Daniel Antonio Garrido Cortes
Associate Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Research areas and interests: Food microbiology, Functional Foods, Prebiotics and Probiotics, Gut microbiome in health and metabolic diseases, microbiome therapeutics, Systems and Synthetic Biology,
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Food Science, emphasis in Biotechnology, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS. Estados Unidos, 2012
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Engineering in Molecular Biotechnology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2005
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University Teaching, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2018
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Assistant Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Engineering
Santiago, Chile
2013 - 2018
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Postdoctoral researcher Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS
Food Science and Technology
Davis, Estados Unidos
2012 - 2013
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Engineering
Santiago, Chile
2019 - A la fecha
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Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time
University of California Davis
Davis, Estados Unidos
2012 - 2013
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Consultant Part Time
Evolve Biosciences
San Francisco, Estados Unidos
2012 - 2013
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Teaching Assistant Part Time
University of California, Davis
Davis, Chile
2008 - 2011
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Director Departamento Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
2023 - A la fecha
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Jefe Major en Ingeniería Biológica Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
2020 - A la fecha
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Miembro Comité Institucional Bioseguridad Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
2022 - 2022
Postdoctoral researchers
Dr. Daniel Medina 2016-2018
Dr. Pamela Thomson 2017-2020
Dr. Arles Urrutia 2021-2022
Graduated, Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Juan José Fuentes, 2014-2019 “Genomic Characterization of Cylindrospermopsis Raciborskii a Cyanobacterium Able to Produce Bioactive Compounds”
Rodrigo Santibáñez, 2016-2020 “Development of rule-based models for regulatory mechanisms of gene expression and bacterial metabolism”
Romina Díaz, 2018-2023 “Characterization of metabolic interactions mediated by human milk oligosaccharides for the identification of key species in the infant gut microbiome”
Marco Vega, 2018-2023 “Caracterización de las Interacciones Metabólicas entre Bacterias del Microbioma Intestinal Durante la Utilización de Fibras Dietéticas”
Ph.D. students in progress
Kevin González (U. de Cartagena, Colombia), 2018-to date
Alvaro Altamirano, 2019 to date
Aline Ovalle, 2019 to date
Alexis Torres, 2019 to date
Felipe Melis, 2020 to date
Claudia Silva (codirección; Universidad Mayor, Doctorado Genómica Integrativa)
Joaquín Gutiérrez (codirección; Doctorado Ciencias Biológicas PUC)
Javiera Vásquez, 2023 to date
Enso Torres, 2023 to date
Andrea Marimán, 2023 to date (Ph.D. in Biological and Medical Engineering)
Graduated, Master in Engineering Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Aline Ovalle, 2014-2016, graduated. “Interacciones Mediadas por Prebióticos en un Consorcio Modelo del Microbioma Intestinal Infantil”
Francisco Pinto, 2014-2017, graduated. “Construcción de un Modelo Dinámico Basado en Interacciones Metabólicas entre Especies del Microbioma Intestinal”
Natalia Gutiérrez, 2016-2018, graduated. “Deleción de Especies desde un Consorcio de Microbioma Intestinal Sugiere Interacciones Metabólicas Claves entre Microorganismos”
María José Barra, 2019-2021, graduated. “Engineered bacteria for propionate-repressed expression of sfGFP and GM-CSF”
Belén Hirmas, 2019-2021, graduated. “Bi-directional cultures reveal metabolic cross-feeding between gut commensals”
Loreto Román, 2019-2021, graduated. “Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling of the Human Milk Oligosaccharide Utilization by Bifidobacterium Longum Subsp. Infantis”
Guillermo Orellana, 2019-2021, graduated. “Modelamiento a Escala Genómica de las Interacciones Metabolicas entre Microorganismos Comensales y Productores de Butirato”
Kineret Serebrinsky, 2020-2022, graduated. “Diseño de un Circuito Génico para la Expresión de sfGFP y GM-CSF Reprimida por Butirato”
Tomás Proschle, 2021-2023, graduated. “Análisis bioinformático y modelación matemática de un consorcio microbiano infantil bajo el consumo de oligosacáridos de leche materna”.
