Man

Juan Antonio Ugalde Casanova

Assistant Professor

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Genomics approaches to study microbial diversity across multiple environments. This includes the use of genomics, metagenomics, and bioinformatic approaches.

Educación

  •  Marine Biology, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN DIEGO. Estados Unidos, 2014
  •  Ingenieria en Biotecnologia Molecular, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2016

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO

    Medicina

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - 2017

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR

    Ciencias

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - 2016

  •   Graduate Student Researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN DIEGO

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    San Diego, Estados Unidos

    2008 - 2014

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Director of Bioinformatics Full Time

    uBiome

    Santiago, Chile

    2017 - 2019

  •   Group Leader Full Time

    uBiome

    Santiago, Chile

    2017 - 2017

  •   Project Engineer Full Time

    Universidad de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2003 - 2008

  •   Senior Bioinformatician Full Time

    Phylagen

    San Francisco, Estados Unidos

    2020 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


Magister
Patricio Sepulveda, SCCmecCLA, clasificador de SCCmec codificados en genomas de Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina.
Magister en Biotecnología, Universidad Andres Bello. 2019


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Fulbright Fellowship

    COMISION FULBRIGHT-CHILE

    Chile, 2008

    PhD Fellowship, 2008-2012


 

Article (41)

Spatial co-occurrence patterns of benthic microbial assemblage in response to trace metals in the Atacama Desert Coastline

Zarate, Ana; Molina, Veronica; Valdes, Jorge; Icaza, Gonzalo; Vega, Sue Ellen; Castillo, Alexis; Ugalde, Juan A.; Dorador, Cristina

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2023)

Annotating unknown species of urban microorganisms on a global scale unveils novel functional diversity and local environment association

Wu, Jun; Danko, David; Afshinnekoo, Ebrahim; Bezdan, Daniela; Bhattacharyya, Malay; Castro-Nallar, Eduardo; Chmielarczyk, Agnieszka; Hazrin-Chong, Nur Hazlin; Deng, Youping; Dias-Neto, Emmanuel; Frolova, Alina; Mason-Buck, Gabriella; Iraola, Gregorio; Jang, Soojin; Labaj, Pawel; Lee, Patrick K. H.; Nieto-Caballero, Marina; Osuolale, Olayinka O.; Ouzounis, Christos A.; Perlin, Michael H.; Prithiviraj, Bharath; Rascovan, Nicolas; Rozanska, Anna; Schriml, Lynn M.; Semmler, Torsten; Suzuki, Haruo; Ugalde, Juan A.; Young, Ben; Werner, Johannes; Zambrano, Maria Mercedes; Zhao, Yongxiang; Mason, Christopher; Shi, Tieliu; MetaSUB Consortium

Article ISI
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH  (2022)

Antimicrobial Resistance Dynamics in Chilean Shigella sonnei Strains Within Two Decades: Role of Shigella Resistance Locus Pathogenicity Island and Class 1 and Class 2 Integrons

Toro, Cecilia S.; Salazar, Juan Carlos; Montero, David A.; Ugalde, Juan Antonio; Diaz, Janepsy; Cadiz, Leandro A.; Henriquez, Tania; Garcia, Camila; Diaz, Patricia; Camponovo, Rossanna; Hermosilla, German; Ulloa, Maria Teresa

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2022)

Digital Therapeutics Care Utilizing Genetic and Gut Microbiome Signals for the Management of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Results From a Preliminary Retrospective Study

Kumbhare, Shreyas V.; Francis-Lyon, Patricia A.; Kachru, Dashyanng; Uday, Tejaswini; Irudayanathan, Carmel; Muthukumar, Karthik M.; Ricchetti, Roshni R.; Singh-Rambiritch, Simitha; Ugalde, Juan; Dulai, Parambir S.; Almonacid, Daniel E.; Sinha, Ranjan

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2022)

Genetic characterization of clinically relevant class 1 integrons carried by multidrug resistant bacteria (MDRB) isolated from the gut microbiota of highly antibiotic treated Salmo salar

Vasquez-Ponce, Felipe; Higuera-Llanten, Sebastian; Paras-Silva, Juan; Gamboa-Acuna, Nicolas; Cortes, Jimena; Opazo-Capurro, Andres; Ugalde, Juan A.; Alcalde-Rico, Manuel; Olivares-Pacheco, Jorge

