User:Nathaly Marin-Medina

Contact Info Nathaly Marín-Medina nmarin@uniandes.edu.co Biophysics group Department of Physics Universidad de los Andes Carrera 1 N° 18A - 10 Oficina I-203 Bogotá D.C. - Colombia Summary Currently, I am a PhD student from the Science – Physics program at the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and am a member of the Biophysics research group from the same university. My research project consists in studying the nanomechanical properties of lipid membranes in presence of pore-forming antimicrobial peptides using atomic force microscopy. I have an MSc in Physics, graduating from the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia). I also have an MSc in Industrial Systems Engineering, graduating from the École des Mines de Nantes (France) and my undergraduate B.Sc. was in Electronics Engineering in the Universidad de Los Andes. Publications Observation of bacterial type I pili extension and contraction under fluid flow Published: June 14, 2013 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065563 Education • Currently : PhD, Physics - University of the Andes - Bogota, Colombia • 2010 : BS, Physics - University of the Andes - Bogota, Colombia • 2006 : BEng, Engineering - École des Mines de Nantes - Nantes, France • 2006 : BEng, Electronics Engineering - University of the Andes - Bogota, Colombia Languages • Spanish - Mother tongue • English - Advanced • French - Advanced Research interests • Biophysics - Atomic Force Microscopy • Biophysics - Supported lipid bilayers • Biophysics - Nanomechanical properties Useful links • Introductory tutorial • OpenWetWare help pages