Biophysics

Professors • Manu Forero-Shelton, Physics Department • Juan M. Pedraza, Physics Department Former Professors • Chad Leidy, Physics Department Researchers • María Isabel Perez, Lab. technician • Sofía Alfonso Graduate Students Senior • Nathaly Marín-Medina, PhD in Physics • Elizabeth Suesca, PhD in Physics • Susana M. Simancas, PhD in Biological Sciences • Juliana Sandoval, PhD Physics • Juan Carlos Arias-Castro, PhD in Physics • Rudy Marcela Méndez, Master in Physics • David Camilo Durán-Chaparro, Master in Physics Junior • Marcela Cuestas, PhD in Biological Sciences • Lina Contreras, Master in Biological Sciences • Jorge Romero-Becerra, Master in Biological Sciences • Néstor Perico, Master in Physics • Juan David Orjuela, Master in Physics Undergraduate Students • Juan David Estupiñán-Mendez, Physics and Biology • Nancy Ruiz, Physics and Biology • Nathalie Agudelo, Physics and Biology • Jorge Madrid Wolff, Physics • César Quintana, Physics and Microbiology Past Lab Members • Maier Avendaño, Harvard University • Iván Rey, The University of Maryland • José Luis Alejo Amaya , Cornell University, Medical School • Diego Alejandro Ramírez Diaz, LMU München • Jackson Ocampo • Nicolás Afanador • Andrés Ernesto Mejía • Natalia Rodríguez, Researcher CDMB • Dilia E. Rangel • Paula Santisteban, Physics Department • Luis Alejandro Mahecha, Physics Department • Mólkary Lopez , Universidad Manuela Beltrán • Alexandra Pinto Castellanos • Andrés Felipe Valderrama • Gabriel Martínez-Gálvez, Mayo Clinic • Manuela Vanegas, Bachelor in Biology and Microbiology • Juanita Lara, Bachelor in Physics and Microbiology

Systems Biology • SySBio Members • Summary/Resumen • Stochasticity in gene expression and signaling • Phenotypic variability as survival strategy • Control in synthetic genetic circuits • Evolution of cooperation Molecular Mechanics • Summary/Resumen • Biophysics of adhesion and biofilms • The Mechanics of immunity • Microscopy • Education and teaching Membrane Biophysics We study the nanomechanical properties of supported lipid bilayers using atomic force microscopy. More info iGEM 2015 http://2015.igem.org/Team:Uniandes_Colombia In the lab • Protocols • Inventory • Strains • Group Meeting • Safety • Equipment • Microscopes • Private Wiki Resources • Guide to new members • References • Journal Watch • Top 100 • Links • Facts of Life • Financial Resources • Wiki info

Join us! • Prospective Students • Prospective Researchers Contact Us BIOPHYSICS LABORATORY Q building Labs Q-401 and Q-505 Physics Department University of the Andes Carrera 1 N° 18A - 12 Bogotá, COLOMBIA Tel: (+571) 3394949 Webpage: http://biofisica.uniandes.edu.co/

Photo credits: Nathaly Marín-Medina. July 2015. View from Q building at Uniandes. Bogota.

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