Man

Fernan Federici Noe

Assistant Professor

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Synthetic Biology in bacteria: self-organization, DNA assembly methods and biosensing. Open Source Technologies.

Educación

  •  Biological Sciences, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Reino Unido, 2010
  •  Biological Sciences, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2004

Experiencia Académica

  •   Research associate Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

    Biological Sciences

    Cambridge, Reino Unido

    2010 - 2013

  •   Research assistant Full Time

    Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    Ecology

    DF, México

    2004 - 2004

  •   research assistant Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Biology

    Santiago, Chile

    2003 - 2004

  •   Visiting Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Biology

    Santiago, Chile

    2013 - 2015

  •   Research Fellow Part Time

    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

    Biological Sciences

    Cambridge, Reino Unido

    2015 - 2017

  •   Assistant professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Biology

    Santiago, Chile

    2015 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Research assistant Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL ESTADO DE MEXICO

    Distrito Federal, México

    2004 - 2004

  •   Research associate Full Time

    University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, Reino Unido

    2010 - 2013

  •   Research Fellow Part Time

    University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, Reino Unido

    2015 - 2017

Formación de Capital Humano


Semestral tutorship of 2 undergraduate students in Cambridge University (co-tutorship with Jim Haseloff)
Year tutorship of 3 undergraduate students in Universidad Católica (Chile)
Year tutorship of 2 undergraduate students from Universidad de Chile in Universidad Católica (Chile)
Year tutorship of 2 research assistants in Universidad Católica (Chile) (co-tutorship with Rodrigo Gutierrez)

3-month advisory-tutorship of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 iGEM teams at University of Cambridge composed of ~8/10 students

International advisor of 2011 and 2012 iGEM teams at PUC, Chile composed of ~8/10 students

Organizer and lecturer in Synthetic Biology course at Columbia University (NY) for Master students of Architecture School, 2011.

Organizer and lecturer in BIO399E Synthetic Biology course at Universidad Católica (Chile) for undergraduate students, 2014 (co-organizer Rodrigo Gutierrez).

Organizer and lecturer in Synthetic Biology workshop at Universidad Católica (Chile) for undergraduate students, 2011.

Organizer and lecturer in Synthetic Biology at Universidad Católica (Chile) for undergraduate students, 2015, 2016.

Ambassador for Bill Gates Cambridge Scholarships in Argentina (2009).

Co-organizer of TECNOx (http://tecnox.exp.dc.uba.ar)

Co-Organizer of GOSH "Gathering for Open Science Hardware" (http://openhardware.science)


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Bill Gates Scholarship

    BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION

    Reino Unido, 2004

    PhD scholarship for Cambridge

  •   Chile Project - Cambridge

    Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge, for research projects in Chile)

    Chile, 2009

    Project to develop research and educational programs in collaboration with Chilena academics.

  •   Chile Project

    Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge, for research projects in Chile)

    Chile, 2012

    Grant to teach and organize a SynBio Workshop in Chile

  •   St Edmund’s College Tutorial Award

    St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge

    Chile, 2008

    Grant for academic excellence

  •   St Edmund’s Commonwealth and Overseas Studentship Award

    St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge

    Chile, 2007

    Grant for teaching SynBio in Chile

  •   European Union Alban PhD Scholarship

    EUROPEAN UNION

    Chile, 2005

    PhD scholarship. Obtained but declined due to the acceptance of Gates Scholarship.

  •   ORS “Overseas Research Student” scholarship

    ORSAS

    Chile, 2005

    Grant to reduce PhD fees

  •   Distinguished Latin-American student - Becas LIDER award

    FUNDACION CAROLINA

    España, 2004

    Selection of 60 best iberoamerican students.

  •   Maximum distinction

    PUC

    Chile, 2004

    Distinction to best graduating students.

  •   Matrícula de Honor scholarship

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Chile, 2002

    Top ranked student. Fee exemption.

