bioprospección de actinobacterias marinas: búsqueda de enzimas implicadas en el mecanismo de la queratina.”
Talk – University of Oviedo, Spain
19 July 2018
“Bioprospecting bioactive compounds: targeting marine actinobacteria from the Northern Chilean Patagonia”
Talk - Imperial College London, London, UK
10th July 2018
“Un mar de posibilidades”
TEDx talk Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
4th October 2017
“Bioprospecting marine actinobacteria from the south Pacific: from isolation to genome mining and metabolomics”
Talk – Simposio Biotecnología Microbiana y Bioingeniería. Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
24-25th August 2017
“Actinobacteria from the South Pacific: A bioprospection for Natural Bioproducts.”
Talk – CCUG, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2nd June 2016
“Actinobacteria from the South Pacific: A bioprospection for Natural Bioproducts.”
Talk – Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
25th May 2016
“Actinobacteria from Marine Sediments in the South Pacific: a Potential Bioprospection for Novel Bioactive Natural Products.”
Talk – Imperial College London, London, UK
16th August 2013
“In search of novel Antibiotics acting on Bacterial RNA polymerases”
Coloquio Microbiología 2011 – Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile
19th May 2011
“Structure-function analysis of a potent bacterial RNA polymerase inhibitor”
Annual Research Open Day – Centre for Structural Biology – Imperial College London, UK
We were 6 invited speakers, including Nobel Prize Winner of Chemistry 2009, Dr Venki Ramakrishnan
24th September 2010
“Functional and structural characterisation of T7 Gp2: a potent inhibitor of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase”
21st Annual RNA Polymerase Workshop
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
23rd – 24th March 2009
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Premio Excelencia Académica Investigadora Joven Academia Chilena de Ciencias 2012
ACADEMIA CHILENA DE CIENCIAS
Chile, 2012
Honourable mention of the Award "Premio Excelencia Académica Investigadora Joven Academia Chilena de Ciencias 2012." Chilean Academy of Science Award granted on the 16th May 2013.
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Best oral presentations for incorporation to the "Sociedad de Microbiología de Chile (Somich)
Sociedad de Microbiología de Chile (Somich)
Chile, 2013
Awarded as one of the best oral presentations for incorporation to the "Sociedad de Microbiología de Chile (Somich)" in XXXV Congreso de Microbiología 2013. Title: “Inhibición de la RNA polimerasa de E. coli por una proteína Gp2, derivado del bacteriófago T7, mediante la desestabilización del complejo transcripcionalmente competente”. Award granted on the 30th of November 2013.
Nature inspired unique antimicrobial peptides from Chilean marine sediments |
Aerobic Degradation of Chloroaromatics |
Statistical analysis of feature-based molecular networking results from non-targeted metabolomics data |
Carolina Mascayano
Académico
Ciencias del Ambiente
UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE QUÍMICA Y BIOLOGIA
santiago, Chile
Pedro Valencia
Profesor Asociado
Escuela de Alimentos
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile
Mamie Sancy
Profesora Asociada
Facultad de Ingeniería
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Beatriz Cámara
Associate Investigator
Departamento de Química/Centro de Biotecnología Daniel Alkalay
UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARÍA
Valparaíso, Chile
LISA MUÑOZ
Profesor Auxiliar
Instituto de Química
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Valparaiso, Chile
Mauricio Araya
Associate Professor
Electronic Engineering
UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA
Valparaíso, Chile
Francisco Montero
Investigador Responsable, pryecto FOndecyt postdoctorado 3180683
Química
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Loreine Agullo
INVESTIGADOR POSDTOCTORAL
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
VALPARAISO, Chile
Yesseny Vasquez
Academico
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile
carola martinez
PROFESIONAL DOCENTE
Departamento de Ingeniería en Obras Civiles
Universidad de La Frontera
Temuco, Chile
Monica Saldarriaga
Investigadora
Vicerrectoría de Vinculación con el medio e investigación
Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins
Santiago, Chile
Juan Ugalde
Assistant Professor
Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida
Universidad Andrés Bello
Santiago, Chile
Roberto Durán
Estudiante Doctorado
Departamento de Química
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Valparaíso, Chile
María Vargas
Postdoctoral
Departamento de Química
Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular y Biotecnología Ambiental
Valparaíso, Chile
VALERIA LATORRE
ACADEMICO/ASOCIADO
DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS
Universidad de Magallanes
Punta Arenas, Chile
Valentina González
Assistant Professor
Departamento de Química y Medio Ambiente
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Chile, Chile
Fernanda Claverías
Postdoctoral Scientist
Centro de biotecnología DAL
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Valparaíso, Chile
Francisca San Martín
Académica
Departamento de Ingeniería de Minas, Metalurgia y Materiales
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Santiago, Chile
Néstor Serna
Postdoctoral
Centro de Biotecnología Daniel Alkalay Lowitt
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Valparaíso, Chile