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE  (2022)

Role of the multi-drug efflux systems on the baseline susceptibility to ceftazidime/avibactam and ceftolozane/tazobactam in clinical isolates of non-carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Jose Contreras-Gomez, Maria; Martinez, Jose R. W.; Rivas, Lina; Riquelme-Neira, Roberto; Ugalde, Juan A.; Wozniak, Aniela; Garcia, Patricia; Munita, Jose M.; Olivares-Pacheco, Jorge; Alcalde-Rico, Manuel

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY  (2022)

A global metagenomic map of urban microbiomes and antimicrobial resistance

Danko, David; Bezdan, Daniela; Afshin, Evan E.; Ahsanuddin, Sofia; Bhattacharya, Chandrima; Butler, Daniel J.; Chng, Kern Rei; Donnellan, Daisy; Hecht, Jochen; Jackson, Katelyn; Kuchin, Katerina; Karasikov, Mikhail; Lyons, Abigail; Mak, Lauren; Meleshko, Dmitry; Mustafa, Harun; Mutai, Beth; Neches, Russell Y.; Ng, Amanda; Nikolayeva, Olga; Nikolayeva, Tatyana; Png, Eileen; Ryon, Krista A.; Sanchez, Jorge L.; Shaaban, Heba; Sierra, Maria A.; Thomas, Dominique; Young, Ben; Abudayyeh, Omar O.; Alicea, Josue; Bhattacharyya, Malay; Blekhman, Ran; Castro-Nallar, Eduardo; Canas, Ana M.; Chatziefthimiou, Aspassia D.; Crawford, Robert W.; De Filippis, Francesca; Deng, Youping; Desnues, Christelle; Dias-Neto, Emmanuel; Dybwad, Marius; Elhaik, Eran; Ercolini, Danilo; Frolova, Alina; Gankin, Dennis; Gootenberg, Jonathan S.; Graf, Alexandra B.; Green, David C.; Hajirasouliha, Iman; Hastings, Jaden J. A.; Hernandez, Mark; Iraola, Gregorio; Jang, Soojin; Kahles, Andre; Kelly, Frank J.; Knights, Kaymisha; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Labaj, Pawel P.; Lee, Patrick K. H.; Leung, Marcus H. Y.; Ljungdahl, Per O.; Mason-Buck, Gabriella; McGrath, Ken; Meydan, Cem; Mongodin, Emmanuel F.; Moraes, Milton Ozorio; Nagarajan, Niranjan; Nieto-Caballero, Marina; Noushmehr, Houtan; Oliveira, Manuela; Ossowski, Stephan; Osuolale, Olayinka O.; Ozcan, Orhan; Paez-Espino, David; Rascovan, Nicolas; Richard, Hugues; Ratsch, Gunnar; Schriml, Lynn M.; Semmler, Torsten; Sezerman, Osman U.; Shi, Leming; Shi, Tieliu; Siam, Rania; Song, Le Huu; Suzuki, Haruo; Court, Denise Syndercombe; Tighe, Scott W.; Tong, Xinzhao; Udekwu, Klas, I; Ugalde, Juan A.; Valentine, Brandon; Vassilev, Dimitar, I; Vayndorf, Elena M.; Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P.; Wu, Jun; Zambrano, Maria M.; Zhu, Jifeng; Zhu, Sibo; Mason, Christopher E.; Int MetaSUB Consortium

Article ISI
CELL  (2021)

An Integrative Bioinformatic Analysis for Keratinase Detection in Marine-Derived Streptomyces

Valencia, Ricardo; Gonzalez, Valentina; Undabarrena, Agustina; Zamora-Leiva, Leonardo ; Ugalde, Juan A.; Camara, Beatriz

Article ISI
Marine Drugs  (2021)

Bacteria Isolated From the Antarctic Sponge Iophon sp. Reveals Mechanisms of Symbiosis in Sporosarcina, Cellulophaga, and Nesterenkonia

Moreno-Pino M.; Ugalde, J.A.; Valdes, J.H.; Rodriguez-Marconi, S.; Parada-Pozo, G.; Trefault, N.

