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Cecilia Alejandra Silva Valenzuela

Investigador Principal

Centro de Estudios Cientificos

Valdivia, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Mi línea de investigación utiliza genética microbiana para comprender la carrera armamentística entre bacterias y bacteriófagos. Nuestro objetivo es desarrollar o mejorar las herramientas de diagnóstico y/o terapias actuales contra patógenos humanos.

Educación

  •  Doctor en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad de Chile. Chile, 2014
  •  Magister en Bioquímica mención proteínas y biotecnología., Universidad de Chile. Chile, 2009
  •  Bioquímico, Universidad de Chile. Chile, 2009
  •  Licenciado en Bioquímica, Universidad de Chile. Chile, 2008

Experiencia Académica

  •   Asistente del Instructor en el curso “Advanced Bacterial Genetics” Other

    COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY

    Estados Unidos

    2016 - 2016

  •   Profesor curso geómica y proteómica Other

    UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIAN

    Chile

    2014 - 2014

  •   Profesor curso geómica y proteómica Other

    UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIAN

    Chile

    2015 - 2015

  •   Profesor del curso de laboratorio microbiología avanzada Other

    UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIAN

    Chile

    2013 - 2013

  •   Profesor del curso de laboratorio de microbiologia Other

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Chile

    2008 - 2008

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Asistente de Investigación Full Time

    Universidad de Chile

    Chile

    2008 - 2009

  •   Asistente de Investigación Full Time

    Universidad de Chile

    Chile

    2013 - 2015

  •   Postdoctoral Scholar Full Time

    Tufts University

    Boston, Estados Unidos

    2015 - 2018

  •   Investigador Principal Full Time

    Centro de Estudios Cientificos

    Valdivia, Chile

    2019 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


2020 - Victor Fuentes Barrera. Programa de Magíster en Ciencias mención Microbiología. Universidad Austral de Chile


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Pew Latin American Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences. Class 2016

    PEW LATIN AMERICAN FELLOWS PROGRAM IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

    Estados Unidos, 2016

    Pew Latin American Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences. Class 2016

  •   Young Ambassador to Chile

    American Society for Microbiology

    Estados Unidos, 2014

    Embajadora joven de la American Society of Microbiology para Chile (2014-2016)

  •   Tabrisky Endowed Research Fund travel award

    TUFTS UNIVERSITY

    Estados Unidos, 2016

    Tabrisky Endowed Research Fund travel award

  •   mBio Junior Editor Board member

    The American Society for Microbiology

    Chile, 2022

    Primera generación de entrenamiento para editores jóvenes para la revista mBio.


 

Article (16)

Prophage-Dependent Neighbor Predation Fosters Horizontal Gene Transfer by Natural Transformation
Niche adaptation limits bacteriophage predation of Vibrio cholerae in a nutrient-poor aquatic environment
Vibrio cholerae residing in food vacuoles expelled by protozoa are more infectious in vivo
Cyclic AMP Regulates Bacterial Persistence through Repression of the Oxidative Stress Response and SOS-Dependent DNA Repair in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Vibrio cholerae outer membrane vesicles inhibit bacteriophage infection
Differential roles for pathogenicity islands SPI-13 and SPI-8 in the interaction of Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhi with murine and human macrophages
Growth arrest and a persister state enable resistance to osmotic shock and facilitate dissemination of Vibrio cholerae
Analysis of Two Complementary Single-Gene Deletion Mutant Libraries of Salmonella Typhimurium in Intraperitoneal Infection of BALB/c Mice
O-antigen chain-length distribution in Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is regulated by oxygen availability
Solid tumors provide niche-specific conditions that lead to preferential growth of Salmonella
Exposure to sub-inhibitory concentrations of cefotaxime enhances the systemic colonization of Salmonella Typhimurium in BALB/c mice
Defined Single-Gene and Multi-Gene Deletion Mutant Collections in Salmonella enterica sv Typhimurium
Only one of the two type VI secretion systems encoded in the Salmonella enterica serotype Dublin genome is involved in colonization of the avian and murine hosts
Infection of Mice by Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Involves Additional Genes That Are Absent in the Genome of Serovar Typhimurium
Spontaneous Excision of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis-specific Defective Prophage-Like Element phi SE14
Growth-phase regulation of lipopolysaccharide O-antigen chain length influences serum resistance in serovars of Salmonella

Proyecto (4)

Impact of the oxidative stress response on natural competence of a water-borne bacterial pathogen
Dynamics of phage predation on Vibrio cholerae in the environment and its impact on dissemination and transmission of cholera
Mecesup Project UCH0717 and the Sciences, Technology and Innovation Program for the Americas (STIPAs) a collaborative initiative between the University of California San Diego, the University of Chile and the Catholic University of Chile
Beca Doctorado Nacional
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Cecilia Silva

Investigador Principal

Biologia

Centro de Estudios Cientificos

Valdivia, Chile

5
Carlos Blondel

Profesor Asistente

Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

4
Roberto Molina

Investigador Científico

Biología

Centro de Estudios Científicos

Valdivia, Chile

2
Carolina Quezada

Postdoctoral researcher

CIBQA

Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins

Santiago, Chile

1
CECILIA TORO

PROFESOR ASOCIADO

PROGRAMA DE MICROBIOLOGÍA Y MICOLOGÍA, ICBM

Universidad de Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile

1
Lorenzo Leiva

Asistente de Investigación

Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Bacteriana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
felipe velasquez

Estudiante de doctorado

Virologia

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Denisse Bravo

Associate Professor

Pathology and Oral Medicine

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile