Nubia Carolina Manchola Varón

Professor Collaborator at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo, under the Attraction and Retention of talents (PART) program. Postdoc at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo. Research topic: signaling pathways involved in the interaction between Trypanosoma cruzi and the mammalian cells, with special emphasis on the role of second messages in the adhesion of Trypanosoma cruzi to the extracellular matrix of host cells. Collaborator in the Clubes de Ciencia Colombia initiative (2018) - program for the promotion of STEM to children (2018). PhD by the Biomedical Science Institute of the University of São Paulo (2017), (Department of Parasitology), Research topic: biochemical characterization of the branched chain amino acids degradation pathways in Trypanosoma cruzi. Scientific stage at the University of Buenos Aires (2015). Biologist by - University of Tolima - Colombia (2012). Experience in molecular biology, biochemistry of tripanosomatids, cell culture, metabolite transport, parasitology, bioinformatics, protein cloning and purification, enzymology and microscopy. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)