  •   Wellcome Trust Image Award

    WELLCOME TRUST

    Reino Unido, 2013

    Prize to best scientific images

  •   Wellcome Trust Image Award

    WELLCOME TRUST

    Reino Unido, 2016

    Prize to best scientific images

  •   Wellcome Trust Image Award

    WELLCOME TRUST

    Chile, 2011

    Best Scientific Image

  •   Wellcome Trust Image Award

    WELLCOME TRUST

    Chile, 2012

    Best Scientific Image

  •   Cambridge University 800th anniversar

    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

    Reino Unido, 2009

    Scientific images chosen and laser-projected on show “Transforming Tomorrow” Cambridge University 800th anniversary

  •   Olympus Bioscapes Award

    other

    Estados Unidos, 2009

    Scientific Image Award

  •   Olympus Bioscapes Award

    Olympus

    Chile, 2010

    Scientific Image Award

  •   Olympus Bioscapes Award

    Olympus

    Chile, 2014

    Scientific Image Award

  •   Nikon Small World

    Nikon instruments

    Chile, 2012

    Scientific Image Award

  •   Nikon Small World

    Nikon Instruments

    Chile, 2013

    Scientific Image Award

  •   PLOS Open Source Toolkit Award

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Estados Unidos, 2018

    PLoS Biology Award for open hardware of the year.

  •   Nikon Small World award

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2016

    Prize honorable mention for scintific imaging


 

Article (19)

Accessible LAMP-Enabled Rapid Test (ALERT) for Detecting SARS-CoV-2

Bektas, A.; Federici, F; Ramirez, Cesar; Covington, M.; Guy, A.; Matute, Tamara; Nuñez, Isaac; Arce, Aníbal; Jayaprakash, A.

Article
VIRUSES-BASEL  (2021)

Flapjack: Data Management and Analysis for Genetic Circuit Characterization

Yañez, G.; Codoceo, V.; Earle, G.; Silva, M.; Nuñez, I.; Matute, T.; Arce, A.; Vidal, G.; Vidal, C.; Dahlin, J,; Federici, F.; Rudge, T.

Article
ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY  (2021)

Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology

Faktorova, Drahomira; Nisbet, R. Ellen R.; Robledo, Jose A. Fernandez; Casacuberta, Elena; Sudek, Lisa; Allen, Andrew E.; Ares, Manuel, Jr.; Areste, Cristina; Balestreri, Cecilia; Barbrook, Adrian C.; Beardslee, Patrick; Bender, Sara; Booth, David S.; Bouget, Francois-Yves; Bowler, Chris; Breglia, Susana A.; Brownlee, Colin; Burger, Gertraud; Cerutti, Heriberto; Cesaroni, Rachele; Chiurillo, Miguel A.; Clemente, Thomas; Coles, Duncan B.; Collier, Jackie L.; Cooney, Elizabeth C.; Coyne, Kathryn; Docampo, Roberto; Dupont, Christopher L.; Edgcomb, Virginia; Einarsson, Elin; Elustondo, Pia A.; Federici, Fernan; Freire-Beneitez, Veronica; Freyria, Nastasia J.; Fukuda, Kodai; Garcia, Paulo A.; Girguis, Peter R.; Gomaa, Fatma; Gornik, Sebastian G.; Guo, Jian; Hampl, Vladimir; Hanawa, Yutaka; Haro-Contreras, Esteban R.; Hehenberger, Elisabeth; Highfield, Andrea; Hirakawa, Yoshihisa; Hopes, Amanda; Howe, Christopher J.; Hu, Ian; Ibanez, Jorge; Irwin, Nicholas A. T.; Ishii, Yuu; Janowicz, Natalia Ewa; Jones, Adam C.; Kachale, Ambar; Fujimura-Kamada, Konomi; Kaur, Binnypreet; Kaye, Jonathan Z.; Kazana, Eleanna; Keeling, Patrick J.; King, Nicole; Klobutcher, Lawrence A.; Lander, Noelia; Lassadi, Imen; Li, Zhuhong; Lin, Senjie; Lozano, Jean-Claude; Luan, Fulei; Maruyama, Shinichiro; Matute, Tamara; Miceli, Cristina; Minagawa, Jun; Moosburner, Mark; Najle, Sebastian R.; Nanjappa, Deepak; Nimmo, Isabel C.; Noble, Luke; Vanclova, Anna M. G. Novak; Nowacki, Mariusz; Nunez, Isaac; Pain, Arnab; Piersanti, Angela; Pucciarelli, Sandra; Pyrih, Jan; Rest, Joshua S.; Rius, Mariana; Robertson, Deborah; Ruaud, Albane; Ruiz-Trillo, Inaki; Sigg, Monika A.; Silver, Pamela A.; Slamovits, Claudio H.; Smith, G. Jason; Sprecher, Brittany N.; Stern, Rowena; Swart, Estienne C.; Tsaousis, Anastasios D.; Tsypin, Lev; Turkewitz, Aaron; Turnsek, Jernej; Valach, Matus; Verge, Valerie; von Dassow, Peter; von der Haar, Tobias; Waller, Ross F.; Wang, Lu; Wen, Xiaoxue; Wheeler, Glen; Woods, April; Zhang, Huan; Mock, Thomas; Worden, Alexandra Z.; Lukes, Julius

Article ISI
NATURE METHODS  (2020)

Loop assembly: a simple and open system for recursive fabrication of DNA circuits.