Article WOS Core Collection
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2021)

COVID-19 and City: Towards an Integrated Model of Housing, Microbiology, Environment and Urbanism

Encinas, Felipe; Soto-Liebe, Katia; Aguirre-Nunez, Carlos; Gonzalez, Bernardo; Bustamante. Waldo; Schueftan, Alejandra; Ugalde, Juan; Blondel, Carlos; Truffello, Ricardo; Araya, Paz; Freed, Carmen

Article ISI
Architecture, City and Environment  (2021)

Validation of the COVID-19 Indoor Test (TM) by Phylagen for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Virus on Stainless-Steel Surfaces: AOAC Performance Tested Method(SM) 122004

Fantin, Nick; Taft, Brad; Ugalde, Juan; Spring, Katie; Lam, Hannah; Tran, Alex; Green, Jessica

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF AOAC INTERNATIONAL  (2021)

Bacterially produced metabolites protect C. elegans neurons from degeneration

Urrutia A.; García-Angulo V.; Fuentes A.; Caneo M.; Legüe M.; Urquiza S.; Delgado S.E.; Ugalde J.; Burdisso P.; Calixto A.

Article SCOPUS
PLoS Biology  (2020)

Distinctive gene and protein characteristics of extremely piezophilic Colwellia

Peoples, Logan M.; Kyaw, Than S.; Ugalde, Juan A.; Mullane, Kelli K.; Chastain, Roger A.; Yayanos, A. Aristides; Kusube, Masataka; Methe, Barbara A.; Bartlett, Douglas H.

Article ISI
BMC GENOMICS  (2020)

Draft Genome Sequence of Blautia luti DSM 14534(T), Isolated from Human Stool

Ortiz, Rodrigo L.; Melis-Arcos, Felipe; Covarrubias, Paulo C.; Ugalde, Juan A.; Apte, Zachary S.; Perez-Donoso, Jose; Cardenas, Juan P.; Almonacid, Daniel E.

Article WOS-ESCI
MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS  (2020)

A novel sequencing-based vaginal health assay combining self-sampling, HPV detection and genotyping, STI detection, and vaginal microbiome analysis

Bik, Elisabeth M.; Bird, Sara W.; Bustamante, Juan P.; Leon, Luis E.; Nieto, Pamela A.; Addae, Kwasi; Alegria-Mera, Victor; Bravo, Cristian; Bravo, Denisse; Cardenas, Juan P.; Carson, Glenn A.; Caughey, Adam; Covarrubias, Paulo C.; Perez-Donoso, Jose; Gass, Graham; Gupta, Sarah L.; Harman, Kira; Hongo, Donna Marie B.; Jimenez, Juan C.; Kraal, Laurens; Melis-Arcos, Felipe; Morales, Eduardo H; Morton, Amanda; Navas, Camila F.; Nunez, Harold; Olivares, Eduardo; Ordenes-Aenishanslins, Nicolas; Ossandon, Francisco J.; Phan, Richard; Pino, Raul; Soto-Liebe, Katia; Varas, Ignacio; Vera-Wolf, Patricia; Walton, Nathaniel A.; Almonacid, Daniel E.; Goddard, Audrey D.; Ugalde, Juan A.; Zneimer, Susan; Richman, Jessica; Apte, Zachary S.

Article ISI
PLOS ONE  (2019)

Fecal Microbiome Characteristics and the Resistome Associated With Acquisition of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Among Elderly Subjects

Araos R.; Battaglia T.; Ugalde J.A.; Rojas-Herrera M.; Blaser M.J.; D’agata E.M.C.

Article ISI SCOPUS
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2019)

Complete genome sequence of the marine Rhodococcus sp H-CA8f isolated from Comau fjord in Northern Patagonia, Chile

Undabarrena, A.; Salvà-Serra, F.; Jaén-Luchoro, D.; Castro-Nallar, E.; Mendez, K.N.; Valencia, R.; Ugalde, J.A.; Moore, E.R.B.; Seeger, M.; Cámara, B.

Article ISI SCOPUS
MARINE GENOMICS  (2018)

Distinctive Archaeal Composition of an Artisanal Crystallizer Pond and Functional Insights Into Salt-Saturated Hypersaline Environment Adaptation

Plominsky, Alvaro M.; Henriquez-Castillo, Carlos; Delherbe, Nathalie; Podell, Sheila; Ramirez-Flandes, Salvador; Ugalde, Juan A.; Santibanez, Juan F.; van den Engh, Ger; Hanselmann, Kurt; Ulloa, Osvaldo; De La Iglesia, Rodrigo; Allen, Eric E.; Trefault, Nicole.

