Dra. Valentina Valenzuela Muñoz Associate Investigator

Associate Investigator
Investigadores Asociados: RP1 Team

Biography

Dr. Valentina Valenzuela Muñoz is a Civil Engineer in Biotechnology from San Sebastián University, with a Master's degree in Biochemistry and Bioinformatics from the University of Concepción and a Ph.D. in Sciences with a specialization in the Management of Renewable Aquatic Resources. From 2022 to March 2025, she led the Fondecyt Initiation project “Functional genomics in Atlantic salmon during repeated sea lice infestation: the emerging role of acquired resistance in salmon breeding” (#11220307). Currently, she is the sponsor of Dr. Yeny Leal's postdoctoral project “Unraveling the immune cells landscape in Atlantic salmon infected with Piscirickettsia salmonis genogroups by single-nuclei RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq)" (FONDECYT #3250120). Additionally, she is involved as an Associated Researcher at the INCAR Center in RP1.

Professional Titles

  • Ingeniera Civil en Biotecnología. Universidad San Sebastián de Concepción, Chile. 2007.

  • Academic Titles and Degrees

  • Doctora en Ciencias con Mención en Manejo de Recursos Renovables Acuáticos. Universidad de Concepción. Concepción, Chile. 2018.

  • Magíster Bioquímica y Bioinformática, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. 2011.

  • Latest Publications

  • Valenzuela-Muñoz, V.; Núñez-Acuña, G.; Roberts, S.; Garcia, A.; Valdés, J.A.; Valenzuela-Miranda, D.; Gallardo-Escárate, C. (2024). Environmental influence on the Atlantic salmon transcriptome and methylome during sea lice infestations. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. Vol.151.1-11.

  • Casuso, Antonio; Benavente, Barbara P.; Leal, Yeny; Carrera-Naipil, Crisleri; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian. (2024). Sex-Biased Transcription Expression of Vitellogenins Reveals Fusion Gene and MicroRNA Regulation in the Sea Louse Caligus rogercresseyi. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY. Vol. 1. 1-18.

  • Montúfar-Romero, M.; Valenzuela-Muñoz, V.; Valenzuela-Miranda, D.; Gallardo-Escárate (2024). Hypoxia in the Blue Mussel Mytilus chilensis Induces a Transcriptome Shift Associated with Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Metabolism, and Immune Response.Genes Vol.15(6)2- 31

  • Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Benavente, Barbara P.; Munoz-Trorcoso, Marcelo; Nunez-Acuna, Gustavo; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian (2024). The Atlantic salmon microbiome infected with the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi reveals tissue-specific functional dysbiosis AQUACULTURE. Vol.580. 1-11.

  • Nunez-Acuna, Gustavo; Saez-Vera, Constanza; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian. (2023). Whole-genome resequencing in the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi uncovers gene duplications and copy number variants associated with pesticide resistance. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE Vol.10.1-14.

  • Leal, Yeny; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian. (2023). Alternative splicing in Atlantic salmon head kidney and SHK-1 cell line during the Piscirickettsia salmonis infection: A comparative transcriptome survey. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY. Vol. 142. 1-14.
  • Molina, Alfredo; Dettleff, Phillip; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian; Valdes, Juan Antonio. (2023). High-Temperature Stress Induces Autophagy in Rainbow Trout Skeletal Muscle. FISHES. Vol. 8. 303-313.

  • Leal, Yeny; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Casuso, Antonio; Benavente, Barbara P.; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian (2023). Comparative Transcriptomics in Atlantic Salmon Head Kidney and SHK-1 Cell Line Exposed to the Sea Louse Cr-Cathepsin. GENES. Vol.14.1-18

  • Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Nunez-Acuna, Gustavo; Benavente, Barbara P.; Alert, Alejandro; Arevalo, Marta. (2023). Transcriptome Signatures of Atlantic Salmon-Resistant Phenotypes against Sea Lice Infestation Are Associated with Tissue Repair. GENES Vol.14. 1-15.

  • Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Nunez-Acuna, Gustavo; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Tapia, Fabian J.; Yevenes, Marco; Gajardo, Gonzalo; Toro, Jorge E.; Oyarzun, Pablo A.; Arriagada, Gloria; Novoa, Beatriz; Figueras, Antonio; Roberts, Steven; Gerdol, Marco (2023). Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Blue Mussel Mytilus chilensis Reveals Molecular Signatures Facing the Marine Environmen GENES. Vol.14. 1-27.

