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Eduardo Castro-Nallar
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
1,435 Points

Contributions by role

Author 675
Preprint Author 35
Reviewer 225
Editor 500

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Computational Biology
Genomics
Microbiology
Neurology
Evolutionary Studies
Genetics
Epidemiology
Conservation Biology
Zoology
Public Health
Bioinformatics
Ecology
Plant Science
Statistics
Computational Science
Entomology
Molecular Biology
Parasitology
Virology
Food Science and Technology
Clinical Trials
Spatial and Geographic Information Science
Soil Science
Veterinary Medicine

Eduardo Castro-Nallar

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Originally trained as a biochemist, got a PhD in Biological Sciences at The George Washington University, and now is a Professor in the Center for Integrative Ecology and in the Department of Microbiology, Universidad de Talca, Chile.

Eduardo is interested in microbial (meta)genomics, computational biology, and bioinformatics.

Bioinformatics Biological Oceanography Computational Biology Epidemiology Genomics Microbiology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidad de Talca
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello.

Work details

Professor

Universidad de Talca
April 2022 - March 2022
Department of Microbiology
In the Castro Lab, we are interested in understanding the causes and consequences of microbial genetic diversity, and how we can apply this knowledge to gain insights into pathogen diagnostics and discovery, microbial distribution and epidemiology, and novel adaptations. For this, we use molecular and computational biology tools such as high-throughput sequencing, recombinant DNA technology, Bayesian statistics and phylogenetics, transcriptomics and metagenomics.

Websites

  • Google Scholar
  • Castro Lab
  • Microsoft Academic Search

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 5
  • Preprints 1
  • Edited 3
  • Reviewed 2
August 11, 2020
Evaluation of computational methods for human microbiome analysis using simulated data
Matthieu J. Miossec, Sandro L. Valenzuela, Marcos Pérez-Losada, W. Evan Johnson, Keith A. Crandall, Eduardo Castro-Nallar
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9688 PubMed 32864214
February 19, 2018
Comparative genomic analysis of a new tellurite-resistant Psychrobacter strain isolated from the Antarctic Peninsula
Claudia Melissa Muñoz-Villagrán, Katterinne N. Mendez, Fabian Cornejo, Maximiliano Figueroa, Agustina Undabarrena, Eduardo Hugo Morales, Mauricio Arenas-Salinas, Felipe Alejandro Arenas, Eduardo Castro-Nallar, Claudio Christian Vásquez
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4402 PubMed 29479501
April 25, 2017
DNA Barcoding analysis of seafood accuracy in Washington, D.C. restaurants
David B. Stern, Eduardo Castro Nallar, Jason Rathod, Keith A. Crandall
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3234 PubMed 28462038
August 25, 2015
Composition, taxonomy and functional diversity of the oropharynx microbiome in individuals with schizophrenia and controls
Eduardo Castro-Nallar, Matthew L. Bendall, Marcos Pérez-Losada, Sarven Sabuncyan, Emily G. Severance, Faith B. Dickerson, Jennifer R. Schroeder, Robert H. Yolken, Keith A. Crandall
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1140 PubMed 26336637
February 17, 2015
Concordance and discordance of sequence survey methods for molecular epidemiology
Eduardo Castro-Nallar, Nur A. Hasan, Thomas A. Cebula, Rita R. Colwell, Richard A. Robison, W. Evan Johnson, Keith A. Crandall
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.761 PubMed 25737810
February 12, 2018 - Version: 1
Metagenomic exploration of soils microbial communities associated to Antarctic vascular plants
Marco A. Molina-Montenegro, Gabriel I. Ballesteros, Eduardo Castro-Nallar, Claudio Meneses, Cristian Torres-Díaz, Jorge Gallardo-Cerda
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26508v1

Academic Editor on

August 17, 2021
Diverse methanogens, bacteria and tannase genes in the feces of the endangered volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi)
Leslie M. Montes-Carreto, José Luis Aguirre-Noyola, Itzel A. Solís-García, Jorge Ortega, Esperanza Martinez-Romero, José Antonio Guerrero
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11942 PubMed 34458021
February 24, 2021
Spatial temporal distribution of COVID-19 risk during the early phase of the pandemic in Malawi
Alfred Ngwira, Felix Kumwenda, Eddons C.S. Munthali, Duncan Nkolokosa
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11003 PubMed 33665042
September 16, 2020
Adaptive Metropolis-coupled MCMC for BEAST 2
Nicola F. Müller, Remco R. Bouckaert
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9473 PubMed 32995072

Signed reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.

October 6, 2017
Benchmark datasets for phylogenomic pipeline validation, applications for foodborne pathogen surveillance
Ruth E. Timme, Hugh Rand, Martin Shumway, Eija K. Trees, Mustafa Simmons, Richa Agarwala, Steven Davis, Glenn E. Tillman, Stephanie Defibaugh-Chavez, Heather A. Carleton, William A. Klimke, Lee S. Katz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3893 PubMed 29372115
August 13, 2015
To beat or not to beat a tick: comparison of DNA extraction methods for ticks (Ixodes scapularis)
Alyssa D. Ammazzalorso, Christine P. Zolnik, Thomas J. Daniels, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1147 PubMed 26290800