Curriculum vitae
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Luis Alberto
ACUÑA-AMADOR
San José (Costa Rica), June 21st 1986.
Costarican
(+33) 07.88.39.98.19
Studies and work experience :
February 2015 – to date. PhD in Biology and Health Sciences. Bioinformatic study of bacterial genus Porphyromonas : genomics and microbiota. University of Rennes 1, France.
2012-2014. Master in Biology & Health, Microbiology & Immunology. University of Bordeaux, France.
2011-2012. «Associeted researcher» Research Laboratory in Anaerobe´s Bacteriology and Tropical Medicine Center (LIBA/CIET) at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), San José, Costa Rica.
2005-2010. «Licenciatura» and Medical Doctor degree in Microbiology and Clinical Chemistry (Laboratory Medicine in Costa Rica).
Internships :
January-June 2014. Internship: Study of oncogenic pathways induced by Helicobacter pylori in epithelial gastric cells.
April-July 2013. Internship: Helicobacter pylori induces a epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in epithelial gastric cell lines.
July-December 2010. Intern at the National Children’s Hospital. Laboratory sections of Clinical Biochemistry and Hormones, Hematology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Parasitology and Immunology. San José, Costa Rica.
Publications and presented work:
Bessède, E., Staedel, C., Acuña Amador, L.A., Nguyen, P.H., Chambonnier, L., Hatakeyama, M., Belleannée, G., Mégraud, F. & Varon, C. (2014) Helicobacter pylori generates cells with cancer stem cell properties via epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like changes. Oncogene. 33(32): p. 4123-31.
Quesada-Gómez, C., López-Ureña, D., Rodriguez, C., Acuña-Amador, L., Villalobos- Zúñiga, M., Freire, R., Du, T., Guzmán-Verri, C., Moreno, E., Mulvey, M., Gamboa- Coronado, M.M., Rodriguez-Cavallini, E. & Chavez-Olarte, E. (2015). Emergence of an outbreak-associated Clostridium difficile variant with increased virulence. J Clin Microbiol. 53(4): p. 1216-26.
Acuña-Amador, L.A., Meuric, V., Le Gall-David, S., Boyer, É., Bonnaure-Mallet, M. & Barloy-Hubler, F. Study of subgingival microbiome in subjects with periodontal disease and HFE-related hereditary hemochromatosis. 2nd International Conference on Porphyromonas gingivalis and related species (London, june 2015). Poster. Published on the final programme (http://www.dentistry.qmul.ac.uk/downloads/158253.pdf)
Bessède, E., Molina, S., Acuña Amador, L.A., Dubus, P., Staedel, C., Chambonnier, L., Buissonnière, A., Sifré, E., Giese, A., Bénéjat, L., Rousseau, B., Costet, P., Sacks, D.B., Mégraud, F. & Varon, C. (2016) Deletion of IQGAP1 promotes Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric displasia in mice and aqcuisition of cancer stem cell properties in vitro. Oncotarget. 7(49): p. 80688-80699.