  • Morales-Rivera, Maria F.; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Nunez-Acuna, Gustavo; Benavente, Barbara P.; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina. (2023). Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar Transfer to Seawater by Gradual Salinity Changes Exhibited an Increase in The Intestinal Microbial Abundance and Richness MICROORGANISMS. Vol. 11. 1-15.

  • Gallardo-Escárate, C.; Valenzuela-Muñoz, V.; Nuñez-Acuña, G.; Valenzuela-Miranda, D. ; Tapia, F.; Yevenes, M.; Gajardo, G.; Toro, J.E.; Oyarzun, P.A.; Arriagada, G.; Novoa, B.; Figueras, A.; Roberts, S.; Gerdol, M. (2022). The native mussel Mytilus chilensis genoma reveals adaptive molecular signatures facing the marine environment. Molecular Ecology. Vol. 0. 1-39.

  • Casuso, Antonio; Nunez-Acuna, Gustavo; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Saez-Vera, Constanza; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian. (2022). Peritrophin-like Genes Are Associated with Delousing Drug Response and Sensitivity in the Sea Louse Caligus rogercresseyi. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. Vol. 23. 1-17.

  • Casuso, Antonio; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian (2022). Dual RNA-Seq Analysis Reveals Transcriptome Effects during the Salmon-Louse Interaction in Fish Immunized with Three Lice Vaccines. VACCINES. Vol. 10. 1-17.

  • Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Teresa Goncalves, Ana; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Nunez-Acuna, Gustavo; Liachko, Ivan; Nelson, Bradley; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian. (2022).Proximity ligation strategy for the genomic reconstruction of microbial communities associated with the ectoparasite Caligus rogercresseyi SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. Vol. 12. 1-10.

  • Casuso, Antonio; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Benavente, Barbara P.; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian (2022). Exploring Sea Lice Vaccines against Early Stages of Infestation in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). VACCINES. Vol. 10.1-23.

  • Morales-Rivera, María F.; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Valenzuela-Muñoz, Valentina; Nuñez-Acuña, Gustavo; Avendaño-Herrera, Ruben; Gallardo-Escárate, Cristian (2022). Nanopore sequencing evidenced the presence of fish bacterial pathogens in the sea louse (Caligus rogercresseyi) microbiota collected from distant salmon farms in Chile. Aquaculture. Vol. 552. 738026-738033.

  • Valenzuela-Muñoz, Valentina; Gallardo-Escárate, Cristian; Benavente, Bárbara P.; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Núñez-Acuña, Gustavo; Escobar-Sepulveda, Hugo; Váldes, Juan Antonio. (2022). Whole-Genome Transcript Expression Profiling Reveals Novel Insights into Transposon Genes and Non-Coding RNAs during Atlantic Salmon Seawater Adaptation Biology. Vol. 11. 1-21.

  • Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Benavente, Barbara P.; Casuso, Antonio; Leal, Yeny; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Nunez-Acuna, Gustavo; Saez-Vera, Constanza; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian (2021). Transcriptome and morphological analysis in Caligus rogercresseyi uncover the effects of Atlantic salmon vaccination with IPath (R) FISH SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY. Vol. 117. 169-178.

  • Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Antonio Valdes, Juan; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian. (2021). Transcriptome Profiling of Long Non-coding RNAs During the Atlantic Salmon Smoltification Process. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY. Vol. 23. 308-320.

  • Nunez-Acuna, Gustavo; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian (2021). Comprehensive Transcriptome Analyses in Sea Louse Reveal Novel Delousing Drug Responses Through MicroRNA regulation MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY. Vol. 23. 710-723.

  • Núñez-Acuña, Gustavo; Valenzuela-Muñoz, Valentina; Carrera-Naipil, Crisleri; Sáez-Vera, Constanza; Benavente, Bárbara P.; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Gallardo-Escárate, Cristian (2021). Trypsin Genes Are Regulated through the miRNA Bantam and Associated with Drug Sensitivity in the Sea Louse Caligus rogercresseyi Non-Coding RNA. Vol. 7.76-93.

  • Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Nunez-Acuna, Gustavo; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Benaventel, Barbara P.; Saez-Vera, Constanza; Urrutia, Homero; Novoa, Beatriz; Figueras, Antonio; Roberts, Steven; Assmann, Paulina; Bravo, Marta. (2021). The wastewater microbiome: A novel insight for COVID-19 surveillance SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. Vol. 764.142867-142877.

  • Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian; Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Nunez-Acuna, Gustavo; Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego; Goncalves, Ana Teresa; Escobar-Sepulveda, Hugo; Liachko, Ivan; Nelson, Bradley; Roberts, Steven; Warren, Wesley. (2021). Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi by SMRT sequencing and Hi-C analysis SCIENTIFIC DATA. Vol. 8. 1-12.

  • Valenzuela-Munoz, Valentina; Benavente, Barbara P.; Casuso, Antonio; Leal, Yeny; Gallardo-Escarate, Cristian (2021). Chimeric Protein IPath(R) with Chelating Activity Improves Atlantic Salmon's Immunity against Infectious Diseases. VACCINES. Vol. 9. 1-15.

  • Congresses

  • 1. Gallardo C., Valenzuela V., Núñez G., Carrera C., Gonçalves A.T., Valenzuela D., Benavente B., Roberts S. 2019. Cathcing the complexity of salmon-louse interactions 3rd International Symposium of Fish and hellfish Immunology – ISFSI2019. 16-20 de junio, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, España.

  • 2. Casuso A., Núñez-Acuña G., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Leal Y., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Identification of peritrophins as potential vaccine candidates against sea lice: a reverse vaccinology approach 3rd International Symposium of Fish and hellfish Immunology – ISFSI2019. 16-20 de junio, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, España
  • 3. Sáez-Vera C., Núñez-G., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Hydrogen peroxide treatment modulates the immune and detoxification responses in the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi 3rd International Symposium of Fish and hellfish Immunology – ISFSI2019. 16-20 de junio, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, España.
  • 4. Leal Y., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Benavente B., Carrera-Naipil C., Casuso A., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Role of sea lice secretome in host-parasite interaction: immune modulation of SHK-1 cells exposed to Caligus rogercresseyi secretome. 3rd International Symposium of Fish and hellfish Immunology – ISFSI2019. 16-20 de junio, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, España.
  • 5. Núñez-Acuña G., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Sáez-Vera C., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Temperature drives the immune response in Atlantic salmon infected with sea lice: novel insights through transcriptome sequencing analyses. 3rd International Symposium of Fish and hellfish Immunology – ISFSI2019. 16-20 de junio, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, España.
  • 6. Valenzuela-V. Valenzuela-Miranda D., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Iron overload alters the immune response in Atlantic salmon and increases the susceptibility to piscirickettsia salmonis infection. 3rd International Symposium of Fish and hellfish Immunology – ISFSI2019. 16-20 de junio, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, España.
  • 7. Núñez-Acuña G., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Núñez-Acuña P., Gallardo-Escárate A., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Environmental Conditions Modulate the Non-Coding Transcriptome Responses in Atlantic Salmon Against Sea Lice Infection: Novel Key Molecular Regulators? International Conference of Integrative Salmonid Biology ICISB2019. 17-20 de noviembre, Edimburgh, Escocia.
  • 8. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Váldes J.A., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Beyond the transcriptome modulation during Atlantic salmon smoltification process: role of non-coding RNAs in seawater adaptation. International Conference of Integrative Salmonid Biology ICISB2019. 17-20 de noviembre, Edimburgh, Escocia.
  • 9. Gallardo-Escárate C., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Nuñez-Acuña G., Gonçalves A.T., Valenzuela-Miranda D., Roberts S. 2019. The Dark matter of the salmon genomie: non-coding RNAs as key playes in the host-parasite interactions. International Conference of Integrative Salmonid Biology ICISB2019 17-20 de noviembre, Edimburgh, Escocia.
  • 10. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Benavente B.P., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Bantam miRNA expressed in the sea louse modulates the fish immune response. Molecular Biosystems Conference on Eukaryotic Gene Regulation and Functional Genomics. 30 sept-04 octubre, Puerto Varas, Chile.
  • 11. Núñez-Acuña G., Sáez-Vera C., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Descifrando la sensibilidad farmacológica de Caligus rogercresseyi a nivel molecular: implicancias de la interacción entre RNAs codificantes y no- codificantes. I Congreso Impactos y estrategias de prevención y control de la Caligidosis en la Salmonicultura chilena, 13 de diciembre, Puerto Varas, Chile.
