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Eduardo F Castro-Nallar

Summary

Originally trained as a biochemist, got a PhD in Biological Sciences at The George Washington University, and now is Assistant Professor in the Center for Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile.
Eduardo is interested in microbial (meta)genomics, computational biology, and bioinformatics.

Bioinformatics Computational Biology Epidemiology Genomics Microbiology

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello.

Work details

Assistant Professor

Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello.

July 2015

Center for Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology

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.

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PeerJ Contributions

February 19, 2018

Comparative genomic analysis of a new tellurite-resistant Psychrobacter strain isolated from the Antarctic Peninsula

1 citation

214 downloads

993 views

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

3 citations

533 downloads

4,401 views

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

46 citations

2,453 downloads

15,761 views

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

4 citations

452 downloads

1,712 views

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

569 downloads

379 views

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

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October 6, 2017

Benchmark datasets for phylogenomic pipeline validation, applications for foodborne pathogen surveillance

4 citations

400 downloads

2,690 views

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)

10 citations

534 downloads

2,914 views

Alyssa D. Ammazzalorso, Christine P. Zolnik, Thomas J. Daniels, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1147 PubMed 26290800