Dra. Valentina Valenzuela Muñoz Associate Investigator
Associate Investigator
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.
