DansLab

Collaborators

Researchers and groups we work with around the world. Each entry links to the institution or project page.

National collaborators

Dra. Paola Panizza
Lecturer — Biocatalysis & enzyme engineering
Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República
Uruguay
In silico design of transaminases for chiral amine synthesis and fluorinases for fluorinated compounds
Dr. Santiago Signorelli
Associate Professor — Plant biochemistry
Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República
Uruguay
Plant responses to abiotic stress: hydration of key osmolytes
Dra. Victoria Calzada
Assistant Professor — Molecular imaging & aptamers
Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares, Universidad de la República
Uruguay
Aptamer design against arboviruses, cancer and toxins
Dra. Susana Rodríguez
Assistant Professor — Plant physiology
Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República
Uruguay
Mode of action of a snakin-type antimicrobial peptide from a native legume
Dra. Sonia Rodríguez Giordano
Associate Professor — Biocatalysis
Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República
Uruguay
In silico design of transaminases for chiral amine synthesis
Dr. Daniel Peluffo
Full Professor — Membrane biophysical chemistry
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República
Uruguay
Modelling and simulation of membrane transporters
Dra. Nelida Rodriguez-Osorio
Associate Professor — Ruminant consortium
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República
Uruguay
Ruminant T2T genome consortium: assembly and annotation of the bovine genome
Dr. Andres Iriarte
Associate Professor
Departamento de Desarrollo Biotecnológico, Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República
Uruguay
sRNA and GWAS in Enterobacteriaceae
Dr. Fernando Rivas
INIA Researcher — Genetics and Citriculture
INIA, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Uruguay
Uruguay
Boosting Citrus Improvement: Genomic Selection and Association Studies for Complex Traits
Dra. Marianella Quezada
Adjunct Professor
School of Agronomy, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Uruguay
Boosting Citrus Improvement: Genomic Selection and Association Studies for Complex Traits
Dra. Leticia Rubio
INIA Researcher — Genetics and Citriculture
INIA, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Uruguay
Uruguay
Boosting Citrus Improvement: Genomic Selection and Association Studies for Complex Traits
Dra. Maria Jose Benitez
Assistant Researcher
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República
Uruguay
Boosting Citrus Improvement: Genomic Selection and Association Studies for Complex Traits
Dr. Armando Borrero
Adjunct Professor — Informatics
CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República
Uruguay
Deep learning and Microbiology tools

International collaborators

Dra. Agnes Noy
Principal Investigator — Theoretical & computational DNA biophysics
Department of Physics, University of York
United Kingdom
Effects of supercoiling on the structure and dynamics of DNA minicircles
Dr. Oliver Henrich
Associate Professor — Soft matter & biophysics
Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde
United Kingdom
Models for the modelling and simulation of nucleic acids
Dr. Alberto Pérez
Associate Professor — Force-field development & biomolecular folding methods
Department of Chemistry, University of Florida
United States
Computational models for the folding of unusual DNA and RNA motifs
Dr. Marco Pasi
Associate Professor — DNA structural biology
CNRS / ENS Paris-Saclay
France
Effects of supercoiling on the structure and dynamics of DNA minicircles
Dr. Modesto Orozco
Full Professor — Molecular modelling & bioinformatics
IRB Barcelona / Universitat de Barcelona
Spain
HexABC and the Ascona B-DNA Consortium
Dr. Thomas E. Cheatham III
Full Professor — Force-field & simulation software development (AMBER)
College of Pharmacy, University of UTAH
United States
ModXNA: a force field for modified and unnatural nucleic acids
Dr. Rodrigo Galindo-Murillo
Principal Scientist
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
United States
Therapies based on modified nucleic acids and ModXNA
Dra. Christina Bergonzo
Research Chemist — Theory, modelling, simulation & force-field optimization
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
United States
ModXNA: a force field for modified and unnatural nucleic acids
Dr. Daniel R. Roe
Chief, HPC Section — Simulation software & biomolecular analysis development
Laboratory of Computational Biology, NIH
United States
ModXNA: a force field for modified and unnatural nucleic acids
Dr. Víctor M. González
Scientific Vice-Director — Aptamers Group leader
Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS)
Spain
Aptamer design against viruses (Chikungunya, RSV) and pancreatic cancer
Dr. Juan David Ospina-Villa
Lecturer
Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical (ICMT) — CES
Colombia
Aptamer design against Malaria
Dr. Leandro Bugnon
Assistant Professor — AI for structural biology
Universidad Nacional del Litoral / Universidad Austral
Argentina
AI methods for 3D structure determination of unusual DNA and RNA motifs
Dr. Pohl Milón
Principal Investigator — Ribosome structural biology & bacterial translation
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)
Peru
Modelling and simulation of the bacterial translation machinery: ribosome dynamics and initiation factors (IF2, IF3)
Franco Goytia
CEO — The Cell Company
The Cell Company
Argentina / United States
Design of RNA therapeutic modalities (siRNA and ASO) and computational-chemistry advising
Dra. Maria Soledad Ramirez
Full Professor — Ramirez lab leader
Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Fullerton
United States
Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria: molecular mechanisms and novel therapeutic strategies
Dr. Marcelo Tolmasky
Full Professor, Chair — Tolmasky lab leader
Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Fullerton
United States
Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria: molecular mechanisms and novel therapeutic strategies
Dr. Ivan Marcipar
CONICET Researcher — Immunology
Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
Argentina
MATE-vac: a novel vaccine platform based on conserved epitopes
Dra. Marisa Almuzara
Biochemistry — Bacteriology
Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Emerging infectious diseases: diagnostics and therapeutics
Dra. Claudia Barberis
Biochemistry — Bacteriology
Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Emerging infectious diseases: diagnostics and therapeutics
Dr. Carlos Vay
Biochemistry — Bacteriology
Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Emerging infectious diseases: diagnostics and therapeutics
Dr. Samuel Miño
INTA Researcher — Lecturer, Universidad Barceló (Santo Tomé, Corrientes)
INTA Cerro Azul
Argentina
Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria: molecular mechanisms and novel therapeutic strategies
Dr. Alberto Gochez
INTA Researcher — Xanthomonas genome sequencing
INTA Bella Vista
Argentina
Xanthomonas genome sequencing: assembly and annotation of the Xanthomonas genome
Dra. Gauri G. Rao
Associate Professor — Computer Engineering and Pharmacometrics
Department of Clinical Practice, University of Southern California
United States
Combining antimicrobial therapy with phage therapy to treat bacterial infections
Dr. Santiago Lattar
Adjunct Professor — Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria
Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Brazil
Antimicrobial resistance in ovine and bovine pathogens: molecular mechanisms and novel therapeutic strategies
Dra. Deborah Toiber
Professor — Aging and Molecular Biology
Aging and Molecular Biology Lab, Life Science Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Israel
SIRT6, its role in retina degeneration and aging
MS
Dra. Magali Silberman
CONICET Researcher — CEFYBO (UBA-CONICET)
CEFYBO, Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
SIRT6, its role in retina degeneration and aging
Dra. Maria Cecilia Rodriguez
CONICET Researcher — CERELA
CERELA-CONICET, Tucumán
Argentina
Probiotic bacteria and antimicrobial resistance: molecular mechanisms and novel therapeutic strategies