Emilia Barreto Durán, M.Sc.
Ph.D. student
Laboratory of Virology MCB
E-mail: emiliabarreto [AT] javeriana.edu.co
Research interests
- Virology.
Supervisor(s)
prof Krzysztof Pyrc
Education and experience
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- 2019- . Ph.D. studies. Jagiellonian University, Virogenetics group, Malopolska Center of Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland.
- 2019. Biochemical Research Group, Faculty of Science, Pontifical Xavierian University. Bogotá, Colombia.
- 2016 – 2019. M.Sc. Studies. Pontifical Xavierian University – Bogotá, Colombia
- 2016. Internship. Visual and Hearing Genetic Diseases Research group, Human Genetics Institute, Pontifical Xavierian
University. Bogotá, Colombia. - 2015.Teaching assistant, Genetics, University of Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia.
- 2015. Internship. Virus Molecular Biology Research group, Department of Medicine, National University of Colombia.
Bogotá, Colombia. - 2010 – 2016. B.Sc. Studies. University of Los Andes – Bogotá, Colombia
Grants and Awards
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- 2018. Master Thesis with Honorable Mention Award. Pontifical Xavierian University. Bogotá, Colombia.
- 2018. National Academy of Medicine Scientific Investigation Honorary Mention Award 2018. National Academy of Medicine.
Bogotá, Colombia.
Publications
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- Pyrc K, Milewska A, Baretto Duran E, Botwina P, Lopes R, Arenas-Pinto A, Badr M, Mellor R, Kalber T, Fernandez-Reyes D, Schatzlein AG, Uchegbu IF. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 inhibition in human airway epithelial cells using a mucoadhesive, amphiphilic chitosan that may serve as an anti-viral nasal spray. BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2020.12.10.413609
- Synowiec A, Szczepanski A, Barreto-Duran E, Lie LK, Pyrc K. (2020). SARS-CoV-2: A systemic infection. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. in press.
- Milewska A, Chi Y, Szczepanski A, Barreto-Duran E, Dabrowska A, Botwina P, Liu K, Liu D, Guo X, Ge Y, Li J, Cui L, Ochman M, Urlik M, Rodziewicz-Motowidlo S, Zhu F, Szczubialka K, Nowakowska M, Pyrc K. (2020). HTCC as a highly effective polymeric inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV. Journal of Virology. in press.
- Mejía-Cruz CC, Barreto-Durán E, Pardo-Pérez MA, Jimenez MC, Rincón J, Vanegas K, Rodríguez JL, Jaramillo-Garcia LF, Ulloa JC, Díaz RM, Leal-García E, Pérez-Núñez R, Barreto A, Rodríguez-Pardo VM. (2019). Generation of Organotypic Multicellular Spheres by Magnetic Levitation: Model for the Study of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells Microenvironment. International journal of stem cells. 12(1):51-62.
- Barreto-Durán E, Mejía-Cruz CC, Leal-García E, Pérez-Núñez R, Rodríguez-Pardo VM. (2018). Impact of donor characteristics on the quality of bone marrow as a source of mesenchymal stromal cells. American journal of stem cells. 7(5):114-120.