selected publications academic article Una hoja de ruta para la Vacuna COVID 19 en Colombia, un reto posible 2020-9-6 Malaria: Paving the way to developing peptide-based vaccines against invasion in infectious diseases: Paving the way to developing peptide-based vaccines against invasion in infectious diseases 2020-7-5 Molecular Markers for Detecting Schistosoma Species by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification 2020-7-24 Hotspots in plasmodium and RBC receptor-ligand interactions: Key pieces for inhibiting malarial parasite invasion 2020-7-1 Antibodies targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis peptides inhibit mycobacterial entry to infection target cells 2020-6-6 Shorter antibacterial peptide having high selectivity for e. Coli membranes and low potential for inducing resistance 2020-6-1 Strong -LAMP Assay Based on a Strongyloides spp.-Derived Partial Sequence in the 18S rRNA as Potential Biomarker for Strongyloidiasis Diagnosis in Human Urine Samples 2020-5-31 Evaluating the immunogenicity of chemically-synthesised peptides derived from foot-and-mouth disease VP1, VP2 and VP3 proteins as vaccine candidates 2020-5-13 Inferring Plasmodium vivax protein biology by using omics data 2020-4-30 Identifying the HLA DRB1-DQB1 molecules and predicting epitopes associated with high-risk HPV infection clearance and redetection 2020-4-29 Occurrence of Blastocystis in Patients with Clostridioides difficile Infection 2020-4-14 Enhanced virulence of Beauveria bassiana against Diatraea saccharalis using a soluble recombinant enzyme with endo- and exochitinase activity 2020-3-5 Plasmodium vivax Cell Traversal Protein for Ookinetes and Sporozoites (CelTOS) Functionally Restricted Regions Are Involved in Specific Host-Pathogen Interactions 2020-3-24 Plasmodium falciparum pre-erythrocytic stage vaccine development 2020-2-3 Sexual forms obtained in a continuous in vitro cultured Colombian strain of Plasmodium falciparum (FCB2) 2020-2-3 From a basic to a functional approach for developing a blood stage vaccine against Plasmodium vivax 2020-2-28 A Trypanosoma cruzi Genome Tandem Repetitive Satellite DNA Sequence as a Molecular Marker for a LAMP Assay for Diagnosing Chagas' Disease 2020-2-24 Loop-mediated isothermal amplification as point-of-care diagnosis for neglected parasitic infections 2020-11-1 Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II (DRB3) Genetic Diversity in Spanish Morucha and Colombian Normande Cattle Compared to Taurine and Zebu Populations 2020-1-10 NHP-immunome: A translational research-oriented database of non-human primate immune system proteins 2020-1-1 Integrated genomic epidemiology and phenotypic profiling of Clostridium difficile across intra-hospital and community populations in Colombia 2019-8-5 High frequency of toxigenic Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens coinfection among diarrheic patients at health care facility-onset (HCFO) and community-onset (CO) centers in Bogotá, Colombia 2019-6-3 Complement Receptor 1 availability on red blood cell surface modulates Plasmodium vivax invasion of human reticulocytes 2019-6-20 Sarconesin II, a New Antimicrobial Peptide Isolated from Sarconesiopsis magellanica Excretions and Secretions 2019-5-31 Experimental models used in evaluating anti-tuberculosis vaccines: the latest advances in the field 2019-4-18 Specific Binding Peptides from Rv3632: A Strategy for Blocking Mycobacterium tuberculosis Entry to Target Cells? 2019-4-14 Behavior and abundance of Anopheles darlingi in communities living in the Colombian Amazon riverside 2019-3-7 An epidemiological and molecular study regarding the spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a teaching hospital in Bogotá, Colombia 2016 2019-3-15 Immunocompetent patient with a brain abscess caused by Nocardia beijingensis in Latin America: A case report 2019-3-1 Correction to: Comparison of healing of full-thickness skin wounds grafted with multidirectional or unidirectional autologous artificial dermis: differential delivery of healing biomarkers 2019-2-15 Preliminary Evaluation of the Safety and Immunogenicity of an Antimalarial Vaccine Candidate Modified Peptide (IMPIPS) Mixture in a Murine Model 2019-12-30 Plasmodium falciparum Blood Stage Antimalarial Vaccines: An Analysis of Ongoing Clinical Trials and New Perspectives Related to Synthetic Vaccines 2019-12-3 Assessing Peptide Binding to MHC II: An Accurate Semiempirical Quantum Mechanics Based Proposal 2019-11-20 Peptides Derived of Kunitz-Type Serine Protease Inhibitor as Potential Vaccine Against Experimental Schistosomiasis 2019-11-1 Using next-generation sequencing for characterising HLA-DRB1 and DQB1 loci in a cohort of Colombian women 2019-11-1 Comparative genomics identifies potential virulence factors in Clostridium tertium and C. paraputrificum 2019-1-1 Sarconesin: Sarconesiopsis magellanica Blowfly Larval Excretions and Secretions With Antibacterial Properties 2018-9-28 Cryptosporidium spp. CP15 and CSL protein-derived synthetic peptides' immunogenicity and in vitro seroneutralisation capability 2018-9-26 On the Evolution and Function of Plasmodium vivax Reticulocyte Binding Surface Antigen (pvrbsa) 2018-9-10 Plasmodium vivax Pv12 B-cell epitopes and HLA-DRβ1*-dependent T-cell epitopes in vitro antigenicity 2018-9-10 Association of HIV status with infection by multiple HPV types 2018-8-22 Unveiling the Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) Schemes and Core Genome Phylogenies for Genotyping Chlamydia trachomatis 2018-8-22 Plasmodium vivax in vitro continuous culture: the spoke in the wheel 2018-8-20 Self-assembling functional programmable protein array for studying protein-protein interactions in malaria parasites 2018-7-17 In silico and in vitro analysis of boAP3d1 protein interaction with bovine leukaemia virus gp51 2018-6-21 Diagnostic accuracy of combinations of serological biomarkers for identifying clinical tuberculosis 2018-6-1 The in Vitro Antigenicity of Plasmodium vivax Rhoptry Neck Protein 2 (PvRON2) B- and T-Epitopes Selected by HLA-DRB1 Binding Profile 2018-5-15 Towards designing a synthetic antituberculosis vaccine: The Rv3587c peptide inhibits mycobacterial entry to host cells 2018-5-15 Quantifying intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An essential issue for in vitro assays 2018-4-7 Specific β-Turns Precede PPIIL Structures Binding to Allele-Specific HLA-DRβ1* PBRs in Fully-Protective Malaria Vaccine Components 2018-4-6 Micro-epidemiology of mixed-species malaria infections in a rural population living in the Colombian Amazon region 2018-4-3 Simultaneous detection of Plasmodium vivax dhfr, dhps, mdr1 and crt-o resistance-associated mutations in the Colombian Amazonian region 2018-3-27 Easy and fast method for expression and native extraction of Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein fragments 2018-2-8 Receptor-ligand and parasite protein-protein interactions in Plasmodium vivax: Analysing rhoptry neck proteins 2 and 4 2018-2-27 Comparison of healing of full-thickness skin wounds grafted with multidirectional or unidirectional autologous artificial dermis: differential delivery of healing biomarkers 2018-10-8 Identifying Potential Plasmodium vivax Sporozoite Stage Vaccine Candidates: An Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Natural Selection 2018-1-25 Parasite-Related Genetic and Epigenetic Aspects and Host Factors Influencing Plasmodium falciparum Invasion of Erythrocytes 2018-1-14 Evaluating the anti-leishmania activity of Lucilia sericata and Sarconesiopsis magellanica blowfly larval excretions/secretions in an in vitro model 2018-1-1 Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv LpqG protein peptides can inhibit mycobacterial entry through specific interactions 2018-1-1 New insights into Clostridium difficile (CD) infection in Latin America: Novel description of toxigenic profiles of diarrhea-associated to CD in Bogotá, Colombia 2018-1-1 Structural analysis of owl monkey MHC-DR shows that fully-protective malaria vaccine components can be readily used in humans 2017-9-30 Purification of Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic trypomastigotes by ion exchange chromatography in sepharose-DEAE, a novel methodology for host-pathogen interaction studies 2017-9-1 Plasmodium vivax ligand-receptor interaction: PvAMA-1 domain I contains the minimal regions for specific interaction with CD71+ reticulocytes 2017-8-30 Critical role of HLA-DRβ* binding peptides' peripheral flanking residues in fully-protective malaria vaccine development 2017-7-29 PvGAMA reticulocyte binding activity: predicting conserved functional regions by natural selection analysis 2017-5-19 Characterising PvRBSA: an exclusive protein from Plasmodium species infecting reticulocytes 2017-5-18 Determining Clostridium difficile intra-taxa diversity by mining multilocus sequence typing databases 2017-3-14 Identifying and characterising PPE7 (Rv0354c) high activity binding peptides and their role in inhibiting cell invasion 2017-2-15 What is known about the immune response induced by Plasmodium vivax malaria vaccine candidates? 2017-2-13 Multiple high-risk HPV genotypes are grouped by type and are associated with viral load and risk factors 2017-2-10 pELMO, an optimised in-house cloning vector 2017-12-1 Community-acquired infection with hypervirulent Clostridium difficile isolates that carry different toxin and antibiotic resistance loci: a case report 2017-11-9 A novel loop-mediated isothermal amplification-based test for detecting Neospora caninum DNA 2017-11-29 Bovine leukaemia virus DNA in fresh milk and raw beef for human consumption 2017-11-1 The Aotus nancymaae erythrocyte proteome and its importance for biomedical research 2017-1-30 Transcriptome profiling of gene expression during immunisation trial against Fasciola hepatica: Identification of genes and pathways involved in conferring immunoprotection in a murine model 2017-1-23 Semi-empirical quantum evaluation of peptide – MHC class II binding 2017-1-16 Far from the madding crowd: The molecular basis for immunological escape of plasmodium falciparum 2017-1-1 Novel genes and mutations in patients affected by recurrent pregnancy loss 2017-1-1 TCR-contacting residues orientation and HLA-DRβ* binding preference determine long-lasting protective immunity against malaria 2016-9-2 High plasmodium malariae prevalence in an endemic area of the colombian amazon region 2016-7-1 Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE9 protein has high activity binding peptides which inhibit target cell invasion 2016-5-1 Cell-Peptide Specific Interaction Can Inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Infection 2016-4-1 Evaluating Sarconesiopsis magellanica blowfly-derived larval therapy and comparing it to Lucilia sericata-derived therapy in an animal model 2016-2-1 The effect of Lucilia sericata- and Sarconesiopsis magellanica-derived larval therapy on Leishmania panamensis 2016-12-1 Plasmodium malariae in the Colombian Amazon region: You don't diagnose what you don't suspect 2016-11-29 Evidence of functional divergence in MSP7 paralogous proteins: a molecular-evolutionary and phylogenetic analysis 2016-11-28 Evidence of functional divergence in MSP7 paralogous proteins: a molecularevolutionary and phylogenetic analysis 2016-11-28 Evaluating the Biological Cycle and Reproductive and Population Parameters of Calliphora vicina (Diptera Calliphoridae) Reared on Three Different Diets 2016-11-1 The prevalence of high-risk HPV types and factors determining infection in female colombian adolescents 2016-11-1 Size polymorphism and low sequence diversity in the locus encoding the Plasmodium vivax rhoptry neck protein 4 (PvRON4) in Colombian isolates 2016-10-18 Chlamydia trachomatis Frequency in a Cohort of HPV-Infected Colombian Women 2016-1-25 Malaria parasite survival depends on conserved binding peptides’ critical biological functions 2016-1-1 The malaria parasite’s Achilles’ heel: Functionallyrelevant invasion structures 2016-1-1 Inferring natural selection signals in Plasmodium vivax-encoded proteins having a potential role in merozoite invasion 2015-7-1 IMPIPS: The Immune Protection-Inducing Protein Structure concept in the search for steric-electron and topochemical principles for complete fully-protective chemically synthesised vaccine development: the immune protection-inducing protein structure concept in the search for steric-electron and topochemical principles for complete fully-protective chemically synthesised vaccine development 2015-4-16 Mce4F Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein peptides can inhibit invasion of human cell lines 2015-4-1 The DNA load of six high-risk human papillomavirus types and its association with cervical lesions 2015-3-5 The effects of Sarconesiopsis magellanica larvae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) excretions and secretions on fibroblasts 2015-2-1 Immune protection-inducing protein structures (IMPIPS) against malaria: The weapons needed for beating Odysseus 2015-12-22 Evidence of recent interspecies horizontal gene transfer regarding nucleopolyhedrovirus infection of Spodoptera frugiperda 2015-11-25 Characterising atypical Candida albicans clinical isolates from six third-level hospitals in Bogotá, Colombia 2015-10-5 Determining the Plasmodium vivax VCG-1 strain blood stage proteome 2015-1-5 Evaluating the effect of sarconesiopsis magellanica (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae-derived haemolymph and fat body extracts on chronic wounds in diabetic rabbits 2015-1-1 New echinocandin susceptibility patterns for nosocomial Candida albicans in Bogotá, Colombia, in ten tertiary care centres: an observational study 2015-1-1 The Plasmodium vivax rhoptry neck protein 5 is expressed in the apical pole of Plasmodium vivax VCG-1 strain schizonts and binds to human reticulocytes 2015-1-1 Low genetic diversity in the locus encoding the Plasmodium vivax P41 protein in Colombia's parasite population 2014-9-30 In vitro and in vivo studies for assessing the immune response and protection-inducing ability conferred by Fasciola hepatica-derived synthetic peptides containing B- and T-cell epitopes 2014-8-14 Persistence, clearance and reinfection regarding six high risk human papillomavirus types in Colombian women: A follow-up study 2014-7-16 Human papillomavirus detection in women with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection in Colombia 2014-6-18 Characterising a microsatellite for DRB typing in Aotus vociferans and Aotus nancymaae (Platyrrhini) 2014-5-12 Gauche+ side-chain orientation as a key factor in the search for an immunogenic peptide mixture leading to a complete fully protective vaccine 2014-4-11 Using the PfEMP1 head structure binding motif to deal a blow at severe malaria 2014-2-7 Low genetic diversity and functional constraint in loci encoding Plasmodium vivax P12 and P38 proteins in the Colombian population 2014-2-18 Vaccines against Plasmodium vivax: a research challenge. 2014-1-9 Heterogeneous genetic diversity pattern in Plasmodium vivax genes encoding merozoite surface proteins (MSP) -7E, -7F and -7L 2014-1-1 Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry neck protein 5 peptides bind to human red blood cells and inhibit parasite invasion 2014-1-1 Sarconesiopsis magellanica (Diptera: Calliphoridae) excretions and secretions have potent antibacterial activity 2014-1-1 Specific interaction between mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoprotein-derived peptides and target cells inhibits Mycobacterial entry in vitro 2014-1-1 Th1 and Th2 immune response to P30 and ROP18 peptides in human toxoplasmosis 2014-1-1 Characterizing PvARP, a novel Plasmodium vivax antigen 2013-5-22 Rh1 high activity binding peptides inhibit high percentages of Plasmodium falciparum FVO strain invasion 2013-4-3 Enterococcus faecalis internalization in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). 2013-4-1 Immunologic evaluation and validation of methods using synthetic peptides derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection 2013-4-1 Mammaglobin peptide as a novel biomarker for breast cancer detection 2013-4-1 Human Papillomavirus Detection from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Colombian Women's Paired Urine and Cervical Samples 2013-2-13 Sarconesiopsis magellanica (Diptera: Calliphoridae) life-cycle, reproductive and population parameters using different diets under laboratory conditions 2013-12-10 Identification and Diversity of Killer Cell Ig-Like Receptors in Aotus vociferans, a New World Monkey. 2013-11-6 Classical molecular tests using urine samples as a potential screening tool for human papillomavirus detection in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women 2013-11-1 Rv1268c protein peptide inhibiting Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv entry to target cells 2013-11-1 Annotation and characterization of the Plasmodium vivax rhoptry neck protein 4 (PvRON4) 2013-10-8 Proteolytic activity regarding Sarconesiopsis magellanica (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larval excretions and secretions. 2013-1-1 The GPI-anchored 6-Cys Protein Pv12 is Present in Detergent-resistant Microdomains of Plasmodium vivax Blood Stage Schizonts 2013-1-1 Genetic Diversity and Selection in Three Plasmodium vivax Merozoite Surface Protein 7 (Pvmsp-7) Genes in a Colombian Population 2012-9-25 Binding activity, structure, and immunogenicity of synthetic peptides derived from Plasmodium falciparum CelTOS and TRSP proteins 2012-7-1 Peptides derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2301 protein are involved in invasion to human epithelial cells and macrophages 2012-6-1 The role of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3166c protein-derived high-activity binding peptides in inhibiting invasion of human cell lines 2012-5-1 Mycobacterium tuberculosis surface protein Rv0227c contains high activity binding peptides which inhibit cell invasion 2012-12-1 The diagnostic performance of classical molecular tests used for detecting human papillomavirus 2012-10-1 A single amino acid change in the Plasmodium falciparum RH5 (PfRH5) human RBC binding sequence modifies its structure and determines species-specific binding activity 2012-1-1 Synthetic peptides from two Pf sporozoite invasion-associated proteins specifically interact with HeLa and HepG2 cells 2011-9-1 Identifying and characterizing a member of the RhopH1/Clag family in Plasmodium vivax 2011-7-15 Molecular modeling and in silico characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis TlyA: Possible misannotation of this tubercle bacilli-hemolysin 2011-3-31 PvRON2, a new Plasmodium vivax rhoptry neck antigen 2011-3-16 Identification of the Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry neck protein 5 (PfRON5) 2011-3-15 Frequency of Human Papillomavirus Infection, Coinfection, and Association with Different Risk Factors in Colombia 2011-3-1 Low genetic polymorphism of merozoite surface proteins 7 and 10 in Colombian Plasmodium vivax isolates 2011-3-1 Distribution patterns of infection with multiple types of human papillomaviruses and their association with risk factors 2011-2-28 Plasmodium vivax lineages: Geographical distribution, tandem repeat polymorphism, and phylogenetic relationship 2011-12-20 3D structure and immunogenicity of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite induced associated protein peptides as components of fully-protective anti-malarial vaccine 2011-12-16 Detection by PCR of human papillomavirus in Colombia: Comparison of GP5+/6+ and MY09/11 primer sets 2011-12-1 Bacterial translocation in abdominal trauma and postoperative infections 2011-11-1 Identification of plasmodium vivax proteins with potential role in invasion using sequence redundancy reduction and profile hidden Markov models 2011-10-3 Identification, characterization and antigenicity of the Plasmodium vivax rhoptry neck protein 1 (PvRON1) 2011-10-25 Functional, immunological and three-dimensional analysis of chemically synthesisedsporozoite peptides as components of a fully-effective antimalarial vaccine 2011-10-1 NClassG+: A classifier for non-classically secreted Gram-positive bacterial proteins 2011-1-14 Characterisation and comparative analysis of MHC-DPA1 exon 2 in the owl monkey (Aotus nancymaae) 2011-1-1 Structural and immunological principles leading to chemically synthesized, multiantigenic, multistage, minimal subunit-based vaccine development 2011-1-1 The Mycobacterium tuberculosis membrane protein Rv0180c: Evaluation of peptide sequences implicated in mycobacterial invasion of two human cell lines 2011-1-1 Computational prediction and experimental assessment of secreted/surface proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv 2010-9-7 3D structure determination of STARP peptides implicated in P. falciparum invasion of hepatic cells 2010-7-12 Conserved regions from Plasmodium falciparum MSP11 specifically interact with host cells and have a potential role during merozoite invasion of red blood cells 2010-7-1 Differential expansion of the merozoite surface protein (msp)-7 gene family in Plasmodium species under a birth-and-death model of evolution 2010-5-1 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv0679c protein sequences involved in host-cell infection: potential TB vaccine candidate antigen 2010-4-13 Sequences of the Plasmodium falciparum cytoadherence-linked asexual protein 9 implicated in malaria parasite invasion to erythrocytes 2010-3-19 Peptides from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv1980c protein involved in human cell infection: Insights into new synthetic subunit vaccine candidates 2010-3-15 Limited genetic polymorphism of the Plasmodium vivax low molecular weight rhoptry protein complex in the Colombian population 2010-3-1 Well-defined regions of the Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein homologue 4 mediate interaction with red blood cell membrane 2010-3-1 3D Analysis of the TCR/pMHCII Complex Formation in Monkeys Vaccinated with the First Peptide Inducing Sterilizing Immunity against Human Malaria 2010-12-1 Conserved regions of the Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry-associated protein 3 mediate specific host-pathogen interactions during invasion of red blood cells 2010-12-1 Evaluation of the antigenicity of universal epitopes from PvDBPII in individuals exposed to Plasmodium vivax malaria 2010-12-1 Conserved high activity binding peptides from the Plasmodium falciparum Pf34 rhoptry protein inhibit merozoites in vitro invasion of red blood cells 2010-11-1 Identification and characterization of the Plasmodium vivax thrombospondin-related apical merozoite protein 2010-10-13 Fine mapping of Plasmodium falciparum ribosomal phosphoprotein PfP0 revealed sequences with highly specific binding activity to human red blood cells 2010-1-1 Validating subcellular localization prediction tools with mycobacterial proteins 2009-5-7 Immunogenicity and protection-inducing ability of recombinant Plasmodium vivax rhoptry-associated protein 2 in Aotus monkeys: A potential vaccine candidate 2009-5-11 Characterization and antigenicity of the promising vaccine candidate Plasmodium vivax 34 kDa rhoptry antigen (Pv34) 2009-12-11 Characterization and antigenicity of the promising vaccine candidate Plasmodium vivax 34kDa rhoptry antigen (Pv34). 2009-12-11 Vaccination with recombinant Plasmodium vivax MSP-10 formulated in different adjuvants induces strong immunogenicity but no protection 2009-12-10 Synthetic peptides from conserved regions of the Plasmodium falciparum early transcribed membrane and ring exported proteins bind specifically to red blood cell proteins 2009-11-16 Toxoplasma gondii: P30 peptides recognition pattern in human toxoplasmosis 2009-10-1 Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum integral membrane protein Pf25-IMP and identification of its red blood cell binding sequences inhibiting merozoite invasion in vitro 2008-9-1 Functional characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2969c membrane protein 2008-8-8 Peptides derived from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv1490 surface protein implicated in inhibition of epithelial cell entry: Potential vaccine candidates? 2008-8-12 Quantitative flow cytometric monitoring of invasion of epithelial cells by Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2008-5-5 Characterizing the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2707 protein and determining its sequences which specifically bind to two human cell lines 2008-2-1 Identification and evaluation of universal epitopes in Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein 2008-12-26 The Plasmodium vivax Pv41 surface protein: Identification and characterization 2008-12-26 Characterisation of the Plasmodium vivax Pv38 antigen 2008-11-14 Strategies for developing multi-epitope, subunit-based, chemically synthesized anti-malarial vaccines 2008-10-1 Shifting the polarity of some critical residues in malarial peptides' binding to host cells is a key factor in breaking conserved antigens' code of silence 2008-1-1 Synthetic vaccine update: Applying lessons learned from recent SPf66 malarial vaccine physicochemical, structural and immunological characterization 2007-5-30 The Mycobacterium tuberculosis membrane protein Rv2560 - Biochemical and functional studies 2007-12-1 Characterisation of Plasmodium falciparum RESA-like protein peptides that bind specifically to erythrocytes and inhibit invasion 2007-1-1 Plasmodium falciparum TryThrA antigen synthetic peptides block in vitro merozoite invasion to erythrocytes 2006-1-20 Identifying putative Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2004c protein sequences that bind specifically to U937 macrophages and A549 epithelial cells 2005-11-1 High level of conservation in Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 4 (PvMSP4) 2005-1-18 T-cell receptor in primates: Identifying and sequencing new owl monkey TCRBV gene families 2005-1-1 Identifying gp85- regions involved in Epstein- Barr virus binding to Blymphocytes. 2004-1-1 α1 and α2 domains of Aotus MHC Class I and Catarrhini MHC Class Ia share similar characteristics 2003-11-11 Characterizing T‐cell receptor γ‐variable gene in Aotus nancymaae owl monkey peripheral blood 2003-11-11 Identification and polymorphism analysis of P. vivax RBP-1 peptides which bind specifically to reticulocytes. 2003-1-1 Splenectomised and spleen intact Aotus monkeys'immune response to Plasmodium vivax MSP-1 protein fragments and their high activity binding peptides. 