About Us
Team Leader
Raquel Quatrini
Principal Investigator, FCV
Associate Professor, USS
I was born and raised in Argentina where I completed my bachelor degree in Biology (Universidad del Comahue, 1996). After graduation, I moved to Chile to obtain my Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Chile (2003). Between 2004 and 2006 I did my postdoctoral training in functional genomics with Dr. Violaine Bonnefoy at the C.N.R.S. (Marseille, France) and Dr. David S. Holmes at the Center for Bioinformatics (Santiago, Chile). Since 2007 I am head of the Lab. at Fundación Ciencia & Vida. In 2019 I was appointed Associate Professor at Universidad San Sebastián.
Our Team
Simón Beard
Postdoctoral Researcher
Francisco Issotta
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dilanaz Arisan
PhD Student
DRBE, USS
Juan Duarte
PhD Student
DRBE, USS
Fernando Díaz
PhD Student
DRBE, USS
Sebastián Pacheco
PhD Student
DRIM, USS
Camila Rojas
PhD Student
DRBC, USS
Abraham Zapata
PhD Student
DRBE, USS
Sofía Reyes Impellizzeri
PhD Student,
DRBE, USS
Gustavo Castro Toro
Masters Student
MBIM, USS
Guillermo Tapia
Undergraduate Student
Biochemistry, USS
Catalina López
Undergraduate Student
Biochemistry, USS
Yasna Gallardo
Microbiology
Research Assistant
Hector Carrasco
Molecular Biology
Research Assistant
Former Team Members
Former Postdocs
- Ana Moya-Beltrán, FCV Basal FB210008, 2022
- Matías Castro, FCV-CodelcoTech, 2019
- Rodrigo Flores, FCV-Hinge programm, 2018
- Lillian Acuña, FCV Basal PFB-16, 2017
- Harold Nuñez, FCV-Anglo American Chile, 2016
- Matías Castro, FONDECYT 3140003, 2016
- Francisco Ossandon, FONDECYT 3140005, 2015
- Harold Nuñez, FONDECYT 3130376, 2013
Former Graduate Students
- Francisco Issotta, PhD in Biotechnology, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2021
- Ana Moya Beltrán, PhD in Biotechnology, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2020
- Paulo Covarrubias, PhD in Molecular Biosciences, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2019
- Rodrigo Flores Ríos, PhD in Microbioology, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2018
- Juan Pablo Cárdenas, PhD in Biotechnology, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2015
- Mauricio Arenas, PhD in Biotechnology, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2014
- Lillian Acuña, PhD in Molecular Biosciences, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2013
- Stefano Rossoni, Master in Biotechnology, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2020
- Cesar Valenzuela, Master in Biotechnology, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2020
- Karina Cordero, Master in Biotechnology, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2020
- Victor Alegría, Master in Biotechnology, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2017
- Cristian Silva, Master in Biotechnology, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2011
- Cristopher Oporto, Master in Civil Informátics Engineering, Universidad de Santago de Chile, 2009
Former Undergraduate Students
- Abraham Zapata Araya, Bioquímica, Universidad San Sebastián, 2021
- Ivette Olave, Biotechonology Engineering, Universidad Mayor, 2019
- Yazna Tapia, Civil Biotechonology Engineering,Universidad San Sebastián, 2018
- Rodolfo Gomez, Civil Biotechonology Engineering,Universidad San Sebastián, 2018
- María Ignacia von Unger, Biotechonology Engineering, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2016
- María Isabel Yanquepe, Bioinformatics Engineering, Universidad de Talca, 2014
- Francisco Issotta, Bioinformatics Engineering, Universidad de Talca, 2014
- Ana Moya Beltrán, Bioinformatics Engineering, Universidad de Talca, 2014
- Alfredo Monsalve, Biotechonology Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2013
- Pablo Tapia, Biochemistry, Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2012
- Juan José Haristoy, Biochemistry, Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2012
- David Loyola, Bioinformatics Engineering, Universidad de Talca, 2011
- Pamela Nieto, Biochemistry, Universidad de Chile, 2009
International Visiting Students
- Dilanaz Arisan, Undergraduate in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istambul Technical University, Turkey, 2019
- Alejandra Lima, PhD in Biology, CINDEFI – Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, 2018, 2019
- José Ricardo Ulloa, PhD in Biology, CRUB-Universidad del Comahue, Argentina, 2014, 2015, 2018