Juan David RamÃrez GonzÃlez
Professor
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Universidad del Rosario
Spain
Biography
Microbiology , Universidad de los Andes (2008). M.Sc. in Biological Sciences (Tropical Parasitology), Universidad de los Andes (2012). Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Molecular Epidemiology), Universidad de los Andes (2012). Postdoctoral researcher, Molecular Parasitology Section (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, United States (2012-2014). Postdoctoral researcher , Universidad del Rosario (2014-2015). Principal Professor , Universidad del Rosario (2015-to-date).
Research Interest
My research interests are focused on three areas using Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania, Giardia duodenalis, Blastocystis, Clostridium difficile, Chlamydia trachomatis, Chikungunya and Candida as model microorganisms. 1) Ecology and evolution of diseases to understand the microbial subpopulations circulating in Colombia and its association with a particular clinical phenotype that allow to propose strategies of control and prevention. Also, to determine epidemiological transmission circuits that can be evaluated under climate change scenarios in order to know the ecology of the diseases. 2) Phylogenomics and comparative transcriptomics to understand the population biology of Giardia, T. cruzi and Leishmania, as well as their profiles of gene expression to understand pathogen / host interactions 3) Development,
Publications
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Messenger LA, Ramirez JD, Llewellyn MS, Guhl F., Miles M. (2016) Importation of Hybrid Human-Associated Trypanosoma cruzi Strains of Southern South American Origin, Colombia. Emerging infectious diseases 22.
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Chudnovskiy A., Mortha A., Kana V., Kennard A., Ramirez JD, Rahman A., Remark R., Mahogany I., Ng R., Gnjatic S., Amir ED, Solovyov A., Greenbaum B., Clemente J., Faith J., Belkaid Y., Grigg ME, Merad M. (2016) Host-Protozoan Interactions Protect from Mucosal Infections through Activation of the Inflammasome.
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Hernández C., Cucunubá Z., Flórez C., Olivera M., Valencia-Hernandez C., Zambrano P., León C., RamÃrez JD (2016) Molecular Diagnosis of Chagas Disease in Colombia: Parasitic Loads and Discrete Typing Units in Patients from Acute and Chronic Phases. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 10.
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León C., Montilla M., Vanegas R., Castillo M., Parra E., RamÃrez JD (2016) Murine models susceptibility to distinct Trypanosoma cruzi I genotypes infection. Parasitology.
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Hernández C., Salazar C., Brochero H., Teherán A., Buitrago LS, Vera M., Soto H., Florez-Rivadeneira Z., Ardila S., Parra-Henao G., RamÃrez JD (2016) Untangling the transmission dynamics of primary and secondary vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi in Colombia: parasite infection, feeding sources and discrete typing units. Parasites & Vectors. 9.
