
Diego Andrés Valenzuela Miranda
PostDoc
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile
Enfoque hologenómico aplicado a la acuicultura de peces e invertebrados, Genética y genómica de organismos marinos
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Doctorado en Ciencias con mención en Manejo de Recursos Acuáticos Renovables, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2019
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Investigador Responsable Full Time
FONDECYT Postdoc
Untangling the sea lice microbiome: A potential threat for Chilean salmon farming
Chile
2020 - 2023
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Investigador asociado Other
Centro de Biotecnologia
Chile
2022 - A la fecha
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Investigador Adjunto Full Time
Centro INCAR
Chile
2020 - A la fecha
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asistente de investigación Full Time
universidad de concepción
Chile
2013 - 2019
2. Director de tesis, Estudiante de Ingeniería en biotecnología Marina y Acuicultura de la Universidad de Concepción. “Evaluación del potencial inmunogénico de bacterias asociadas al piojo de mar (Caligus rogercresseyi) para el desarrollo de una vacuna antimicrobiota contra la caligidosis”.
2022
2. Director de tesis, Estudiante de Biología Marina de la Universidad de Concepción. “Caracterización de RNAs largos no codificantes (lncRNAs) en cepas de C. rogercresseyi mediante tecnologías de secuenciación y evaluación de la regulación transcripcional ante la exposición farmacológica”.
Congress.
2024
1. D. Valenzuela-Miranda. El genoma de Caligus rogercresseyi como insumo para el control de la caligidosis. Taller difusión convenio de desempeño 2023-2024. IFOP 2024
2. D. Valenzuela-Miranda; M. Morales-Rivera; C. Gallardo-Escarate; A. Gonçalves. Functional diets increase the survival of Atlantic salmons to Piscirikettsia salmonis infection by modulating the host microbiome. Mucosal Health in Aquaculture 2024, Oporto, Portugal.
2023
3. D. Valenzuela-Miranda, B. Benavente, M. Muñoz, V. Valenzuela-Muñoz, G. Nuñez-Acuña, A.T. Gonçalves & C. Gallardo-Escárate. Understanding sea lice (Caligus rogercresseyi) parasitism on the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from the holobiont perspective. Plant and Animal Genome 2023, San Diego, United States
2022
4. D. Valenzuela-Miranda, M. Montúfar, V. Valenzuela-Muñoz, G. Nuñez-Acuña, C. Gallardo-Escárate. Functional Interplaying Between Epigenetics And Microbiome In The Mussel Mytilus Chilensis During Hypoxia Conditions. EpiMar 2022, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States.
5. D. Valenzuela-Miranda, A. Teresa-Gonçalves, V. Valenzuela-Muñoz, G. Nuñez-Acuña, C. Gallardo-Escárate. The sea lice microbiota: a potential threat for salmon aquaculture BioAqua 2022, Cuba, Varadero.
6. D. Valenzuela-Miranda, A. Teresa-Gonçalves, M. Morales-Rivera, V. Valenzuela-Muñoz, G. Nuñez-Acuña, C. Gallardo-Escárate. Untangling sea lice microbiota: novel insights in the biological role and potential threat associated with the salmon aquaculture. World Aquaculture society 2022, USA, San Diego, February 28 – March 4.
7. D. Valenzuela-Miranda. “The sea lice microbiota: a potential threat for salmon aquaculture”. Nuevas perspectivas para el manejo integrado y control de Caligidosis, Webinar, 4 marzo 2022.
2021
8. D. Valenzuela-Miranda. “Explorando la microbiota del piojo de mar: nuevas evidencias de interacción entre Caligus y Tenacibaculum”. Primera Conferencia Internacional de Salud de Peces, 2021 (Seminario online). 15 de Junio 2021
2019
9. V. Valenzuela-Muñoz, D. Valenzuela-Miranda, C. Gallardo-Escárate. Iron overdosis in atlantic salmons leads to an immune depression and increase the susceptibility to piscirickettsia salmonis infection. 3rd International Conference of Fish & Shellfish Immunology 2019, Spain, Las Palmas, 16th – 20th June.