  • 12. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Núñez-Acuña G., Gallardo-Escárate C., Benavente B. P., Sáez-Vera C., Valenzuela-Miranda D., Gonçalves A. T., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Efecto t/s sobre la modulación transcriptómica del salmón del Atlantico y Caligus rogercresseyi durante el proceso de infestación. I Congreso Impactos y estrategias de prevención y control de la Caligidosis en la Salmonicultura chilena, 13 de diciembre, Puerto Varas, Chile.
  • 13. Casuso A., Valenzuela Muñoz V., Gallardo Escárate C. 2019. Dentificación in silico del potencial antigénico de genes asociados a la modulación de hierro para el desarrollo de vacunas contra la caligidosis. I Congreso Impactos y estrategias de prevención y control de la Caligidosis en la Salmonicultura chilena, 13 de diciembre, Puerto Varas, Chile.
  • 14. Leal Y., Benavente B., Carrera-Naipil C., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Modulación de la respuesta inmune en línea celular shk-1 expuesta a proteínas del secretoma de Caligus rogercresseyi. I Congreso Impactos y estrategias de prevención y control de la Caligidosis en la Salmonicultura chilena, 13 de diciembre, Puerto Varas, Chile.
  • 15. Gonçalves A.T., Collipal R., Valenzuela V., Nuñez G., Valenzuela D., Gallardo C. 2019. Caracterización de la microbiota asociada a Caligus rogercresseyi de distintas regiones acuícolas de Chile través de secuenciación de tercera generación. I Congreso Impactos y estrategias de prevención y control de la Caligidosis en la Salmonicultura chilena, 13 de diciembre, Puerto Varas, Chile.
  • 16. Benavente B.P., Carrera-Naipil C., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Modulación de respuesta inmune y homeostasis de hierro en el salmón del atlántico mediante ferritina recombinante de Caligus rogercresseyi. I Congreso Impactos y estrategias de prevención y control de la Caligidosis en la Salmonicultura chilena, 13 de diciembre, Puerto Varas, Chile.
  • 17. Núñez-Acuña P., Núñez-Acuña G., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Gallardo-Escárate A., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Efecto de la temperatura y salinidad sobre el ciclo de vida de Caligus rogercresseyi. XXXIX Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, Recuperación y protección de la biodiversidad en un escenario de cambio global. 27-31 de mayo, Iquique, Chile.
  • 18. Núñez-Acuña P., Gallardo-Escárate A., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Núñez-Acuña G., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2019. Efecto de la temperatura y la salinidad sobre la morfología de Caligus rogercresseyi durante su ciclo de vida I Congreso “Impactos y estrategias de prevención y control de la Caligidosis en la SalmoniculturacChilena. 13 de diciembre, Puerto Varas, Chile.
  • 19. Gallardo-Escárate C., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Núñez-Acuña G., Valenzuela-Miranda D. 2019. Reverse Vaccinology: Functional Genomics Applied to the Development of Vaccines against Caligus rogercresseyi" XXVII Plant & Animal Genome. 12-16 de enero, San Diego, USA.
  • 20. Leal Y., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2018. Caligus rogercresseyi secretome products and their effects on immune gene regulation in SHK-1 cell line of Atlantic salmon. Sea lice conference, 04-08 de noviembre, Punta Arenas, Chile.
  • 21. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Valenzuela-Miranda D., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2018. Salmon non-coding RNAs repertoire and their modulation during C. rogercresseyi infestation. Sea lice conference 2018, 04-08 de noviembre, Punta Arenas, Chile.
  • 22. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Gallardo-Escárate A., Garcés F., Bonfatti J., Aaen S., French M., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2018. More than bubbles: transcriptome and in vivo evaluation of Caligus rogercresseyi and atlantic salmon exposed to hydrogen peroxide (Paramove®). Sea lice conference 2018, 04-08 de noviembre, Punta Arenas, Chile.
  • 23. Nuñez-Acuña G., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Arrigada G., Valenzuela-Miranda D., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2018. Disentangling sea lice response to antiparasitic drugs: emerging role from non-coding RNAs. Sea lice conference 2018, 04-08 de noviembre, Punta Arenas, Chile.
  • 24. Casuso A., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2018. Antimicrobial activity evaluation of the von willebrand factor domain of two vitellogenins of C.rogercresseyi. Sea lice conference 2018, 04-08 de noviembre, Punta Arenas, Chile.
  • 25. Arrigada G., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Arriagada A. M., Brossard M., Gallardo A., Lara M., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2018. First report of the sea louse C. rogercresseyi found in farmed Atlantic salmon in the Magallanes región (South 49º16’S), Chile. Sea lice conference 2018, 04-08 de noviembre, Punta Arenas, Chile.