Pollak, Bernardo; Cerda, Ariel; Delmans, Mihails; Alamos, Simón; Moyano, Tomas C.; West, Anthony; Gutierrez, Rodrigo A.; Patron, Nicola J.; Federici, Fernan; Haseloff, Jim

Article ISI, Scopus
NEW PHYTOLOGIST  (2019)

Universal loop assembly: Open, efficient and cross-kingdom DNA fabrication

Pollak B.; Matute T.; Nuñez I.; Cerda A.; Lopez C.; Vargas V.; Kan A.; Bielinski V.; Von Dassow P.; Dupont C.L.; Federici F.

Article SCOPUS
Synthetic Biology  (2019)

An Engineered Device for Indoleacetic Acid Production under Quorum Sensing Signals Enables Cupriavidus pinatubonensis JMP134 To Stimulate Plant Growth

Zuniga, Ana; De la Fuente, Francisco; Federici, Fernan; Lionne, Corinne; Bonnet, Jerome; de Lorenzo, Victor; Gonzalez, Bernardo

Article ISI SCOPUS
ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY  (2018)

Intercellular adhesion promotes clonal mixing in growing bacterial populations

Kan, A; Del Valle, I; Rudge, T.; Federici, F; Haseloff, J

Article ISI SCOPUS
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE  (2018)

Low cost and open source multi-fluorescence imaging system for teaching and research in biology and bioengineering

Nunez, I; Matute, T; Herrera, R; Keymer, J; Marzullo, T; Rudge, T; Federici, F

Article
PLOS ONE  (2017)

Artificial symmetry-breaking for morphogenetic engineering bacterial colonies.

Nuñez, Isaac; Matute, Tamara; Del Valle, Ilenne; Kan, Anton; Choksi, Atri; Endy, Drew; Haseloff, Jim; Rudge, Timothy; Federici, Fernan

Article ISI
ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY  (2016)

Characterization of Intrinsic Properties of Promoters

Rudge, TJ; Brown, JR; Federici, F; Dalchau N.; Phillips, A; Ajioka, JW; Haseloff, J

Article ISI SCOPUS
ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY  (2016)

Orthogonal intercellular signaling for programmed spatial behavior

Grant P.K., Dalchau N.; Brown J.R., Federici F.; Rudge T.J., Yordanov B.; Patange O., Phillips A.

Article
Molecular Systems Biology  (2016)

Hairy root transformation using Agrobacterium rhizogenes as a tool for exploring cell type-specific gene expression and function using tomato as a model

Ron, M.; Kajala, K.; Pauluzzi, G.; Wang D.; Reynoso, M. A.; Zumstein K.; Garcha, J.; Winte, S.; Masson, H.; Inagaki, S.; Federici, F; Sinha N.R.; Deal, R; Bailey-Serres, J.; Brady, S. M.

Article SCOPUS
Plant Physiology  (2014)

Cell Polarity-Driven Instability Generates Self-Organized, Fractal Patterning of Cell Layers

Rudge, Timothy J.; Federici, Fernan; Steiner, Paul J.; Kan, Anton; Haseloff, Jim

Article ISI
ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY  (2013)

Synthetic Biology: opportunities for Chilean bioindustry and education

Federici, Fernan; Rudge,Timothy J.; Pollak, Bernardo.; Haseloff, Jim; Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.

Article ISI SCIELO SCOPUS
Biological Research  (2013)

A molecular framework for the inhibition of Arabidopsis root growth in response to boron toxicity

Aquea F.; Federici, F; Moscoso, C.; Vega A.; Jullian, P; Haseloff, J; Arce Johnson P.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Plant Cell and Environment  (2012)

Integrated genetic and computation methods for in planta cytometry

Federici, Fernan; Dupuy, Lionel; Laplaze, Laurent; Heisler, Marcus; Haseloff, Jim

Article
NATURE METHODS  (2012)

High-resolution live imaging of plant growth in near physiological bright conditions using light sheet fluorescence microscopy

Maizel, Alexis; von Wangenheim, Daniel; Federici, Fernan; Haseloff, Jim; Stelzer, Ernst H.K.

Article
The Plant Journal  (2011)

Gibberellin Signaling in the Endodermis Controls Arabidopsis Root Meristem Size

Ubeda-Tomás, Susana; Federici, Fernan; Casimiro, Ilda; Beemster, Gerrit T.S.; Bhalerao, Rishikesh; Swarup, Ranjan; Doerner, Peter; Haseloff, Jim; Bennett, Malcolm J.

Article ISI Co-first author
CURRENT BIOLOGY  (2009)

Isolation of the three grape sub-lineages of B-class MADS-box TM6, PISTILLATA and APETALA3 genes which are differentially expressed during flower and fruit development

Poupin MJ.; Federici, F; Medina, C; Matus JT.; Timmermann, T.; Arce Johnson P.

Article ISI SCOPUS
GENE  (2007)

BookSection (2)

BioLogic

Benjamin, David; Federici, Fernan; Endy, Drew

BookSection
 (2014)

Bioprocessing

Benjamin, David; Federici, Fernan; Myers, William

BookSection
 (2014)

Proyecto (14)

Marine Microbial Initiative - Experimental Model Systems

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF4981.01)

Proyecto
2017-2018
Director(a)

Instituto Milenio de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas y Sintética

Iniciativa Cientifica Milenio (MIISSB)

Proyecto
2017-2027
Inv. Principal

Ambient temperature preservation of cell-free TX-TL reagents for use in synthetic biology

OpenPlant Fund - University of Cambridge (N.A.)

Proyecto
2016-2017
Coinvestigador(a)

CENTRO DE REGULACIÓN DEL GENOMA

FONDAP (15090007)

Proyecto
2016-2020
Investigador(a)

Developing novel selection markers for plant transformation to advance live-imaging techniques

OpenPlant Fund - University of Cambridge (N.A.)

Proyecto
2016-2017
Director(a)

Open Source Autonomous Imaging Station for High Schools, Universities & DIY Science Communities

OpenPlant Fund - University of Cambridge (N.A.)

Proyecto
2016-2017
Director(a)

TECNOx1.0=> a latin american network of open technology and open science

Office of Naval Research (ONR) EEUU (N62909-16-12 106)

Proyecto
2016-2017
Inv. Responsable

TecnoX_UC_Chile=> Tecnologías abiertas para la fabricación de sensores y materiales.

VRI UC (2016)

Proyecto
2016-2017
Inv. Responsable

A PLATFORM OF FOUNDATIONAL TOOLS AND A REGISTRY FOR PLANT SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

PCI (REDES14007)

Proyecto
2015-2016
Coinvestigador(a)

Núcleo Milenio en Biología Sintética y Biología de Sistemas Vegetales

Iniciativa Cientifica Milenio (NC130030)

Proyecto
2015-2017
Investigador(a)

A SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY APPROACH TO THE ENGINEERING OF CRISPR-BASED ARTIFICIAL GENETIC REGULATORY NETWORKS IN BACTERIA.

FONDECYT (11140776)

Proyecto
2014-2017
Inv. Responsable

CRISPR-Based Technologies for Synthetic Biology in Plants

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies - Harvard (9/2013-2014)

Proyecto
2014-2015
Investigador(a)

Biologia sintética en plantas y bacterias

PAI (82130027)

Proyecto
2013-2015
Inv. Responsable

Synthetic Aesthetics

NSF (US) and EPSRC (UK) (.)

Proyecto
2010-2011
Coinvestigador(a)

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Fernan Federici

Assistant Professor

Genetica Molecular y Microbiologia

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
timothy rudge

assistant professor

Instituto de ingenieria biologica y medica

universidad catolica de chile

santiago, Chile

2
Peter von Dassow

Profesor Associado

Ecología

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Bernardo Pollak

Fundador y CEO

Multiplex SpA

Santiago, Chile

1
Ana Zúñiga

postdoctoral research fellow

Centre de Biologie Structurale

Montpellier, Francia

1
Jose Aquea

Investigador Asociado

UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBANEZ

Santiago, Chile

1
Ariel Cerda

Estudiante de Doctorado

Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
María Poupin

Associate Professor, Academic Director of Executive Education

Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Santiago, Chile

1
Andrea Vega

Assistant Professor

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile