Díaz Nieto Lab

Mahdieh Emadi

Air Forensics: Combining human and non-human environmental DNA

The project involves the development of a forensic air sampling method, protocol, and device for combined human and non-human environmental DNA, the collection and sequencing of samples for air-borne human and non-human eDNA, and processing of sequences for analysis in a forensic context. The aim is the validation of a method in simulated crime scenes.

I am studying for a PhD on a Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions scholarship in the Doctoral Network Natural Traces in forensic investigations – how the analysis of non-human evidence can solve crime at the Institute and Museum of Natural Sciences. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Librarianship in Medical Sciences from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and a Master's degree in Biology and Biophysics from the Islamic Azad University in Tehran, Iran.

Ghaffarzadeh A, Taghinejad J, Emadi M, Najafi M, Esmaeli A, Amiri F, & Ghaffarzadeh M. 2021

Investigating the awareness and attitude of pregnant women visiting health centers about AIDS in Salmas, Iran.

Journal of Midwifery and Reproductive Health 9, 2628-2635.

Taghinejad J, Zakikhani F, Esmaeili A, Golshan M, Emadi M, & Alami S. 2021

A survey of awareness and stress of Coronavirus disease in 2019 in a part of the Iranian Population.

Avicenna Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection 8, 3102-3107.

Dra María Ivana García

Evaluation of the effect of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) on the macoinvertebrates of Andean rivers in central western Argentina

I am a postdoctoral fellow of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET). I obtained my Bachelor degree in Biology from the National University of San Juan. I taught Biology at the University of Mendoza, and then got a PhD at the National University of La Plate.

García MI, Murúa AF, Díaz-Nieto LM, Acosta JC, de Los Ríos C, Cano FA, & Blanco GM. 2019

Assessment of the predatory capacity on mosquito larvae of Jenynsia multidentata (Anablepidae) in presence of vegetation under laboratory conditions.

Iheringia Série Zoologia 109, 1-6.

García MI, Acosta, JC, Blanco, GM, & Acosta R. 2018

Nuevos registros de peces introducidos en la Cuenca del río Desaguadero en el centro-oeste de Argentina [New records of introduced fish in the Desaguadero River Basin in central-western Argentina].

Neotropical Biology and Conservation 13, 268-273.

Lic Rubén Dario Fernández Reinoso

Effect of habitat modification on reptile predation in the extreme south of the Western Chaco

I am a doctoral fellow of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) at the Institute and Museum of Natural Sciences.

Valdez Ovallez FM, Blanco G, Castro S, Acosta JC, Fernández R, Corrales L, & Acosta R. 2024

Reproductive biology and sexual dimorphism of the viviparous lizard Phymaturus cf. palluma (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Pre-Andes Region in central western Argentina.

South American Journal of Herpetology 31, 1-11.

Valdez Ovallez FM, Acosta JC, Acosta R, Fernández R, & Corrales L. 2024

Range extension of Synbranchus marmoratus (Synbranchidae) towards Argentina's Central Andes.

Acta Biologica Colombiana 29, 129-132.

Tec Clara Esteso

Studies of symbiotic microorganisms for the development of new strategies for the control of the Grapevine Moth (Lobesia botrana)

I am studying for my Bachelor degree in Biology on a scholarship of the Council for Scientific and Technical Research and Artistic Creation (CICITCA) of the National University of San Juan.

Díaz Nieto L M, Esteso C, Rull J, Flaqué V, Coria C, Murúa F A, & Kulichevsky L. 2024.

Molecular characterization and first report of Wolbachia strains of the European grapevine moth Lobesia botrana(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in populations from Argentina.

Phytoparasitica 53, 9.

Tec Nicolás Emmanuel Damiani

Study of the intestinal microbiota of native populations of Ceratitis capitata, to improve the performance of their offspring in the Biofactory of ProCEM-San Juan

I am studying for my Bachelor degree in Biology on a scholarship of the Council for Scientific and Technical Research and Artistic Creation (CICITCA) of the National University of San Juan.

Tec Ana Inés Guerra Rodriguez

Evaluation of the role of the intestinal microbiota of Ceratitis capitata in order to optimize the performance of the offspring of the ProCEM-San Juan Biofactory

I am studying for my Bachelor degree in Biology on a scholarship of the Council for Scientific and Technical Research and Artistic Creation (CICITCA) of the National University of San Juan.

Tec Ivana Díaz

Studies on Culicidae in the department of San Martín (San Juan, Argentina), a contribution to the implementation of control strategies

I am studying for my Bachelor degree in Biology.