MBA, Torcuato di Tella University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology Programme, Rome University “Tor Vergata”, Italia
MSc, Biological Science Degree, Buenos Aires University, Argentina
Current positions
Lecturer., Facultad de Agronomía - UBA.
Adjunct Scientist, CONICET.
Group Leader of the Applied Nematology
Research interests
The nematodo C. elegans as a toxicological model organism.
Publications in refereed journals (last 5 years)
Kronberg MF, Clavijo A, Moya A, Rossen A, Calvo D, Pagano EA, Munarriz ER (2018)
Glyphosate-based herbicides modulate oxidative stress response in the nematode
Caenorhabditis elegans. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, 214: 1-8.
Clavijo A, Rossen A, Calvo D, Kronberg MF, Moya A, Pagano EA, Munarriz ER (2017) Water
quality and toxicological impact assessment using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
bioassay in a long-term intensive agricultural area. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 228: 333-
349.
Clavijo A, Kronberg MF, Rossen A, Moya A, Calvo D, Salatino SE, Pagano EA, Morábito JA, Munarriz ER (Corresponding author) (2016) “The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as an integrated toxicological tool to assess wáter quality and pollution”. Sci Total Environ. (2016) Nov 1;569-570:252-61.
White AG, Lees B, Kao HL, Cipriani PG, Munarriz E, Paaby AB, Erickson K, Guzman S, Rattanakorn K, Sontag E, Geiger D, Gunsalus KC, Piano F (2017) “DevStaR: high-throughput quantification of C. elegans developmental stages”. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. (2013) Oct 32(10):1791-803. (2017).
Current Graduate Students / Researchers
Main Advisor
M. Florencia Kronberg, researcher, CONICET
Araceli Clavijo, doc fellow CONICET
Co Advisor
Vanessa Santillan, doc fellow CONICET
Funded research proposals (as principal investigator; last 5 years)
PICT 2014-3293, FONCyT-ANPCyT (Director). Desarrollo de un índice biotóxico-ambiental integral para la evaluación de la calidad de agua de la región cuyana de la República Argentina
PICT-PRH 2014-0002, FONCYT- ANPCyT (Director). Estudio de los mecanismos de acción molecular de agroquímicos utilizando como modelo biológico al nematodo C. elegans.
2014-2015 Premio SENASA, 1er premio en el Área Sanidad Vegetal (Director). Plaguicidas disruptores endócrinos, uso del nematodo Caenrhabditis elegans como modelo biológico.
