Dr. Luz Piedad Quebrada Palacio

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

ORCID 0000-0002-1788-6632 

Dr. Luz Quebrada performs research in phage biology. She uses different in-vitro and ex-vivo models to elucidate the interaction between phages, pathogenic bacteria, and mammal cells. She is also interested in understanding the host immune response during treatment based on phages and its impact on the outcomes of phage therapy.

Curriculum Vitae

16/08-2022 /Today        Postdoctoral Researcher at the Helmholtz Zentrum München. Munich, Germany

04/2021-12/2021           Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

06/2017-12/2019           Postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Parasitology “Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben”. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

                                      Project: “Circulating T follicular helper cell abnormalities associated to different clinical forms of chronic Chagas disease”.

04/2012 - 06/2017         Ph.D. in Microbiology at the University of Buenos Aires. Argentina.

                                      Thesis: “Biological characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi stocks isolated from humans living in endemic areas of Chagas disease of Argentina”.

02/2003 - 09/2009         B.Sc. in Biology at the University of Quindío. Colombia.

                                   Thesis: “Phenotypic and plasmidic characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates resistant to antimicrobial agents”.