Article ISI SCOPUS
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2018)

Fecal Microbiome Among Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia and Clostridium difficile

Araos R.; Andreatos, N; Ugalde, J; Mitchell, S; Mylonakis, E; DAgata, EMC

Article ISI SCOPUS
DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES  (2018)

Microbial biotransformations in the human distal gut

Bik, Elisabeth M.; Ugalde, Juan A.; Cousins, Jon; Goddard, Audrey D.; Richman, Jessica; Apte, Zachary S.

Article ISI
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY  (2018)

Genome sequence of streptomyces sp. H-KF8, a marine actinobacterium isolated from a northern chilean patagonian fjord

Undabarrena A.; Ugalde J.A.; Castro-Nallar E.; Seeger M.; Cámara B.

Article WOS-ESCI SCOPUS
Genome Announcements  (2017)

Genomic data mining of the marine actinobacteria Streptomyces sp H-KF8 unveils insights into multi- stress related genes and metabolic pathways involved in antimicrobial synthesis

Undabarrena, Agustina; Ugalde, Juan A.; Seeger, Michael; Cámara, Beatriz

Article ISI SCOPUS
PEERJ  (2017)

Microbial Disruption Indices to Detect Colonization With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms

Araos, R; Montgomery, V; Ugalde, JA; Snyder, GM; D'Agata, EMC

Article ISI SCOPUS
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology  (2017)

Phylogenomic Insight into Salinispora (Bacteria, Actinobacteria) Species Designations

Millán-Aguinãga N.; Chavarria K.L.; Ugalde J.A.; Letzel A.-C.; Rouse G.W.; Jensen P.R.

Article ISI SCOPUS
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS  (2017)

The Gut Microbiota of Healthy Chilean Subjects Reveals a High Abundance of the Phylum Verrucomicrobia

Fujio-Vejar S.; Vasquez Y.; Morales P.; Magne F.; Vera-Wolf P.; Ugalde J.A.; Navarrete P.; Gotteland M.

Article ISI SCOPUS
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2017)

A novel gene cluster allows preferential utilization of fucosylated milk oligosaccharides in Bifidobacterium longum subsp longum SC596

Garrido, Daniel; Ruiz-Moyano, Santiago; Kirmiz, Nina; Davis, Jasmine C.; Totten, Sarah M.; Lemay, Danielle G.; Ugalde, Juan A.; German, J. Bruce; Lebrilla, Carlito B.; Mills, David A.

Article ISI SCOPUS
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS  (2016)

Comparative transcriptome assembly and genome-guided profiling for Brettanomyces bruxellensis LAMAP2480 during p-coumaric acid stress

Godoy, Liliana; Vera-Wolf, Patricia; Martínez, Claudio; Ugalde, Juan A.; Ganga, María Angélica

Article ISI SCOPUS
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS  (2016)

Genome sequencing and analysis of the first complete genome of Lactobacillus kunkeei strain MP2, an Apis mellifera gut isolate

Asenjo, F.; Olmos, A.; Henríquez-Piskulich P.; Polanco V.; Aldea, P.; Ugalde, J. A.; Trombert, A. N.

Article ISI SCOPUS
PEERJ  (2016)

Impact of Dietary Lipids on Colonic Function and Microbiota: An Experimental Approach Involving Orlistat-Induced Fat Malabsorption in Human Volunteers

Morales, P; Fujio, S; navarrete, p; Ugalde, JA; Magne, F; Carrasco-Pozo, C; Tralma, K; Quezada, MP; Hurtado, C; Covarrubias, N; Brignardello, J; Henriquez, D; Gotteland, M

Article ISI
CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL GASTROENTEROLOGY  (2016)

Genome Sequence of Vibrio VPAP30, Isolated from an Episode of Massive Mortality of Reared Larvae of the Scallop Argopecten purpuratus

Rojas, Rodrigo; Miranda, Claudio D.; Romero, Jaime; Asenjo, Freddy; Valderrama, Katherinne; Segovia, Cristopher; Ugalde, Juan A.; Santander, Javier

Article WOS-ESCI
MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS  (2015)

Identification of Thiotetronic Acid Antibiotic Biosynthetic Pathways by Target-directed Genome Mining

Tang, XY; Li, J; Millan-Aguinaga, N; Zhang, JJ; O'Neill, EC; Ugalde JA; Jensen, PR; Mantovani, SM; Moore, BS

