LAB TEAM
If you are interested in contributing to the development of genetics or genomics at a global level, contact us and let’s talk about alternatives for you to join our research team.
Dra. Débora Torrealba
Post Doc.
Debora is an ANID-Fondecyt postdoctoral fellow. PhD by Universidad de Barcelona, España. Linkedin. debora.torrealba@pucv.cl
Dra. María Angélica Rueda
Postdoctoral researcher at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. PhD in Agricultural Sciences from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. His research focuses on conducting genomic association studies (GWAS) and genomic selection (SG). His main interest is to apply traditional and modern genomic predictive modeling techniques in the context of Machine Learning.
Nicol Delgado
Research support.
Graduate in Biochemistry by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Linkedin
Dr (c) Paula Valenzuela
PhD Biotechnology
Paula is an ANID predoctoral fellow in Biotechnology in at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Biotechnologist by Universidad Andrés Bello Chile. Linkedin
Dr (c) Margarita Rivera
patricia.rivera.m@mail.pucv.cl
Margarita is an ANID predoctoral fellow in Aquaculture at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Agricultural engineer by Universidad de Las Fuerzas Armadas, ESPE, Ecuador.His research focuses on genomic association studies on traits of productive and reproductive interest in farmed salmon, with special emphasis on Atlantic salmon.
Dr (c) Jaqueline Flores
Jaqueline is an ANID predoctoral fellow in Biotechnology in at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Genomic Biotechnologist by Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México. Linkedin
Dr (c) Cristóbal Domínguez
PhD Biotechnology
Cristobal is an ANID predoctoral fellow in Biotechnology in at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Marine biologist by Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador. Linkedin
Dr (c) Yessica Ortega
PhD student
Veterinary Science Graduate by Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Perú. Linkedin
Fabian Allende
Undergraduate student
Bachelor degree in Biochemistry by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Linkedin
During the XVIII Latin American Congress of Genetic (2021, Valdivia, Chile), our lab won two best poster prize: 1) Mónica Díaz in plant genetics, 2) Débora Torrealba and Carolina Figueroa in genetics and selecting breeding.
«Scientists can pose problems that affect the environment based on the available evidence, but their solution is not the responsibility of scientists, it is the whole of society.»
MARIO JOSÉ MOLINA-PASQUEL HENRÍQUEZ, MEXICAN Nobel Prize in CHEMISTRY 1995.
«Los científicos pueden plantear los problemas que afectarán al medio ambiente con base en la evidencia disponible, pero su solución no es responsabilidad de los científicos, es de toda la sociedad.»
Historical photo.
2022. Aquaculture European 2022 (Rimini, Italia) and Mucosal Health in Aquaculture 2022 (Madrid, España). Dra. Débora Torrealba, Dr. Luis Mercado, Yannick Pombett López y Dr(c). Patricia Aceituno Abarzúa (former undergraduate student, now in Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona).
2022. Undergraduate thesis approved (August 19, 2022). Kathleen Tapia (Biochemistry) and Fabian Allende (Biochemistry), Debora Torrealba (Thesis supervisor), José Gallardo (thesis committee member).
2021. Lab team: Jaqueline (México), Margarita (Ecuador), Paula (Chile), Debora (Chile), Pamela (Chile), Mónica (Colombia).
2021. Monica Diaz, Graduate with Honors from the Ph.D. in Biotechnology.
2019 – Chile-Sweden project, industry seminar in Puerto Varas, Chile.
AQUACULTURE EUROPE 2019, BERLIN, GERMANY
XXXVII Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, Valparaíso, 2017
Closing meeting. Innovative Salicornia-Based Food Project, Valparaíso 2014.
Open meeting. Sea lice project, Valparaíso 2008.
2008 – Field work Puerto Montt, Chile.
2007 – Sea lice project.
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