Katterinne N. Mendez
PhD student
- Project: Project 1.1
- Research Group
- Address: Palaeogenetics Group, Anselm-Franz-von-Bentzel-Weg 7 (Room 00-222), 55128 Mainz
- Phone: +49 6131 3923417
“The RTG gives me a bigger biological question to pursue from my PhD project perspective, which put my scientific goal in context.”
Education
- Since 2019: PhD student, Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University (Mainz, Germany). International PhD Programme “Gene Regulation, Epigenetics & Genome Stability” and Research Training Group “Gene Regulation in Evolution: from Molecular to Extended Phenotypes (GenEvo)”, organized by the faculty of biology of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Institute of Molecular Biology.
- 2014-2016: M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Universidad Andrés Bello (Santiago, Chile). Thesis: “De novo assembly, characterization, and analysis of the skeletal muscle transcriptome of fine flounder (Paralichthys adspersus) under conditions of nutritional stress”.
- 2010-2015: B.Sc. in Biotechnology Engineering, Universidad Andrés Bello (Santiago, Chile).
- 2013-2014: Research student in the Molecular Biotechnology Lab, Universidad Andrés Bello (Santiago, Chile).
Working Experience
- 2016-2019: Research assistant in the Microbial Genomics Lab, Center for Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, Universidad Andrés Bello (Santiago, Chile).
-
Castro-Severyn J, Pardo-Esté C, Mendez KN, Morales N, Marquez SL, Molina F, Remonsellez F, Castro-Nallar E and Saavedra CP (2020)
Genomic Variation and Arsenic Tolerance Emerged as Niche Specific Adaptations by Different Exiguobacterium Strains Isolated From the Extreme Salar de Huasco Environment in Chilean – Altiplano Front Microbiol, 11:1632 -
Mendez KN, Hoare A, Soto C, Bugueño I, Olivera M, Meneses C, Pérez-Donoso JM, Castro-Nallar E and Bravo D (2019)
Variability in Genomic and Virulent Properties of Porphyromonas gingivalis Strains Isolated From Healthy and Severe Chronic Periodontitis Individuals Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 9:246 -
Orellana-Saez M, Pacheco N, Costa JI, Mendez KN, Miossec MJ, Meneses C, Castro-Nallar E, Marcoleta AE and Poblete-Castro I (2019)
In-Depth Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of the Antarctic Psychrotolerant Strain Pseudomonas sp. MPC6 Reveals Unique Metabolic Features, Plasticity, and Biotechnological Potential Front Microbiol, 10:1154 -
Rodríguez FE, Laporte D, González A, Mendez KN, Castro-Nallar E, Meneses C, Huidobro-Toro JP and Moenne A (2018)
Copper-induced increased expression of genes involved in photosynthesis, carotenoid synthesis and C assimilation in the marine alga Ulva compressa BMC Genomics, 19:829 -
Stamereilers C, Fajardo C, Walker J, Mendez K, Castro-Nallar E, Grose J, Hope S and Tsourkas P (2018)
Genomic Analysis of 48 Paenibacillus larvae Bacteriophages Viruses, 10:377 -
Undabarrena A, Salvà-Serra F, Jaén-Luchoro D, Castro-Nallar E, Mendez KN, Valencia R, Ugalde JA, Moore ERB, Seeger M and Cámara B (2018)
Complete genome sequence of the marine Rhodococcus sp. H-CA8f isolated from Comau fjord in Northern Patagonia, Chile Mar Genomics, 40:13–17 -
Mendez KN, Zuloaga R, Valenzuela CA, Bastias-Molina M, Meneses C, Vizoso P, Valdés JA and Molina A (2018)
RNA-seq analysis of compensatory growth in the skeletal muscle of fine flounder (Paralichthys adspersus) Aquaculture, 490:270–280 -
Muñoz-Villagrán CM, Mendez KN, Cornejo F, Figueroa M, Undabarrena A, Morales EH, Arenas-Salinas M, Arenas FA, Castro-Nallar E and Vásquez CC (2018)
Comparative genomic analysis of a new tellurite-resistant Psychrobacter strain isolated from the Antarctic Peninsula PeerJ, 6:e4402 -
Fuentes EN, Zuloaga R, Almarza O, Mendez K, Valdés JA, Molina A and Pulgar J (2017)
Upwelling-derived oceanographic conditions impact growth performance and growth-related gene expression in intertidal fish Comp Biochem Physiol Part B Biochem Mol Biol, 214:12–18 -
Miossec MJ, Valenzuela SL, Mendez KN and Castro-Nallar E (2017)
Computational Methods for Human Microbiome Analysis Curr Protoc Microbiol, 47:1E.14.1-1E.14.17