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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

Editing Journals

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.

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PeerJ Contributions

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

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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

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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