Article ISI SCOPUS
ACS Chemical Biology  (2015)

Metagenome sequencing of the microbial community of a solar saltern crystallizer pond at Cáhuil Lagoon, Chile

Plominsky A.M.; Delherbe N.; Ugalde, J. A.; Allen E.E.; Blanchet M.; Ikeda P.; Santibañez F.; Hanselmann K.; Ulloa O.; De la Iglesia R.; von Dassow P.; Astorga M.; Gálvez M.J.; González M.L.; Henríquez-Castillo C.; Vaulot D.; do Santos A.L.; van den Engh G.; Gimpel C.; Bertoglio F.; Delgado Y.; Docmac F.; Elizondo-Patrone C.; Narváez S.; Sorroche F.; Rojas-Herrera M.; Trefault N.

Article SCOPUS
Genome Announcements  (2014)

Microbial mechanisms coupling carbon and phosphorus cycles in phosphorus-limited northern Adriatic Sea

Malfatti, F.; Turk, V.; Tinta, T.; Mozetic, P.; Manganelli, M.; Samo, T. J.; Ugalde, J. A.; Kovac, N.; Stefanelli, M.; Antonioli, M.; Fonda-Umani, S.; Del Negro, P.; Cataletto, B.; Hozic, A.; DeNardis, N. Ivosevic; Zutic, V.; Svetlicic, V.; Misic Radic, T.; Radic, T.; Fuks, D.; Azam, F.

Article ISI
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT  (2014)

Seasonal fluctuations in ionic concentrations drive microbial succession in a hypersaline lake community

Podell, Sheila; Emerson, Joanne B.; Jones, Claudia M.; Ugalde, Juan A.; Welch, Sue; Heidelberg, Karla B.; Banfield, Jillian F.; Allen, Eric E.

Article ISI
ISME JOURNAL  (2014)

Assembly- Driven Community Genomics of a Hypersaline Microbial Ecosystem

Podell, Sheila; Ugalde, Juan A.; Narasingarao, Priya; Banfield, Jillian F.; Heidelberg, Karla B.; Allen, Eric E.

Article ISI
PLOS ONE  (2013)

Composite Bacterial Hopanoids and Their Microbial Producers across Oxygen Gradients in the Water Column of the California Current

Kharbush, Jenan J.; Ugalde, Juan A.; Hogle, Shane L.; Allen, Eric E.; Aluwihare, Lihini I.

Article ISI
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY  (2013)

Microbial Life in a Fjord: Metagenomic Analysis of a Microbial Mat in Chilean Patagonia

Ugalde JA; Gallardo, MJ; Belmar C.; Muñoz P; Ruiz-Tagle, N; Ferrada Fuentes, S; Espinoza, C.; Allen, EE; Gallardo VA

Article ISI SCOPUS
PLOS ONE  (2013)

De novo metagenomic assembly reveals abundant novel major lineage of Archaea in hypersaline microbial communities

Narasingarao, Priya; Podell, Sheila; Ugalde, Juan A.; Brochier-Armanet, Celine; Emerson, Joanne B.; Brocks, Jochen J.; Heidelberg, Karla B.; Banfield, Jillian F.; Allen, Eric E.

Article ISI
ISME JOURNAL  (2012)

Xenorhodopsins, an enigmatic new class of microbial rhodopsins horizontally transferred between archaea and bacteria

Ugalde, Juan A.; Podell, Sheila; Narasingarao, Priya; Allen, Eric E.

Article ISI
BIOLOGY DIRECT  (2011)

Evolution of coral pigments recreated

Ugalde JA; Chang, BSW; Matz, MV

Article ISI SCOPUS
SCIENCE  (2004)

GFP-like proteins as ubiquitous metazoan superfamily: Evolution of functional features and structural complexity

Shagin, DA; Barsova, EV; Yanushevich, YG; Fradkov, AF; Lukyanov, KA; Labas, YA; Semenova, TN; Ugalde JA; Meyers, A; Nunez, JM; Widder, EA; Lukyanov, SA; Matz, MV

Article ISI SCOPUS
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION  (2004)

Proyecto (11)

Establishing a long-term observatory of the urban microbiome and antimicrobial resistance in Chile

