Assistant Professor
Universidad El Bosque
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
After receiving my bachelor's degree as a biologist, I developed my Master in Biochemical Sciences in the research group Biophysics and Membrane Biology, led by Dr. Marcela Camacho. During this research period, my main objective was to carry out a directed mutation in specific chloride channels present in the outer membrane of Leishmania spp.. Over the five years that I dedicated to this topic, I gained experience in molecular techniques such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and targeted mutation, electrophysiology and cell culture, techniques that allowed me to delve into research processes. After finishing my Master's degree, I joined the group founded and currently led by Dr. Cesar Arias, "Unit of Molecular Genetics and Antimicrobial Resistance" at El Bosque University, in which I have been working four years. During this period, I have participated in studies focused on elucidating the mechanisms of resistance to linezolid, vancomycin and daptomycin and in epidemiology of infectious diseases caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE). In addition to the above, I obtained experience in all the basic techniques that allow working with bacteria and in the completion and implementation of antimicrobial susceptibility techniques, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in bacteria, pulsed field electrophoresis (PFGE), whole genome sequencing (WGS), RNAseq and qRT PCR. I have also worked on unusual resistance phenotypes such as cephazolin inoculum effect in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) in Latin America and in the development of possible rapid tests to detect this phenotype.