Masters Students In progress
Paula Lobos
Tays Troncoso
Roberto Luarte
Francisca Becker
Pablo Caballero
Liliana Peña
Andrés Canales
Undergraduate Research students, Civil Engineering in Biotechnology
Gonzalo Alcaíno
Andrés Cisneros
Ignacia Cancino
Alexis Suárez
Francisco Pedreros
Guillermo Orellana
María José Barra
Bárbara Coloma
Francisca Rojas
Rosa Godoy
Martín Silva
Daniela Contador
Ricardo Leiva
Adolfo Godoy 2021
Tomás Proschle 2021
Paula Lobos 2021
Rocío Arratia 2022
María José Santibáñez 2022
Tays Troncoso 2022
Andrés Canales 2022
Diego Ulloa 2022
Kaina Galdames 2022
Michelle Gibert 2022
Lucas Lagos 2022
Daniel Lagos 2022
Fernanda Flores 2022
Aarón Velásquez 2023
Sebastián Cordero 2023
Alonso Palma 2023
Ignacio Neira 2023
Luz Elena Moya 2023
Undergraduate thesis, Biochemistry
Samantha Nuñez
Camila Solar
Juan Paulo Pedreros
Amalia Candia
Valentina Briones
Monserrat Díaz
Simón Rojas
Benjamín Guzmán
Sebastián Ávila
Visiting Students
Taylor Hinchliffe, Columbia University
Participación en programas Conicyt: "Un Dia con un Científico" y programa Explora dictando charlas educaciones a alumnos de educación media.
Difusión de carreras en ingeniería química y biotecnología a alumnos visitantes del programa Embajadores Ingeniería UC (Instituto O'Higgins de Rancagua, Instituto Nacional, Colegio Internacional Sek Chile, Liceo José Toribio Medina, entre otros)
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Panamerican Bimbo Award
Bimbo
Estados Unidos, 2013
Bimbo Award 2013, award to the best thesis in human nutrition, United States area. Dissertation title: A molecular basis for the enrichment of bifidobacteria in the infant gastrointestinal tract”
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Young Investigator Oral Presentation Award
American Societies for Microbiology
Estados Unidos, 2012
Young Investigator Oral Presentation Award. 111th Annual Meeting of the Association of Societies of Microbiology, San Francisco, CA, June 2012.
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National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Award.
National Milk Producers Federation
Estados Unidos, 2011
National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Award. July 2011. Awarded to the most qualified doctoral students in dairy-related sciences in the US.
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Fulbright-CONICYT scholarship
Comisión Fulbright
Chile, 2006
Fulbright-CONICYT scholarship for doctoral programs in the U.S. Ministry of Education and Fulbright Chile Commission, 2006.
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UCDavis Chile Fellow
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS
Chile, 2017
Premio destacada trayectoria Ex-alumnos chilenos de UC Davis
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Malaspina International Scholar Travel (MIST) 2019 Award
International Life Sciences Institute
Estados Unidos, 2018
Malaspina International Scholar Travel (MIST) 2019 Award, by the International Life Sciences Institute. One of six worldwide scholarships to support travel and engage early-career, academic scientists at the ILSI Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium.
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Associate Editor mSystems
American Societies for Microbiology
Estados Unidos, 2020
Parte del board of editors de la revista mSystems, parte de ASM
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Associate Editor Frontiers in Microbiology
Frontiers
Suiza, 2021
Selected as Associate Editor for this journal. Edit 12-15 papers per year.
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Associate Editor - Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins
Springer publishers
Chile, 2022
Selected as associate editor for this journal. Edit 10 papers a year.
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Excellence in Research Award
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2023
Awarded to the academic, within the School of Engineering at PUC, with the highest number of publications, projects and citations, in the period 2020-2022
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Scientific Committee Panel Member Biología 3
ANID
Chile, 2023
Participation as an expert in the evaluation of Fondecyt grant applications year 2023
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Scientific Committee Panel Member Biología 3
ANID
Chile, 2020
Participation as an expert in the evaluation of Fondecyt grant applications year 2020
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Scientific Committee Panel Member Biología 3
ANID
Chile, 2019
Participation as an expert in the evaluation of Fondecyt grant applications year 2019
Effect of Sucralose Intake on Human and Mouse/Rat Gut Microbiota Composition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |