Producción Científica

Proyectos

2022-2024. “Biotecnología aplicada a la producción de nanomateriales de uso médico para fortalecer la investigación en biorecursos y docencia de la Facultad de Ciencias de la UCSC”. Subvención Instalación Academia 2022 SA77210108. Investigador responsable.

2019-2020. “Formulación de un material de silicona con nanopartículas de cobre pegiladas con actividad antibiopelícula y uso potencial en la fabricación de catéteres” FONDEF ID19I10113. Investigador postdoctoral.

2017-2019. “Photosensitization of solar cells by using a redox protein (azurin) from extremophiles”. FONDECYT Postoctorado 3170718. Investigadora responsable.

2011-2016. “Investigating the molecular basis of organohalide respiration” Tesista doctoral Becas Chile 72110881.

2010-2011. “Control of new adipocyte formation in human visceral adipose tissue: The mechanism for the larger anti-adipogenic effect of Angiotensin II on preadipose cells from obese subjects”. FONDECYT Nº 1100126. Asistente de investigación.

Publicaciones
Todas las publicaciones están indexadas en WoS (Core Collection: Science Citation Index Expanded), salvo que se indique otra indexación.

Kent BA, Holman C, (…), Quezada CP, (…), Weissgerber TL (2022) Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice. PLoS Biology 20(7): e3001680. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001680.

Urban L, De Niz M, Fernández-Chiappe F, Ebrahimi H, Han LK, Mehta D, Mencia R, Mittal D, Ochola E, Quezada CP, Romani F, Sinapayen L, Tay A, Varma A, Elkheir LYM (2022) eLife’s new model and its impact on science communication. eLife 11: e84816. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.84816.

Arriaza-Echanes C, Campo-Giraldo JL, Quezada CP, Espinoza-González R, Rivas-Álvarez P, Pacheco M, Bravo D, Pérez-Donoso JM (2021) Biomimetic synthesis of CuInS2 nanoparticles: characterization, cytotoxicity, and application in quantum dots sensitized solar cells. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 14(7): 103176. DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2021.103176.

Carrasco V, Amarelle V, Lagos-Moraga S, Quezada CP, Espinoza-González R, Faccio R, Fabiano E, Pérez-Donoso JM (2021) Production of cadmium sulfide quantum dots by the lithobiontic Antarctic strain Pedobacter sp. UYP1 and their application as photosensitizer in solar cells. Microbial Cell Factories 20(1): 41. DOI: 10.1186/s12934-021-01531-4.

Cabrera MaÁ, Márquez SL, Quezada CP, Osorio MI, Castro-Nallar E, González-Nilo FD, Pérez-Donoso JM (2020) Biotransformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by Pseudomonas sp. TNT3 isolated from Deception Island, Antarctica. Environmental Pollution 262: 113922. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.113922.

Mehta D, Bediako Y, de Winde CM, Ebrahimi H, Fernández-Chiappe F, Ilangovan V, Paz Quezada C, Riley JL, Saladi SM, Tay A, Weissgerber T (2020) Ways to increase equity, diversity and inclusion. eLife 9: e60438. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.60438.

Weissgerber T, Bediako Y, de Winde CM, Ebrahimi H, Fernández-Chiappe F, Ilangovan V, Mehta D, Quezada CP, Riley JL, Saladi SM, Sarabipour S, Tay A (2020) Mitigating the impact of conference and travel cancellations on researchers’ futures. eLife 9: e57032. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.57032.

Órdenes-Aenishanslins N, Anziani-Ostuni G, Quezada CP, Espinoza-González R, Bravo D, Pérez-Donoso JM (2019) Biological synthesis of CdS/CdSe Core/Shell nanoparticles and its application in quantum dot sensitized solar cells. Frontiers in Microbiology 10: 1587. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01587.

Ulloa G, Quezada CP, Araneda M, Escobar B, Fuentes E, Álvarez SA, Castro M, Bruna N, Espinoza-González R, Bravo D, Pérez-Donoso JM (2018) Phosphate favors the biosynthesis of CdS quantum dots in Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans ATCC 19703 by improving metal uptake and tolerance. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 234. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00234.

Payne KAP*, Quezada CP*, Fisher K, Dunstan MS, Collins FA, Sjuts H, Levy C, Hay S, Rigby SEJ, Leys D (2015) Reductive dehalogenase structure suggests a mechanism for B12-dependent dehalogenation. Nature 517(7535): 513-516. DOI: 10.1038/nature13901. These authors contribute equally to this work.

Dünner N, Quezada C, Berndt FA, Cánovas J, Rojas CV (2013) Angiotensin II signaling in human preadipose cells: participation of ERK1,2-dependent modulation of Akt. PLoS ONE 8(10): e75440. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075440.

Silva CA, Blondel CJ, Quezada CP, Porwollik S, Andrews-Polymenis HL, Toro CS, Zaldívar M, Contreras I, McClelland M, Santiviago CA (2012) Infection of mice by Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis involves additional genes that are absent in the genome of serovar Typhimurium. McCormick BA (Ed.)Infection and Immunity 80(2): 839-849. DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05497-11.

Quiroz TS, Nieto PA, Tobar HE, Salazar-Echegarai FJ, Lizana RJ, Quezada CP, Santiviago CA, Araya DV, Riedel CA, Kalergis AM, Bueno SM (2011) Excision of an unstable pathogenicity island in Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is induced during infection of phagocytic cells. PLoS ONE 6(10): e26031. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026031.

Araya DV, Quiroz TS, Tobar HE, Lizana RJ, Quezada CP, Santiviago CA, Riedel CA, Kalergis AM, Bueno SM (2010) Deletion of a prophage-like element causes attenuation of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis and promotes protective immunity. Vaccine 28(33): 5458-5466. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.05.073.

Santiviago CA, Blondel CJ, Quezada CP, Silva CA, Tobar PM, Porwollik S, McClelland M, Andrews-Polymenis HL, Toro CS, Zaldívar M, Contreras I (2010) Spontaneous excision of the Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis-specific defective prophage-like element φSE14. Journal of Bacteriology 192(8): 2246-2254. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00270-09.