Carlos Andrés Naranjo Galvis

Analytical Research Specialist with experience in experimental research and data analysis. Detail-oriented and methodical professional successful in developing in-depth research projects. Reliable team player with excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Meticulous and analytical

Researcher with 10 years of educational and hands-on experience in infectious diseases and development projects in immunogenetics related to infectious diseases and associated inflammatory processes Adaptive team player with in-depth knowledge of data collection, confidential document control and problem-solving.

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

• Faculty Representative to the Superior Council
• Representative Department Coordinators of the Faculty of Health to the Academic Council.
• Representative of the Faculty of Health to the Institutional Promotion Committee.
• Evaluator of Indexed Scientific Journals (Scientific Reports, Brain Research, Experimental Parasitology, Experimental Gerontology).

• XVI FORO DE INVESTIGACION UAM, Simposio, Nacional
• BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR : PRINCIPIOS Y APLICACIONES, Simposio, Nacional
• II SIMPOSIO DE INMUNOMODULACION Y III ENCUANTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION EN INMUNOLOGIA, Simposio, Nacional
• 15th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF IMMUNOLOGY - ICI 2013, Congreso, Internacional
• III SEMINARIO REGIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES EN CIANCIAS BIOMEDICAS, Seminario, Nacional
• VIII ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION EN ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS, Encuentro, Nacional
• XX CONGRESO FEDERACION LATINOAMERICANA DE PARASITOLOGIA Y XV CONGRESO ASOCIACION COLOMBIANA DE PARASITOLOGIA Y MEDICINA TROPICAL, Congreso, Internacional
• XXI CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO DE PARASITOLOGIA, Congreso, Internacional
• 13th international congress of parasitology, Congreso, Internacional
• XIV Congreso Nacional y VIII Congreso Internacional de Genética Humana, Congreso, Internacional
• V International Congress on Congenital Toxoplasmosis, Congreso, Internacional
• VII Encuentro Anual de Investigación en Odontología, Encuentro, Nacional
• International Toxoplasma Congress 2019 (Toxo XV), Congreso, Internacional
• 14th Congress of the International Ocular Inflammation Society (IOIS), Congreso, Internacional
• 26th Annual World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Congreso, Internacional
• IMMUNOLOGY 2024. Annual meeting of The American Association of Immunologists

• DNA methylation patterns in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells common to Alzheimer's Disease and Periodontitis as candidate biomarkers in both diseases.
• Clinical periodontal characteristics and levels of cytokines IL-10, IL-6, IL-17 in plasma of Alzheimer's disease patients and healthy controls.
• Relationship between genetic polymorphisms of IL-10, IL-17 and NALP3 genes with periodontal disease in patients with and without Alzheimer's disease.
• Relationship of Cytokines TH1, TH2 and TH17 in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Genetic variability in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the city of Manizales.
• Immune response genes associated with periodontal disease in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
• Differential expression analysis of immune response genes associated with inflammatory processes in Alzheimer's disease (AD)

• Toxoplasma gondii infection and peripheral-blood gene expression profiling of older people reveals dysregulation of cytokines and identifies hub genes as potential therapeutic targets, 09/2022, Heliyon, 8(9), 1-13, 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10576, CC BYNC-ND 4.0
• Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part I : Introduction and Overview, 08/2022, Current Pediatrics Reports, 10(5), 10.1007/s40124-022-00269
• Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part IV : Understanding and Development of Public Health Strategies and Advances "Take a Village", 08/2022, Current Pediatrics Reports, 10(5), 10.1007/s40124-022-00268-x
• Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part II : Education, 08/2022, Current Pediatrics Reports, 10(7), 10.1007/s40124-02200267-y
• Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part III: Epidemiology and Risk Factors, 06/2022, Current Pediatrics Reports, 10(3), 1-16, 10.1007/s40124-022-00265-0
• Inflammatory gene expression profiling in peripheral blood from patients with Alzheimer's disease reveals key pathways and hub genes with potential diagnostic utility: a preliminary study, 08/2021, PeerJ, 10.7717/peerj.12016
• Evaluación de las bases moleculares en trastornos del neurodesarrollo infantil, 07/2021, Evaluación Neuropediátrica Funcional : Fundamentos y Métodos de Aplicación, Editorial Médica Panamericana
• [Early diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders in the early childhood], 03/2021, [Functional Neuropediatric Assessment. Fundamentals and methods of application], Editorial Médica Panamericana
• Synthesis of colloidal silver nanoparticles and their bactericidal effects on E. coli, S. epidermidis and oral plaque, 07/2020, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 1541(1), 012017, 10.1088/1742-6596/1541/1/012017
• IL-10, IFN-γ and IL-1β polymorphisms influence the development of OT in a Colombian population, 08/2018, International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 73, 16-17, 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.04.3463
• Genetic Polymorphisms in Cytokine Genes in Colombian Patients with Ocular Toxoplasmosis, 02/2018, Infection and Immunity, 86(4), IAI.00597-17, 10.1128/IAI.00597-17
• Toxoplasma Modulates Signature Pathways of Human Epilepsy, Neurodegeneration & Cancer, 12/2017, Scientific Reports, 7(1), 10.1038/s41598-017-10675-6
• Toxoplasmosis as a travel risk, 11/2014, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 12(6), 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.05.007
• Genetic Variations in the Purinergic P2X7 Receptor Are Associated with the Immune Response to Ocular Toxoplasmosis in Colombia. Microorganisms 2023, 11(10), 2508

• Effects of an anti-inflammatory diet (NeuroGutPlus) on the inflammatory profile, neuropsychological profile and praxic development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
• Spatial transcriptome analysis of intestinal metaplasia in four departments of Colombia 2022-2025.
• Identification of SNPs by transcriptome sequencing of immune response genes associated with inflammatory processes in AD.
• Effect of caffeine on sleep and its relationship with genetic polymorphisms in young Colombian adults.
• Immune response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) stimulated with LPS from Porphyromonas gingivalis, Toxoplasma gondii and β-Amyloid.
• Multidimensional analysis in a sample of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and neurotypical children in the city of Manizales.
• Evaluation of the effect of silver nanoparticles as an alternative method for the inactivation of Cryptosporidium Parvum in water samples.
• Identification of common epigenomic patterns between periodontitis and Alzheimer's disease as a source of biomarkers and biological interpretation by bioinformatics methods.
• Genetic, Microbiological and Immunological factors affecting periodontal biotype changes during orthodontic treatment.
• Standardization of a multiplex for the evaluation of polymorphisms in the TNF-a and IL-10 cytokine genes.
• Polymorphisms in immune response genes and their association with Ocular Toxoplasmosis.
• Relationship between Event Related Potentials and genetic polymorphisms in Colombian patients with Alzheimer's disease.

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