ALEJANDRO TORRES RIQUELME

Focused Biomedical Scientist demonstrating a specialty in biochemistry and cellular biology. Dedicated professional determined to find the mechanisms and effective treatments for deadly diseases and debilitating conditions. Ready to join a new organization collaborating with other professionals in a laboratory environment.

• Mouse handling
• Injections (IV, IP, SC)
• Organ extraction

• Mauricio Javier Olivares-Morales1, Marjorie Katherine De La Fuente, Karen Dubois-Camacho, Daniela Parada, David Diaz-Jiménez, Alejandro Torres-Riquelme, Xiaojiang Xu, Marcela Alejandra Hermoso, et al., Glucocorticoids Impair Phagocytosis and Inflammatory Response Against Crohn’s Disease-Associated Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli, Frontiers Immunology, 2018, 9, 1026
• Espinosa Y, San Martín C, Torres AA, Farfán MJ, Torres JP, Avadhanula V, Piedra PA, Tapia LI, Genomic Loads and Genotypes of Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Viral Factors during Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Chilean Hospitalized Infants, Int J Mol Sci, 2017, 18, 3, 654
• Karen Dubois-Camacho, Payton A Ottum, Daniel Franco-Muñoz, Marjorie De la Fuente, Alejandro Torres-Riquelme, David Díaz-Jiménez, Mauricio Olivares-Morales, Gonzalo Astudillo, Rodrigo Quera, Marcela A Hermoso, Glucocorticosteroid therapy in inflammatory bowel diseases: From clinical practice to molecular biology, World J Gastroenterol, 2017, 23, 36, 6628-6638
• David Díaz-Jiménez, Lucía Núñez, Marjorie De la Fuente, Karen Dubois-Camacho, Hugo Sepúlveda, Martín Montecino, Alejandro Torres-Riquelme, Paulina García-González, Jonás Chnaiderman, Anna Vossenkamper, Thomas T. MacDonald, Daniela Simian, María-Julieta González, John A. Cidlowski, Rodrigo Quera & Marcela A. Hermoso et al., A functional IL1RL1 variant regulates corticosteroid-induced sST2 expression in ulcerative colitis, Scientific Reports, 2017, 7, 10180
• Alejandro Torres-Riquelme, Jesse A. Rudd-Schmidt, Vivien Sutton, Amelia J. Brennan, Joseph A. Trapani, Ilia Voskoboinik, The role of serglycin glycosylation in the effector mechanism of cytotoxic lymphocytes, In preparation

• Achieved organization of big-data by using R for the immunopeptidome of Lung Adenocarcinoma.
• Collaborated with the Purcell Laboratory (Monash) in the discovery of peptides of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
• Documented and resolved the function of Serglycin in cytotoxic T cells which led to the discovery of the transport mechanism of Perforin and Granzyme B to the secretory granules.

I have Practiced Karate for 16 years, receiving the black belt on August 2022.

This grade has led me to train the newcomers and guide them into improved techniques, and take the martial art as a way to meditate and better their lives.

The training has kept my mind clear and helps me to have patience, determination and sheer will.