Ugalde Casanova, Juan Antonio; Olivares Pacheco, Jorge Andrés; Castro-Nallar, Eduardo

Proyecto
 (2022)

Determinants for tuberculosis infection acquisition in contacts=> exploring the role of nasopharyngeal mucosal environment

FONDECYT (1171570)

Proyecto
2017-2021
Coinvestigador(a)

Genomics-guided bioprospecting=> targeting bioactive marine actinomycetes for natural product discovery

FONDECYT (117155)

Proyecto
2017-2021
Coinvestigador(a)

Phylogenomic Analysis of the Chilean-Cordobes MRSA clone and contribution of heavy metal resistance in its ability to prevail in Chile

FONDECYT (1171805)

Proyecto
2017-2021
Coinvestigador(a)

IDENTIFYING ENDOTYPES AND POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN ATOPIC DERMATITIS THROUGH AN INTEGRATED SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPROACH

FONDECYT (1160858)

Proyecto
2016-2020
Coinvestigador(a)

Cloud computing resources for comparative microbial genomics

Amazon Web Services

Proyecto
2015-2017
Inv. Principal

Diversity and inter-annual variability of eukaryote microbial communities in Antarctic coastal waters

INACH (RG_31_15)

Proyecto
2015-2017
Inv. Principal

DEVELOPMENT OF REPRODUCIBLE BIOINFORMATICS WORKFLOWS FOR COMPARATIVE MICROBIAL GENOMICS

FONDECYT (11140666)

Proyecto
2014-2017
Inv. Responsable

Metagenomics approaches for the study of natural microbial communities

Amazon Web Services

Proyecto
2013-2015
Inv. Principal

ECOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE BENTHIC SUBLITTORAL MICROBIAL PROKARYOTIC COMMUNITIES (ARCHAEA AND BACTERIA) IN THE HUMBOLDT CURRENT ECOSYSTEM OFF CHILE WITH INSIGHTS INTO CULTIVATION OF SELECTED SPECIES AND CHEMICA

FONDECYT (1110786)

Proyecto
2011-2014
Tesista

IDENTIFICACION Y ANALISIS DE PERFILES DE EXPRESION DE LOS GENES ASOCIADOS CON LA ADAPTACION CELULAR A COBRE

FONDECYT (1030618)

Proyecto
2003-2007
Personal técnico y/o de apoyo

Review (2)

Evolution of the indoor biome

Martin, LJ; Adams, RL; Bateman, A; Bik, HM; Hawks, J; Hird, SM; Hughes, D.; Kembel, SW; Kinney, K; Kolokotronis, SO; Levy, G; McClain, C.; Meadow, JF; Medina, RF; Mhuireach, G; Moreau, CS; Munshi-South, J; Nichols, LM; Palmer, C.; Popova, L; Schal C.; Taubel, M; Trautwein, M; Ugalde JA; Dunn, RR

Review ISI SCOPUS
Trends in Ecology and Evolution  (2015)

Comparative genomic analysis of carbon and nitrogen assimilation mechanisms in three indigenous bioleaching bacteria: predictions and validations

Levicán G; Ugalde JA; Ehrenfeld N.; Maass A.; Parada P.

Review ISI SCOPUS
BMC GENOMICS  (2008)

44
Juan Ugalde

Assistant Professor

Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

4
Beatriz Cámara

Associate Investigator

Departamento de Química/Centro de Biotecnología Daniel Alkalay

UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARÍA

Valparaíso, Chile

4
Eduardo Castro

Professor

Departamento de Microbiología

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

2
Juan Cardenas

Assistant Professor

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Michael Seeger

Full Professor

Chemistry

UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARÍA

Valparaíso, Chile

2
Fabien MAGNE

Profesor asistante

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Chile

2
Carlos Henríquez

Investigador

Biotecnología

Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas

Coquimbo, Chile

1
Paola Navarrete

Associate Professor

INTA

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Patricia García

Jefe de Laboratorio de Microbiologia

Escuela de Medicina

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE, LABORATORIO DE MICROBIOLOGÍA

Santiago, Chile

1
Carlos Aguirre

Investigador

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

1
Ana Zárate

Postdoctoral Researcher

Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Temuco, Chile

1
Jose Munita

Profesor Asociado

Internal Medicine

FACULTAD DE MEDICINA CLINICA ALEMANA- UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO

Santiago, Chile

1
Aniela Wozniak

Coordinador de Investigación

Dept Laboratorios Clínicos

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Jorge Valdés

Professor

Instituto de Cs. Naturales A. von Humboldt

UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Cristina Dorador

PROFESSOR

Biotechnology

UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA

ANTOFAGASTA, Chile

1
Alexis Castillo

Académico

Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Maule

Universidad Católica del Maule

Talca, Chile

1
Veronica Molina

Profesor Asociado

Biologia

Universidad de Playa Ancha

Valparaiso, Chile

1
LINA CORTES

Investigadora Postdoctoral

Facultad de Medicina

Universidad del Desarrollo

Santiago, Chile

1
María Ulloa

Jefe de Laboratorio

Fundación COANIQUEM Avances Tecnológicos

Santiago, Chile

1
Valentina González

1
David Montero

Profesor Asistente

Microbiología

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Andres Opazo

Profesor Asistente

Microbiología

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Juan Jiménez

Investigador I+D Senior

Multiplex SpA

Santiago, Chile

1
CECILIA TORO

PROFESOR ASOCIADO

PROGRAMA DE MICROBIOLOGÍA Y MICOLOGÍA, ICBM

Universidad de Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile

1
Juan Salazar

Profesor Asociado

Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE MEDICINA

Santiago, Chile

1
RICARDO TRUFFELLO

Assistant Professor

School of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Carlos Blondel

Profesor Asistente

Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Waldo Bustamante

Director

Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Pilar Parada

Directora

Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Jose Martínez

Investigador

ICIM

Universidad del Desarrollo

LAS CONDES, Chile

1
ARLES URRUTIA

PhD

Biociencias

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
VICTOR GARCIA

Profesor Asistente

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Katia Soto

Académica

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Tania Henríquez

Assegnista di ricerca

Medical biotechnologies

University of Siena

Siena, Italia

1
Paulo Covarrubias

Profesional

Genética Molecular

Instituto de Salud Pública

Santiago, Chile

1
Marcela Legüe

PhD candidate

Centro de Genómica y Bioinformática

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Peter von Dassow

Profesor Associado

Ecología

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Luis Leon

Head of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Technology

PhageLab

Santiago, Chile

1
Sebastian Higuera

1
Denisse Bravo

Associate Professor

Pathology and Oral Medicine

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
CRISTIAN BRAVO

Profesional

Laboratorio Biomédico

Instituto Salud Publica

Santiago, Chile

1
Claudio Miranda

Profesor Titular

Departamento de Acuicultura

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Coquimbo, Chile

1
Felipe Vasquez

1
PATRICIA ALDEA

Investigadora

Instituto de Investigación Interdisciplinar

Universidad SEK

Providencia, Chile

1
Bernardo González

Full Professor

UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBAÑEZ

Santiago, Chile

1
Salvador Ramírez

Ingeniero

Departmento de Oceanografia

Universidad de Concepcion

Concepcion, Chile

1
Nicole Trefault

Vicerrectora de Investigación

UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR

Santiago, Chile

1
Rodrigo De la Iglesia

Profesor Asociado

Genética Molecular y Microbiología

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Osvaldo Ulloa

Profesor Titular

Oceanografía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

1
Gonzalo Icaza

Asistente de investigación

laboratorio de complejidad microbiana y ecologist funcional

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Daniel Garrido

Associate Professor

Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Leonardo Zamora

Investigador postdoctoral

Fundación Bionostra Chile Research

San Miguel, Chile

1
Víctor Polanco

Vicerrector de Investigación, Creación Artística y Doctorado

Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Creación Artística y Doctorado

Universidad Finis Terrae

Santiago, Chile

1
MARIA GANGA

academico jornada completa

Departamento en Ciencia y Tecnologia de los Alimentos

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Liliana Godoy

Profesor Asociado

Fruticultura y Enología

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Annette Trombert

Directora de Escuela

Biotecnología

UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR, INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA, CENTRO DE GENÓMICA Y BIOINFORMÁTICA

Santiago, Chile

1
Sandra Ferrada

Research Assistant

Oceanografía

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Nathaly Ruiz-Tagle

Investigador

Centro de Biotecnología

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN, CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA

Concepción, Chile

1
Praxedes Muñoz

Associate professor

Biologia Marina

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Coquimbo, Chile

1
Gloria Levican

Académica Profesora Titular

Departamento de Biología

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile