Programa científico

Martes 13 Nov

“Healthy Guts Exclude Oxygen”

Presentada por Dra. Claudia Saavedra

Neuroimmune interactions in the intestinal mucosa associated with irritable bowel syndrome pathogenesis

Towards a Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine: Chimeric and Mosaic Hemagglutinin-based Approaches

Pathogenicity of Norovirus and Hepatitis A virus

Diversity and function of microbiomes in paramo ecosystems

Dental caries: infection or dysbiosis? The delicate ecological balance in the dental biofilm”

Pandemic Influenza Vaccines

Norovirus and Hepatitis A virus related to outbreaks in Chile: 2010-2017

Cold- and salt-adapted microorganisms as source for antibiofilm metabolites

Changes in structure and function of bacterial communities associated with periodontal diseases”.

Antigenic Flexibility of Influenza Virus

Detection of viruses in berries. Importance of irrigation water and production management

Cool tools for the genetic manipulation of Actinomycetes.

Communication in the dental biofilm: Quorum sensing in oral bacteria

Uncovering novel pathways in Salmonella pathogenesis using proteomics

GenomeTrakr database and network: WGS network for real-time characterization and source tracking of foodborne pathogens

Molecular mechanisms of adaptation of wine yeasts to fermentation conditions: Strategies of genetic improvement

Rodrigo Pacheco, PhD. Head of the Laboratory of Neuroimmunology in the Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Chile.

Dopaminergic regulation of T-cell mediated inflammation

Caroll Beltrán M., PhD., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile. Head of the gastroenterology laboratory Clinical Hospital Universidad de Chile.

The neuroimmune role of mast cell in the disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction

Role of proteomic in the study of Trypanosoma cruzi virulence

Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance of Foodborne pathogens in Retail Meats: NARMS at FDA

A new optogenetic switch for yeasts biotechnology and functional genomics

Global proteomic profiles for comparing virulence traits of Salmonella typhimurium in different surrogate host models

Food microbiology in Chile: Applied genomics and antimicrobial resistance surveillance as tools to ensure food safety

TORC1 signaling pathway on nitrogen consumption in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during alcoholic fermentation

Juan Tichauer (R Naves’s group) “Interferon-gamma-induced tolerogenic profile in a microglia subset in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis”

Carolina Prado (R Pacheco’s group) “Dopamine receptor D3 plays a dual role in B-cells favoring antigen-presenting cell function and stimulating the suppressive activity of regulatory B-cells in autoimmunity”

Karen Dubois-Camacho (M Hermoso’s group) “MicroRNA 378a-3p, a Novel Post-transcriptional Regulator of IL33 Expression”

Jaxaira Maggi (JC Aguillon’s group) “Tolerogenic dendritic cells generated with dexamethasone and monophosphoryl lipid A are characterized by a particular transcriptional profile associated with immunoregulatory features”

Pablo Veloso (M Hernandez’s group) “Macrophages increase their polarization towards M1 and M2 in symptomatic apical periodontitis”

The impact of genomic islands on the virulence and genome evolution of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Shiga toxin-producing E. coli: source and significance as foodborne pathogens

Una Salud Chile. Concepto Una Salud,
Escenario en Chile y América Latina

Roberto Melano. Microbiólogo Molecular, Laboratorio de Salud Pública, Public Health Ontario, Canada. Profesor Asistente, LMP, Universidad de Toronto, Canada.

Estrategia Una Salud frente a Mecanismos de Resistencia de Potencial Epidémico

José Manuel Munita. Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina, Facultad de Medicina Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago  Chile.

Resistencia Antimicrobiana, Desafíos para Chile en la detección y la investigación aplicada

Jeannete Zurita. Prof. de la Facultad de Medicina de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador. Jefa del Servicio de Microbiología y Tuberculosis del Hospital Vozandes, Quito.

Vigilancia Integrada y Uso Racional de los Antimicrobianos, Desafíos para América Latina

Evolving Strategies of Microbial Resource Centres as Repositories of Genetic Resources and Service Providers

Colonization and virulence potential of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae

Listeria monocytogenes: A persistent pathogen in the food industry

Chilean Culture Collection of Microbial Genetic Resources: strategic relevance for scientific and technological development national e international level.

Population genomic insights into the evolution of multi-drug resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae

Salmonella: from serotypes, contamination sources to food control

Chilean marine actinobacterial culture collection: an important resource for bioprospection

“Phage and the Evolution of New Infectious Diseases”

Presentado por Dra. Claudia Saavedra

Miércoles 14 Nov

“Mechanisms of Immune Modulation by Dengue Virus”

Presentada por Dr. Rafael Medina

“Use of genomics to examine the diversity and dynamics of enteric pathogens”

Presentado por Dr. Roberto Vidal

Maria Marta Amaral. Laboratorio de Fisiopatogenia. Instituto de Fisiología y Biofísica “Bernardo Houssay” (IFIBIO-Houssay). Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Buenos Aires-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (UBA-CONICET), Argentina
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Action of Shiga toxin type 2 and Subtilase Cytotoxin on human renal epithelial and endothelial cells under conditions or not of cross talk: in vitro models to study the mechanisms involved in the renal injury in Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.

David Montero. Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Chile.

Contribution of the pathogenicity islands to virulence and emergence of isolates of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli LEE-negative.

Variabilidad de grupos funcionales del ciclo del nitrógeno en ambientes acuáticos diversos de Chile

Mass spectrometry in microbiology

Human neutrophil plasticity and Helicobacter pylori infection

Microbial ecology of mildly acidic hot springs of the Laguna del Maule volcanic field

Ecogenomics and holobionts: Resources and tools for biotech exploration, evolution studies and environmental restoration

ArcA transcription factor influence in Salmonella neutrophil infection

Laguna Bacalar: arrecifes microbianos en un ecosistema en peligro

Genomics and metbolic reconstruction of environmental bacteria

Role of interleukin-10 producing neutrophils during respiratory bacteria infection

Impacto clínico del Resistoma y la transferencia de genes de resistencia antimicrobiana

Developing Technologies to Study of Life and Habitat in the Atacama Desert and on Mars

Effect of the phage cocktail SalmoFree on the poultry microbiome and the Salmonella prevalence in farm

The main pathogens in Chilean aquaculture:  Molecular characterization

Tecnología Emergente en el diagnóstico de bacterias MDR por el laboratorio

Interdisciplinary astrobiological research using laboratory simulations: from lithopanspermia to planetary habitability

From genome to protein domain: study of the host recognition machinery in Lactobacillus phages

In the horizon of prophylaxis: From adaptive immunity of salmonids

Interpretación clínica de la concentración inhibitoria mínima ( CIM ) en la era de la multi-resistencia

Habitability, biosignature microbial production and preservation in a saline-volcanic-desertic setting

What do we know about Shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages?

In the horizon of prophylaxis: From innate immunity of salmonids

Mariana Rosemblatt (D Sauma’s group) “Expression of the ectonucleotidase CD73 enhances the proliferative response of naïve CD8+ T cells”

Sarah Nunez (M Rosemblatt’s group) “Novel role of the thymus during inflammatory immune responses”

Carolina Schafer (L Carreno’s group) “NKT cell stimulation by glycolipid ligands modified from α-galactosylceramide results in differential cytokine secretion profiles”

Manuel Flores (A Onate’s group) “Evaluación inmunológica de una vacuna quimérica de ADN basada en los marcos de lectura abiertos BAB1_0270, BAB1_0267 y el gen SodC de Brucella abortus 2308”

Jose Jimenez (MI Becker’s group) “TLR4, but not Dectin-1 or Dectin-2, participates in the proinflammatory effects induced by mollusk hemocyanins in antigen presenting cells of mammals”

Toxin dependent and independent factors that explain the increased virulence of epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile

Ecology and evolution of soil microbes in a warming world

The Evolution of Viral Emergence

Distribution and diversity of Mycobacterium bovis in Chile

Fernando Gil. Microbiota-Host Interactions and Clostridia Research Group, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile.

Formation of persister cells as a posible persistence mechanism of Clostridium difficile

Ecological and applied aspects of plant-microbe interactions in urban areas

Hantavirus and other Emerging Zoonotic Viruses in Brazil.

Development of blood and skin test based DIVA tests for cattle to distinguish BCG vaccinated from infection cattle.

Daniel Paredes-Sabja. Microbiota-Host Interactions and Clostridia Research Group, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile.

Mechanisms of Clostridium difficile spore persistence and its contribution to recurrent infections

Metagenomic insights into viral dark matter in aquatic ecosystems: from identification to ecological strategies

Innate Immunity and Zika Virus Host Tropism

Vaccine Testing with the BCG of Mycobacterium bovis for Bovine tuberculosis prevention in Chile

“Synthetic Biology and Optogenetics in a Microbial System: Developing Biotechnological Solutions and Pushing the Boundaries between Science and Art”

Presentado por Dr. Mario Tello

Jueves 15 Nov

“Molecular interference with immunological and neurological synapses as virulence mechanisms of hRSV. Implications for vaccine design.”

Presentado por Dra. Claudia Saavedra

“Una Travesía por el Mundo Microbiano”

Presentado por Dr. Michael Seeger

Gene silencing pathways in horizontally acquired DNA in Salmonella

The Leptospirilli, physiology and stress response

Desafíos de preservación de hábitats microbianos del norte de Chile

Secretion of virulence factors by bacterial enteropathogens

Regulation and evolution of Salmonella lifestyle choice

Acidiferrobacter, genome analyses, and interactions in multispecies biofilms

Big Data microbiana y conservación

Studying and Understanding the celular microbiology of bacterial enteropathogens

Evolution of Salmonella: Adaptation to different environmental niches

The Acidithiobacilli, genomics and evolution of the taxon

The role of legacy pollution and the environmental microbiome in the emergence of antibiotic resistance in industrialised estuaries? A case study in the West of Scotland

Host (gut microbiota)-pathogen interaction: Role of  the microbiota in the virulence  regulation of enteropathogens

Paola Scavone. Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE), Montevideo, Uruguay.

Efflux pumps: the new targets for antimicrobials

Francisco García del Portillo. Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC, Madrid, España).

Role of peptidoglycan enzymes in Salmonella virulence

Design and Implementation of orthogonal metabolism in environmental bacteria.

Fabiola Osorio, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Immunology Program, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Chile.

“Regulation of antitumor immunity by the unfolded protein response sensor IRE1α”

Maria Isabel Yuseff, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.

“Shaping the Immune Synapse by Centrosome-Associated Proteins: Impact on B Cell Responses”

Exploiting new regulatory systems to develop bacterial cell biosensors

Rewiring the metabolic network of Pseudomonas strains for the synthesis of valuable industrial compounds

Lia Hojjman (M Lopez’s group) “Modulation of the lymphocyte axis TH1/TH17/TReg by narrowband ultraviolet B light: Possible role of TRPV1 and TRPV4 channels”.

Felipe Flores (F Osorio’s group)  “Regulation of the antitumor immunity by the IRE1a/XBP1 axis in dendritic cells”

Pamina Contreras (K Pino-Lagos ’s group) “CD49b+Foxp3- T cells present in the tumor site have a Tr1-like phenotype and are greatly expanded in a murine melanoma model”

Sofia Hidalgo (A Lladser’s group) “Tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T lymphocytes displaying a resident memory phenotype in renal cell carcinoma patients”

Felipe Galvez-Jiron (CH Ribeiro’s group) “A dual role for invariant Natural Killer T cells in immunity to gastric cancer”

Molecular mechanisms involved in the intracellular survival of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

Meta-omic and the biogeochemical rol of microorganisms in anoxic marine waters

Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Replication by Upstream Binding Factor

mRNA transcription from the host and pathogen during early and advanced experimental pulmonary tuberculosis

“Zebradish”: host-pathogen-microbiome interaction studies in zebrafish larvae

Microbial communities from Antarctic coastal waters through the metagenomic glass: dynamics and functions of plankton in a threatened and changing environment.

Identification of an HSV-2 glycoprotein-mutant virus that enables dendritic cell-mediated T cell activation and the establishment of antiviral immunity in vivo.

How close is close? Comparison of genomes in the genus Mycobacterium

Non-coding RNA mediated bacteria-worm crosstalk in transgenerational strategies of survival

Microbial taxonomic structure, functional patterns and trans-domain interactions in the global ocean

HIV-1 regulates autophagy by controlling mTORC1 and late endosome/lysosome positioning

Whole genome sequencing and tuberculosis in Latino América

What can we learn from ancient horizontal gene transfer in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Viernes 16 Nov

“Endogenous glucocorticoids suppress spontaneous gastric inflammation and spasmolytic polypeptide expressing metaplasia in mice”

Cave Glacier Microbiome  and its response to climate change and anthropogenic pollution

Phylogenetic and Metabolic Diversity of the Prokaryotic Community in Saline Soils versus Aquatic Hypersaline Habitats

Human polyomavirus and cancer: a Brazilian study

Epidemiology, phylogeny and virulence genes of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from Mexican children

Bacterial metabolites and gut inflammation

Microbiome from Late Glacial perennial ice of Scarisoara ice cave

Microbiology of oilfield ecosystems

Molecular biomarkers for cervical cancer

Iron-riboflavin reciprocal genetic regulation in Vibrio cholerae

Immune dysregulation of the gut and microbial handling

Microbial ecosystems in atacama puna extreme environments: biofilms, microbial mats microbialites and endoevaporites. Science as the basis for the preservation of the oldest environments on the planet

Jellyfish life stages shape associated microbial communities, while a core microbiome is maintained across all

Interaction between viral infections and environmental factors in cancer

The LEE pathogenicity island of enteropathogenic E. coli: a toolbox for virulence gene regulation.

Crosstalk between local and systemic host’s inflammatory response in endodontic infection

“CRISPR-Cas systems: fascinating biology and limitless applications”

Presentado por Dra. Raquel Quatrini

“The adaptation pathway of CRISPR-Cas”

Presentado por Dra. Claudia Saavedra