People-antiguo

Director

José Manuel Yáñez

Associate Professor
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
University of Chile

Lab Manager

Carolina araya

Associate Professor
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
University of Chile

Researchers

Paulina López

DVM, PhD,
University of Chile.
Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: Study of DNA methylation and microRNA expression profiles.

Grazyella M. Yoshida

BSc, State University of Maringá (Brazil),
PhD, Sao Paulo State University (Brazil).
Quantitative genetics and genomics in aquaculture species.

Research Assistant

Pablo Cáceres

Associate Professor
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
University of Chile

PhD Students

Angel Parra

PhD(c),
Catholic University of the North.
Genetics and genomics of host-pathogen interaction between Piscirickettsia salmonis and different salmonid species.

David Tapia

PhD(c),
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso.
Diagnostics, molecular epidemiology and host-pathogen interaction of viral diseases in aquaculture, with emphasis on the Infectious Pancretic Necrosis Virus (IPNV).

Giovanna Cáceres

DVM, PhD(c),
University of Chile.
Fine mapping of regions associated with sex determination and growth in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).

Jousepht Gallardo-Hidalgo

PhD(c),
Catholic University of the North.
Quantitative genetics and genomics of thermal tolerance in rainbow trout.

Karina Bravo

PhD(c),
University of Chile.
Transcriptomics and epigenomics of tolerance to chronic heat stress in rainbow trout.

María Ignacia Cadiz

PhD(c),
University of Chile.
Identification of signatures of signatures of recent selection and domestication in populations of farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).

Master Students

Rodrigo Marín

DVM, MSc (c),
University of Chile.
Population genomics of invasive and free living salmonid species.

Undergraduate Students

Sebastián Zavala

BSc Veterinary Sciences,
University of Chile.
Linkage mapping in cobia (Rachycentron canadum).

Marcelo Olivares

BSc Veterinary Sciences,
University of Chile.
Genetic variability, diversity and differentiation in commercial populations of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP).

Isadora Mendoza

BSc Veterinary Sciences,
University of Chile.
Determination of molecular inbreeding in farmed populations of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP).

Lucas Venegas

BSc Veterinary Sciences
University of Chile.
Microbiome and antimicrobial resistance in chilean salmon and mussel aquaculture industry.

Former Students

Dicran Baloian

DVM,
University of Chile.
Genetic differentiation using genotyping-by-sequencing data in bottlenose dolphins.

Catalina González

DVM,
University of Chile.
Estimation of heritability for productive and behavioural traits in chinchillas.

Cristian Larrondo

DVM, MSc,
University of Chile.
Assessment of genetic variation for pathogen-specific mastitis resistance in Valle del Belice dairy sheep.

Pablo Duffloqc

DVM, MSc,
University of Chile.
Accuracy of imputation and genomic predictions in rainbow trout breeding schemes.

Raúl Flores

DVM, National University of Puno (Perú).
MSc, University of Chile.
Estimation of genetic correlation between body weight and resistance against Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis virus in rainbow trout.

Halley Rodríguez

DVM, National University of Puno (Perú),
MSc, University of Chile.
Genome-wide association study for resistance to Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis virus in rainbow trout.

Claudina González

MSc,
University of Chile.
Genetic by environment interaction for growth under marine and fresh water in Atlantic salmon.

Daniel Arriagada

MSc,
University of Chile.
Estimation of genetic parameters for growth and survival in the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis).

Agustín Barría

PhD
University of Chile.
Identifying genomic regions involved in Piscirickettsia salmonis resistance in salmonid species.

María E. López

PhD
University of Chile.
Comparative genomics of sea lice resistance between Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout.

Katharina Correa

DVM, PhD,
University of Chile.
Genome-wide association study and genomic predictions for resistance against Piscirickettsia salmonis and sea lice in Atlantic salmon.

Visiting Students and Researchers

Tamara Montenegro

DVM
Andres Bello University.
Bioinformatics and genetics trainee

Luiz Fernando de Souza Alves

MSc, PhD (c),
State University of Maringá (Brazil).
Population genomics and Genome-wide association studies in coho salmon.

Diego Robledo

PhD, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain),
Research Fellow at The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh (UK).
Functional genomics of Piscirickettsia salmonis and sea lice resistance in Atlantic salmon.

Natalia Mendes

PhD(c),
Sao Paulo State University (Brazil).
Genomics of growth-related traits in pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) using genotyping-by-sequencing data.

Lieschen Valeria Guerra Lira

PhD(c),
Sao Paulo State University (Brazil).
Genomics of parasite resistance in tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) using genotyping-by-sequencing data.

Carolina Borges

PhD(c),
Sao Paulo State University (Brazil).
Indentification of sex determination regions in Leporinus spp.

National Collaborators

Alejandro Maass

Center for Mathematical Modeling,
University of Chile.

Roberto Neira

Center for Mathematical Modeling,
University of Chile.

International Collaborators

Rama Bangera

Akvaforsk Genetic Center,
Norway.

Ross Houston

The Roslin Institute,
The University of Edinburgh Scotland, UK.

William Davidson

Simon Fraser University
British Columbia, Canada.

Marco Tolone

University of Palermo,
Sicily, Italy.

Industry Partners

AquaGen Chile S.A.

Blue Genomics Chile

Open Blue Sea Farms

Contact

Aquaculture Genomics Lab

Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
University of Chile
Av. Santa Rosa 11735
La Pintana, Santiago

Dr. José Manuel Yáñez
Fono: +56 2 2978 5533
jmayanez@uchile.cl