2003-1-1 Plasmodium vivax: functional analysis of a highly conserved PvRBP-1 protein region 2001-7-24 Plasmodium vivax: functional analysis of a highlyconserved PvRBP-1 protein region. 2001-1-1 Plasmodium vivax: Polymorphism in the Merozoite Surface Protein 1 Gene from Wild Colombian Isolates 2000-1-1 Serine Repeat Antigen Peptides which bind specifically to Red Blood Cells. 2000-1-1 Genetic restriction in two conserved regions of Plasmodium falciparum EBA 175. 1997-1-1 Genetic polymorphism of the Duffy receptor binding domain of Plasmodium vivax in Colombian wild isolates 1996-6-1 chapter Conserved high activity binding peptides are involved in adhesion of two detergent-resistant membrane-associated merozoite proteins to red blood cells during invasion. 3907-3918. 2010-5-27 Expression, polymorphism analysis, reticulocyte binding and serological reactivity of two Plasmodium vivax MSP-1 protein recombinant fragments. 1033-1043. 2003-3-7 Plasmodium vivax: Parasitemia determination by real-time quantitative PCR in Aotus monkeys. 131-134. 2002-2-1 editorial article Editor Asociado 2020-1-1 Larval therapy in wound healing 2015-1-1 review Recent advances in the development of a chemically synthesised anti-malarial vaccine. 1567-1581. 2015-11-2 Functional, biochemical and 3D studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein peptides for an effective anti-tuberculosis vaccine. 117-145. 2014-5-1 Reticulocytes: Plasmodium vivax target cells. 251-260. 2013-6-1 HLA class II polymorphism in Latin American patients with multiple sclerosis. 407-413. 2010-4-1 Mechanisms of genetically-based resistance to malaria. 1-12. 2010-11-1 Atomic fidelity of subunit-based chemically-synthesized antimalarial vaccine components. 38-44. 2010-1-1 Emerging rules for subunit-based, multiantigenic, multistage chemically synthesized vaccines. 377-386. 2008-3-1
principal investigator on Macroproject of Basic Research in Molecular Biology and Immunology 2019-04-04 - 2025-12-30 Identification and characterization of Plasmodium vivax vaccine candidates 2004-02-03 - 2022-01-01 Distribution of Human papillomavirus types in Colombian women 2004-01-02 - 2022-01-01 Genetic polymorphism of Plasmodium vivax vaccine candidates 2001-05-02 - 2022-01-01 Preclinical evaluation of malaria vaccine candidates 2004-02-05 - 2021-12-31 Collaborative research on diseases impacting fertility 2014-01-01 - 2019-03-31 Malaria in the Colombian Amazon 2014-01-01 - 2019-03-31 Collaborative research on plant pathogens 2012-01-01 - 2019-03-31 Collaborative research on fungi 2010-01-01 - 2019-03-31 Developing a second generation Plasmodium falciparum vaccine 2010-01-01 - 2019-03-31 Collaborative research on human parasites 2005-01-01 - 2019-03-31 Collaborative research on veterinary diseases 2005-01-01 - 2019-03-31 Collaborative research on wound healing and blowflies 2005-01-01 - 2019-03-31 Development of immunoprophylactic methods and diagnostic innovation through chemical synthesis of molecules. 2000-01-01 - 2012-12-31
co-principal investigator on Isolation and molecular characterization of Clostridium difficile in the Intensive Care Unit of Mederi Hospital 2016-01-01 - 2020-01-01
Tutor of Caracterización del complejo mayor de histocompatibilidad clase II en primates del género Aotus Thesis Caracterización y dinámica de los patrones de infecciones únicas y múltiples para seis tipos del virus de papiloma humano de alto riesgo Thesis Determinación de la prevalencia de infección y coinfección por virus del papiloma humano (vph) y asociación con diferentes factores de riesgo Thesis Determinación del proteoma de la cepa VCG-1 de Plasmodium Vivax y caracterización de moléculas candidatas para su inclusión en el desarrollo de una vacuna Thesis Estudio de interacciones hospedero-patógeno y proteína-proteína en Plasmodium Vivax : evaluación de las proteínas del cuello de optrias -2, -4 y -5 y del antígeno apical de membrana-1 Thesis Identificación de señales de selección natural en genes de Plasmodium vivax que codifican proteínas involucradas en el proceso de invasión para determinar su potencial uso en una vacuna antimalárica Thesis The role of the FKS1 gene in nosocomial Candida albicans isolates’ virulence and antifungal resistance Thesis
Last degree obtained Doctorado en Química con énfasis en Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
mailing address Universidad del Rosario. Sede Quinta de Mutis. Carrera 24 # 63C-69. Bogotá, Colombia.