CamiloMora-Navarro,Ph.D.
Ph.D.ChemicalEngineering,UniversityofPuertoRicoMayaguez,PR.
PostdoctoralResearchScholar
PI:DonaldO.Freytes,Ph.D.
Address:JointDepartmentofBiomedicalEngineeringUNC-CH/NCSUNorthCarolinaStateUniversityBiomedicalPartnershipCenter1060WilliamMooreDriveRaleigh,NC
Email:[email protected]@upr.edu
Developmentofaninvitrotestingplatformtostudymulticellularinteraction
Research emphasis:
Dr.Mora’sinterestscenteronexploringinnovativeplatformstofurtherunderstandthedynamicsofcellularcross-talkinginvolvedinthewoundhealingprocess.Ourresearchfocusesonthreemaincomponents:cellularengineering,invitrotestingplatforms,andbiomaterialimprovements.ThecellularengineeringcomponentinvolvestheuseofCRISPR/Cas9asgeneeditingtooltogeneratecellreporterlines.Invitrotestingplatformsarecenteredonthedevelopmentofanadequateopticalmicrodevice tomonitorthecellreporterlines.Lastly,biomaterialimprovementsareproposedandtestedbasedontheenhancementoftheantimicrobialproperties.
Applications:
§ Generationofcellreporterlines§ Antimicrobialmaterialsfor
medicaluse§ Opticaldevicesforinvitro
assessmentofnewtherapies§ Microdevices forinvitro
characterizationofcellularinteractions
PublicationsandAbstracts:
Mora-NavarroC,Méndez-VegaJ,Caraballo-LeónJ,LeeMR,PalecekS,Torres-LugoM,Ortiz-BermúdezP.HydrophobicityofAntifungalβ-PeptidesIsAssociatedwithTheirCytotoxicEffectonInVitroHumanColonCaco-2andLiverHepG2Cells.2016Erratumin:PLoSOne.2016;11(6):e0157025.
Herrera-PosadaS,Mora-NavarroC,Ortiz-BermudezP,Torres-LugoM,McElhinnyKM,EvansPG,CalcagnoBO,AcevedoA.Magneto-responsiveliquidcrystallineelastomernanocompositesaspotentialcandidatesfordynamiccellculturesubstrates.2016Aug1
Mora-NavarroC,Caraballo-LeónJ,Torres-LugoM,Orez-BermúdezP.Syntheticantimicrobialβ-peptideindualtreatmentwithfluconazoleorketoconazoleenhancestheinvitroinhibitionofplanktonicandbiofilmCandidaalbicans.JPeptSci.2015Dec.
ResearchStrengths:
§ Epigenetics§ Molecularbiology§ Antimicrobialmaterials§ Cytotoxicityassessment
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