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Gerardo Alejandro Cárcamo Oyarce

Profesor Asistente

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Studying microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions in t bacterial infections. Specially, the role of mucus and its components influencing the virulence of opportunistic pathogenic bacteria, such as P. aeruginosa and S. aureus

Microbiology, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH. Suiza, 2015
Microbiology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2009
Biochemestry, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2007
Biochemestry, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2009

Colaborador docente Part Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Ciencias Biológicas

Chile

2007 - 2008
Instructor Part Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS

Ciencias de la Salud

Concepción, Chile

2009 - 2009
Instructor Part Time

Universidad del Desarrollo

Odontología

Concepción, Chile

2009 - 2009
Supervisor Part Time

UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH

Sciences

Zurich, Suiza

2010 - 2015
Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Sciences

Cambridge, Estados Unidos

2016 - 2021
Researcher associate Full Time

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Sciences

Cambridge, Chile

2021 - 2024

Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

University of Zurich

Zurich, Suiza

2015 - 2016
PhD student Full Time

University of Zurich

Zurich, Suiza

2010 - 2015
Instructor Part Time

Universidad del Desarrollo

Concepción, Chile

2009 - 2009
Instructor Part Time

Universidad de las Américas

Concepción, Chile

2009 - 2009
Research Assistant. Full Time

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

2009 - 2010
Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Estados Unidos

2016 - 2021
Researcher associate Full Time

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Estados Unidos

2021 - 2024

Mentoring of graduate students

1. Name: Kelsey M. Wheeler
Degree Granted: PhD in Microbiology year: 2021
Program: Microbiology Graduate PhD Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Thesis title: The influence of mucin glycans on microbial virulence and competition

2. Name: Gabriela Purtschert-Montenegro
Degree Granted: PhD in Microbiology year: 2022
Program: The doctoral program Microbiology and Immunology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Thesis title: Identification of a novel bacterial killing nanomachine in Pseudomonas putida IsoF

SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) Early Postdoc Mobility fellowship

Swiss National Science Foundation

Chile, 2016

Early Postdoc Mobility fellowship
ASM Travel Grant Award

American Society for Microbiology

Estados Unidos, 2015

ASM Travel Grant Award - Pseudomonas Meeting 2015, Washington, DC
Bicentennial Becas-Chile fellowship to undertake PhD program

CONICYT

Chile, 2009

fellowship to undertake PhD program
CONICYT fellowship for Chilean Masters students

CONICYT

Chile, 2008

CONICYT fellowship for Chilean Masters students


Morphogenesis of bacterial cables in polymeric environments La Corte, Sebastian Gonzalez; Stevens, Corey A.; Wingreen, Ned S.; Datta, Sujit S. Article ISI SCIENCE ADVANCES (2025)
Selective Biofilm Inhibition through Mucin-Inspired Engineering of Silk Glycopolymers Werlang, Caroline Andrea; Sahoo, Jugal Kishore; Carcarmo-Oyarce, Gerado; Stevens, Corey; Uzun, Deniz; Putnik, Rachel; Hasturk, Onur; Choi, Jaewon; Kaplan, David L. Article ISI JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2024)
Mucin glycans drive oral microbial community composition and function Wu, Chloe M.; Aoki, Kazuhiro; McShane, Abigail; Welch, Jessica L. Mark; Tiemeyer, Michael; Griffen, Ann L. Article ISI NPJ BIOFILMS AND MICROBIOMES (2023)
pH-Responsive, Charge-Reversing Layer-by-Layer Nanoparticle Surfaces Enhance Biofilm Penetration and Eradication Deiss-Yehiely, Elad; Berger, Adam G.; Hammond, Paula T. Article ISI ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING (2023)
<i>Pseudomonas putida</i> mediates bacterial killing, biofilm invasion and biocontrol with a type IVB secretion system Purtschert-Montenegro, Gabriela; Pinto-Carbo, Marta; Agnoli, Kirsty; Bailly, Aurelien Article ISI NATURE MICROBIOLOGY (2022)
ClpP1P2 peptidase activity promotes biofilm formation in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Mawla, Gina D.; Hall, Branwen M.; Grant, Robert A.; Zhang, Jia Jia; Kardon, Julia R.; Sauer, Robert T.; Baker, Tania A. Article ISI MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY (2021)
Stereochemical Control Yields Mucin Mimetic Polymers Kruger, Austin G.; Brucks, Spencer D.; Yan, Tao; Wei, Yuan; Wen, Deborah H.; Carvalho, Dayanne R.; Hore, Michael J. A.; Schrock, Richard R.; Kiessling, Laura L. Article ISI ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE (2021)
Two-Component Signaling Systems Regulate Diverse Virulence-Associated Traits in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Wang, Benjamin X.; Cady, Kyle C.; Oyarce, Gerardo C.; Laub, Michael T. Article ISI APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2021)
Engineering mucus to study and influence the microbiome Werlang, Caroline; Cárcarmo-Oyarce, Gerardo; Ribbeck, Katharina Article NATURE REVIEWS MATERIALS (2019)
Mucin glycans attenuate the virulence of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> in infection Turner, Bradley S.; Dellos-Nolan, Sheri; Lehoux, Sylvain; Cummings, Richard D.; Wozniak, Daniel J. Article ISI NATURE MICROBIOLOGY (2019)
The Compound 2-Hexyl, 5-Propyl Resorcinol Has a Key Role in Biofilm Formation by the Biocontrol Rhizobacterium <i>Pseudomonas</i> <i>chlororaphis</i> PCL1606 Arrebolala, Eva Article ISI FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY (2019)
Mucins trigger dispersal of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> biofilms Article ISI NPJ BIOFILMS AND MICROBIOMES (2018)
Prophage-triggered membrane vesicle formation through peptidoglycan damage in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> Article ISI NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2017)
Explosive cell lysis as a mechanism for the biogenesis of bacterial membrane vesicles and biofilms Turnbull L. , Omasits U.; Ito S., Yap X.; Monahan LG., Cavaliere R.; Ahrens CH., Charles IG.; Nomura N., Eberl L. Article Nature Communications (2016)
Quorum sensing triggers the stochastic escape of individual cells from Pseudomonas putida biofilms Cárcamo-Oyarce G., Lumjiaktase P. ; Kümmerli R., Eberl L. Article Nature Communications (2015)
Sigma 54-dependent response to nitrogen limitation and virulence in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111 Lardi M., Aguilar C.; Pedrioli A., Omasits U. ; Suppiger A., Cárcamo-Oyarce G.; Schmid N., Ahrens C.H.; Eberl L., Pessi G. Article Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2015)
σ<SUP>54</SUP>-Dependent Response to Nitrogen Limitation and Virulence in <i>Burkholderia cenocepacia</i> Strain H111 Aguilar, Claudio Article ISI APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2015)
Inhibition of quorum sensing by drimane lactones from chilean flora Cárcamo G., Silva M.; Becerra J., Urrutia H. Article Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society (2014)
Drimendiol, a drimane sesquiterpene with quorum sensing inhibition activity Paza, C.; Cárcamo, G.; Silva, M.; Becerra, J.; Urrutia, H.; Sossa, K. Article Natural Product Communications (2013)
Image segmentation of biofilm structures using optimal multi-level thresholding Rojas, D.; Rueda, L.; Ngom, A.; Urrutia, H.; Cárcamo, G. Article International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics (2011)


