Natalia Ivonne Vera Jiménez

Natalia Ivonne Vera Jiménez

PhD student

Søltofts Plads, Building 221, 240

2800, Kgs. Lyngby

Phone: 45252540

I am a Colombian PhD student in Denmark. I started focusing in fish immunology during my MSc studies at Wageningen University (The Netherlands), where supervised by Dr. Geert Wiegertjes, I worked with Toll-like receptor 2 activation in common carp. In December 2008 I got my PhD position at the Danish Technical University in Copenhagen under the supervision of Dr. Michael Engelbrecht Nielsen. The main objective of my project is to understand the effect of β-glucan induced modulation in carp in relation to tissue regeneration. I will compare and evaluate modulation between immune cells (Macrophages) and tissue related cells (Fibroblasts), measuring parameters as respiratory burst activity and expression profiles of immune related genes in cell cultures and in vivo experiments.

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Education

1999 - 2003 BSc Marine Biology - Jorge Tadeo Lozano University
2006 - 2008 MSc Animal Sciences - Wageningen University
2008 - curr PhD - Danmarks tekniske universitet

Academic grades

MSc Animal Sciences

BSc Marine Biology

Professional experience

2003 - 2005 Instructor (IASSOS) - Marine Mammals stranding Network
2005 - 2006 Research Assistant (UJTL) - Jorge Tadeo Lozano university, Marine Biology
Sep- - Dec- Research Assistant (DTU) - Danmarks teknisk universitet, Aqua

Languages

Spanish (Mother tongue), English (Fluent), Danish (basic competence)

Expertise

Laboratory Skills:

  • Cell culturing.
  • RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis & Real time quantitative PCR.
  • PCR amplification, cloning and transfection techniques.
  • Optical microscopy, histology & Immunostaining techniques.
  • Detection of cell radical production NBT, NO & Real time oxidative burst assays

Other information

Post-graduate courses:

  • Writing for scientific staff”. Global Denmark 2010.
  • “Laboratory animal sciences” FELASA accreditation Nº 006/03/607. University of Copenhagen  2010.
  • “Immunology”. University of Copenhagen  2010.
  • “Cell culture”. European collection of cell cultures, UK  2009.
  • “Project management I & II, Industrial skills, Intercultural awareness, R&D strategies”. NEMO, Marie Curie Actions- initial training network 2009-2010.
  •  “Fish and shellfish immunology workshop”. Wageningen University, NL  2008
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