  • 26. Gallardo-Escárate C., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Nuñez-Acuña G., Valenzuela-Miranda D. 2017. Reverse vaccinology applied to the development of new vaccines against Caligus rogercresseyi. Sea lice conference 2018, 04-08 de noviembre, Punta Arenas, Chile.
  • 27. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Novoa B., Figueras A., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2017. Zebrafish lncRNA modulation during viral infestation: Differences between wild type and RAG strains. Biotecnología Habana 2017, 3-6 de diciembre, Varadero, Cuba.
  • 28. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Novoa B., Figueras A., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2017. Modulation of Atlantic salmon miRNome response to the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi. Biotecnología Habana 2017, 3-6 de diciembre, Varadero, Cuba.
  • 29. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Valenzuela-Miranda D., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2014. Comparative transcriptome analysis of long non-coding rnas (Lncrna) between two salmon species and their role during sea lice infestation. Aquaculture Europe 2017, 17-20 de octubre, Duvrovnik, Croacia.
  • 30. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Boltaña S., Nuñez-Acuña G., Valenzuela-Miranda D., Gonçalves A.T., Gallardo- Escárate C. 2014. MicroRNA expression profiles in Atlantic salmon infected with Caligus rogercresseyi. Sea lice conference 2016, 26-28 de septiembre, Wesport, Irlanda.
  • 31. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Boltaña S., Nuñez-Acuña G., Valenzuela-Miranda D., Gonçalves A.T., Gallardo- Escárate C. 2014. Uncovering species-specific iron regulation patterns in Atlantic and Coho salmon during the infection with the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi. Sea lice conference 2016, 26-28 de septiembre, Wesport, Irlanda.
  • 32. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Núñez-Acuña G., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2014. RNA-Seq analysis evidences a multiple gene response in Caligus rogercresseyi exposed to the organophosphate azamethiphos (Bayer). Sea lice conference 2014, Portland, Maine, USA.
  • 33. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Nuñez-Acuña G., Peña A., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2014. Identification of candidate genes with response to delousing drugs by transcriptome mining in the salmon louse Caligus rogercresseyi. Sea lice conference 2014, Portland, Maine, USA.
  • 34. Gallardo-Escárate C., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Núñez-Acuña G., Chávez Mardones J., Maldonado-Aguayo W., Gonçalves A. T., Farlora R., Valenzuela-Miranda D. Caligus rogercresseyi transcriptome: novel insights for key biological processes during the lifecycle of the salmon louse. Sea lice conference 2014, Portland, Maine, USA.
  • 35. Cristian Gallardo-Escárate, Valentina Valenzuela-Muñoz, Gustavo Nuñez-Acuña, Ana Teresa Gonçalves*, Jacqueline Chavez-Mardones, Waleska Maldonado-Aguayo, Rodolfo Farlora. 2014. RNA-Seq analysis using de novo transcriptome assembly as a reference for the salmon louse Caligus rogercresseyi. World Aquaculture 2014 Adelaide, USA.
  • 36. Gallardo-Escárate C. Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., Nuñez-Acuña G., Chávez Mardones J., Maldonado-Aguayo W., Gonçalvez A.T., Farlora R. 2013. Caligus-Seq: avances, desafíos y prespectivas sobre proyecto de secuenciación masiva de última generación en Caligus rogercresseyi. VI Foro Iberoamericano de Recursos Marinos y Acuicultura, a realizarse entre el 25-28 de noviembre, Valparaíso, Chile.
  • 37. Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Gallardo-Escárate C. 2013. Molecular characterization of IRAK-4 and interleukin-17 genes in the california red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) exposed to Vibrio anguillarum. First International Conference of Fish and Shellfish Immunologj. 25-28 de junio, Vigo, España.
  • 38. Gallardo-Escárate C., Nuñez-Acuña G., Valenzuela-Muñoz V. 2013. RNA-SEQ analysis reveals a complex immune response against saxitoxin in the mussel Mytilus chilensis. First International Conference of Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 25-28 de junio. Vigo, España.

  • Projects

  • 1. 2022- 2025: Investigadora principal proyecto “Functional genomics in Atlantic salmon during repeated sea lice infestations: the emerging role of acquired resistance in salmon breeding”. FONDECYT-Iniciación nº11220307.

  • 2. 2017-2019 FIE 2015-V014-SERNAPESCA. CaligusLIFE: Scientific research of excellence for the understanding of the biology of Caligus rogercresseyi and its application in caligidosis control strategies in the salmon industry. Valentina Valenzuela Muñoz, Investigador Principal.
  • 3. 2019-2022 FONDECYT 3190320_Postdoc. Functional genomics applied to parr-smolt transformation: Novel Biomarkers for smolt selection in Atlantic salmon. Valentina Valenzuela, Investigadora Principal.