Automatic Segmentation Methods and Applications to Biofilm Image Analysis Rueda, Luis; Ngom Alioune BookSection (2011)


Biofilm Image Segmentation Using Optimal Multi-Level Thresholding Rojas D.; Rueda, L.; Ngom, A; Urrutia, H; Carcamo, G. ConferencePaper ISI 2009 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOMEDICINE (2009)


Control de biopelículas microbianas de importancia fitopatógena, por metabolitos secundarios extraídos desde plantas nativas de VIII región y áreas aledañas INNOVA BIOBIO (04-B1-321) Proyecto 2005-2008 Tesista
DESARROLLO DE UNA BIOPELICULA PARA EL TRATAMIENTO ANAEROBICO DE VERTIDOS PROTEICOS=> EFECTO DEL AMONIACO SOBRE LA ACTIVIDAD Y EL CRECIMIENTO DE BIOPELICULAS ENRIQUECIDAS CON BACTERIAS METANOGENICAS METILOTROFICAS. FONDAP (2010104) Proyecto 2002-2004 Personal técnico y/o de apoyo
DISENO Y DESARROLLO DE UNA BIOPELICULA MICROBIANA ANAEROBIA AMONIACO TOLERANTE PARA LA DEPURACION DE VERTIDOS PROTEICOS SALINOS. FONDECYT (1020999) Proyecto 2002-2005 Personal técnico y/o de apoyo

Homero Urrutia

Profesor titular

Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

Gerardo Cárcamo

Profesor Asistente

Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Medicina

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Dario Rojas

Director de Escuela

Facultad de Ingeniería

Universidad Finis Terrae

Santiago, Chile

Gerardo Alejandro Cárcamo Oyarce

Líneas de Investigación

Educación

Microbiology, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH. Suiza, 2015

Microbiology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2009

Biochemestry, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2007

Biochemestry, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2009

Experiencia Académica

Colaborador docente Part Time

Instructor Part Time

Instructor Part Time

Supervisor Part Time

Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

Researcher associate Full Time

Experiencia Profesional

Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

PhD student Full Time

Instructor Part Time

Instructor Part Time

Research Assistant. Full Time

Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

Researcher associate Full Time

Formación de Capital Humano

Premios y Distinciones

SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) Early Postdoc Mobility fellowship

ASM Travel Grant Award

Bicentennial Becas-Chile fellowship to undertake PhD program

CONICYT fellowship for Chilean Masters students

Article (20)

BookSection (1)

ConferencePaper (1)

Proyecto (3)

Control de biopelículas microbianas de importancia fitopatógena, por metabolitos secundarios extraídos desde plantas nativas de VIII región y áreas aledañas

DESARROLLO DE UNA BIOPELICULA PARA EL TRATAMIENTO ANAEROBICO DE VERTIDOS PROTEICOS=> EFECTO DEL AMONIACO SOBRE LA ACTIVIDAD Y EL CRECIMIENTO DE BIOPELICULAS ENRIQUECIDAS CON BACTERIAS METANOGENICAS METILOTROFICAS.

DISENO Y DESARROLLO DE UNA BIOPELICULA MICROBIANA ANAEROBIA AMONIACO TOLERANTE PARA LA DEPURACION DE VERTIDOS PROTEICOS SALINOS.