10. Cristian Gallardo-Escárate, Valentina Valenzuela-Muñoz, Gustavo Núñez-Acuña, Diego Valenzuela-Miranda. Reverse Vaccinology: Functional Genomics Applied to the Development of Vaccines against Caligus rogercresseyi. Plant & Animal Genome XXVII 2019, USA, San Diego, 12 – 16 January.
2018
11. Núñez-Acuña, G., Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., Arriagada, G., Valenzuela-Miranda, D. and Gallardo-Escárate, C. Disentangling sea lice responses to antiparisitic drugs: emerging role from non-coding rnas. 12th international sea lice conference dreams hotel - Punta Arenas - chile. 04-08 noviembre 2018.
12. Gallardo-Escárate, C., Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., Nuñez-Acuña, G. and Valenzuela-Miranda, D. Reverse vaccinology applied to the development of new vaccines against Caligus rogercresseyi. 12TH INTERNATIONAL SEA LICE CONFERENCE Dreams Hotel - PUNTA ARENAS - CHILE. 04-08 noviembre 2018.
13. Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., Valenzuela-Miranda, D. and Gallardo-Escárate, C. Salmon non-coding RNAs repertoire and their modulation during C. rogercresseyi infestation. 12TH INTERNATIONAL SEA LICE CONFERENCE Dreams Hotel - PUNTA ARENAS - CHILE. 04-08 noviembre 2018.
2017
14. Tarifeño-Saldivia, E., Valenzuela-Miranda, D., Gallardo-Escárate, C. Transcriptional cytoskeleton reorganization of Atlantic salmon infected with the intracellular bacterium Piscirickettsia salmonis suggests modulation through non-coding RNAs. Biotecnología Habana 2017, Varadero, Cuba. 03-06 diciembre 2017.
15. Valenzuela-Miranda, D., Tarifeño, E., Gallardo-Escárate, C. Dual RNA-Seq approach reveals metabolic dependency of the intracellular bacterium Piscirickettsia salmonis on the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) amino acids. Biotecnología Habana 2017, Varadero, Cuba. 03-06 diciembre 2017.
16. Gallardo-Escárate, C.,Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., Nuñez-Acuña, G., Valenzuela-Miranda, D., Gonçalves, AT. Functional genomics applied to the development of new vaccines against the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi. Biotecnología Habana 2017, Varadero, Cuba. 03-06 diciembre 2017.
17. Cristian Gallardo-Escárate, Valentina Valenzuela-Muñoz, Sebastián Boltaña, Gustavo Núñez-Acuña, Diego Valenzuela-Miranda, Ana T. Gonçalves, Camille Détrée, Estefanía Tarifeño-Silva, Rodolfo Farlora, Steven Roberts, H.M. Putnam. The Caligus rogercresseyi miRnome: discovery and transcriptome profiling during the sea lice ontogeny, European Aquaculture Society Conference 2017, CROACIA, Dubrovnik, 18 – 20 October.
18. Cristian Gallardo-Escárate, Valentina Valenzuela-Muñoz, Gustavo Núñez-Acuña, Diego Valenzuela-Miranda. Functional genomics applied to the development of new vaccines against the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi, European Aquaculture Society Conference 2017, CROACIA, Dubrovnik, 18 – 20 October.
19. Valenzuela-Miranda, D., Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., Gallardo-Escárate, C. Uncovering the role of non-coding rnas in atlantic salmon during the infection with the intracellular bacterium Piscirickettsia salmonis. Aquaculture Europe 2017. Dubrovnik, Croacia, 17-20 octubre 2017.
20. V. Valenzuela-Muñoz, D. Valenzuela-Miranda, C. Gallardo-Escárate. Comparative transcriptome analysis of long non-coding rnas (Lncrna) between two salmon species and their role during sea lice infestation. Aquaculture Europe 2017 Dubrovnik-Croacia.
2016
21. Valenzuela-Miranda, D., Gallardo-Escárate, C. Long non-coding RNAs: unexplored players during drug metabolism in the sea lice Caligus rogercresseyi. The 11th International Sea Lice Conference. Westport, Ireland. 26-28 September 2016.
22. Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., Núñez-Acuña, G., Valenzuela-Miranda, D., Gonçalves, A.T., Boltaña, S., Gallardo-Escárate, C. Uncovering species-specific iron regulation patterns in Atlantic and Coho salmon during the infection with the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi. The 11th International Sea Lice Conference. Westport, Ireland. 26-28 September 2016.
23. Núñez-Acuña, G., Pino-Marambio, J., Wadsworth, S., Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., Boltaña, S., Valenzuela-Miranda, D. Gonçalves, A.T., Gallardo-Escárate, C., Discovering of key molecules involved in host recognition mechanisms in the salmon louse Caligus rogercresseyi. The 11th International Sea Lice Conference. Westport, Ireland. 26-28 September 2016.
24. Gallardo-Escárate, C., Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., Núñez-Acuña, G., Valenzuela-Miranda, D., Gonçalves, A.T., Boltaña, S. The emerging role of non-coding RNAs in the host/sea lice interaction. The 11th International Sea Lice Conference. Westport, Ireland. 26-28 September 2016.
25. Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., Núñez-Acuña, G., Valenzuela-Miranda, D., Gonçalves, A.T., Boltaña, S., Gallardo-Escárate, C. MicroRNA expression profiles in Atlantic salmon infected with Caligus rogercresseyi. The 11th International Sea Lice Conference. Westport, Ireland. 26-28 September 2016.
2015
26. Valenzuela-Miranda, D., Del Río-Portilla, MA., Gallardo-Escárate, C. 05-10 October 2015. Growth-related transcriptome of the red abalone, Haliotis rufescens Swainson, 1822. IAS2015, 9th International Abalone Symposium, Yeosu, Korea.
27. ValenzuelaMiranda, D., Segovia, C., Valderrama, K., Almarza, O., Gallardo-Escárate, C., Santander, J. 23 - 26 August 2015. Molecular mechanisms orchestrating iron uptake in Piscirickettsia salmonis. Aquaculture 2015. Le Corum, Montpellier, France.
28. Valenzuela, D., Boltaña, S., Gallardo-Escárate, C. 30th March 2015. RNA-seq analysis unravels the mechanisms of ISAV-induced a divergent tissue regulation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). 13th International Society of Developmental & Comparative Immunology, Murcia, Spain.
2014
29. Gallardo-Escárate, C., V. Valenzuela-Muñoz, G. Núñez-Acuña, J. Chávez-Mardones, W. Maldonado-Aguayo, A.T. Gonçalves, R. Farlora, D. Valenzuela-Miranda. “Caligus rogercresseyi transcriptome: Novel insights for key biological processes during the lifecycle of the salmon louse”. Sea Lice 2014. August 31st to September 5th. Portland, Maine, USA.
The race between host and sea lice in the Chilean salmon farming: a genomic approach |

Cristian Gallardo
Profesor Titular
Departamento de Oceanografía
Universidad de Concepción
Concepcion, Chile

Homero Urrutia
Profesor titular
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN
Concepción, Chile

Gonzalo Gajardo
profesor titular
Departamento de Ciencias Básicas y Biodiversidad
UNIVERSIDADA DE LOS LAGOS. LABORATORIO DE GENÉTICA, ACUICULTURA & ACUICULTURA
Osorno, Chile

Edward Fuentealba
Executive Director
Electrical Engineering
Universidad de Antofagasta
Antofagasta, Chile

Rodolfo Farlora
Full time professor
Instituto de Biología
Universidad de Valparaíso
Valparaiso, Chile

Ana Fachadas Gato
Investigador
Centro de Biotecnologia
Universidad de Concepción
ConcepciónConcepción, Chile

Estefanía Tarifeño
Assistant professor
Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile

Valentina Valenzuela
Investigador Asociado
Centro de Biotecnologia
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile

Gustavo Núñez
Investigador Postdoctoral
Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile

Marco Yévenes
Profesional
Ciencias Biológicas y Biodiversidad
Universidad de Los Lagos
Osorno, Chile