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Jorgesotor

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences. · Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

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Research Interests

My interests are focused on the study of immunology and the development of vaccines and therapies. However, thanks to this, the study of B cells and how they can be stimulated for maturation and differentiation to plasma or memory cells has become one of my ma...

Biography

My name is Jorge Soto Ramírez, I am a Biotechnologist graduated in 2012 from the Santo Tomás University, where my interest in immunology began. During my undergraduate studies, I began my thesis at the Public Health Institute of Chile, in the Biotechnology Section under the tuition of Dr. Abel Vásquez, with whom I worked on the development of a prototype vaccine against Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) and the development of a detection kit against this same pathogen under the FONDEF D10I1202 project. Later, in 2014 I entered the doctoral program in Biological Sciences. Molecular Genetic Mention and Microbiology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Here I started working with Dr. Alexis Kalergis on different projects within which, I ended up evaluating the humoral immune response induced by two recombinant vaccines against the human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (MPV).

Education

1. Postdoctoral Researcher in Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. 2019 to date. 2. PhD in Biological Science. Mention in Molecular Genetic and Microbiology. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.2014 to 2018. 3. Master’s degree in Biological Science. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. 2014 to 2015. 4. Biotechnology degree. Santo Tomás University. 2007 to 2012.

Grants / Consultancy

Funding Agency: FONDECYT Date: March 2019- March 2022 Role: Postdoctoral Research Title: Contribution of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC) in the lung pathology induced by...

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