User:Susana Simancas G.

HOME Susana M. Simancas Giraldo Ph.D. Student You can find me at: s-simanc@uniandes.edu.co Biophysics lab wiki SPIM Microscopy Summary During my currently Ph.D. training, I’ve been researching soft coral calcification since my main research project is to evaluate how ocean acidification impacts this particular physiological process. To know what the responses of these corals to acidified environments are, my area of expertise includes the development and standardization of techniques that implements principally epifluorescence microscopy and SPIM microscopy (Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy), for quantifying calcium carbonate incorporated by corals into structures called sclerites, which are believed to be particularly sensitive to ocean acidification effects. Research Groups Biología Molecular Marina - BIOMMAR Biophysics Research Group - Biofísica Uniandes Mathematical and Computational Biology - BIOMAC Event Participations Video-Poster Presentation Evaluando el efecto de la acidificación oceánica en la calcificación neta del octocoral Pterogorgia guadalupensis mediante microscopía de fluorescencia. Diciembre 2014 Congreso Colombiano de Zoología Cartagena, Colombia Poster Presentation Validation of the fluorescense quantification method for measurement of gross calcification in Octocorals. October 2013 EUBIAS: European Bioimage Analysis Symposium IRB Barcelona, España. Poster Presentation Modelamiento Biomecánico de la Fragmentación y Calcificación en Corales Bambú (Isididae: Keratoisis sp.) October 2011 XXIV Congreso Nacional de Física Bogotá D.C, Colombia Poster Presentation Lability and plasticity in calcification patterns of bamboo corals (Keratoisis: Isididae) explained by simulated hydrodynamic forces. June 2011 Evolution 2011 Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, USA Academical Acknowledgement Monitoring Ocean Acidification and its Effects on Calcifying Marine Organisms Henry Von Prahl Prize September 2013 SENALMAR: XV Seminario Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar Santa Marta, Colombia. Honorific Mention Education University of the Andes - Colombia 2012-2017 PhD, Biological Sciences University of the Andes - Colombia 2008-2012 BSc Biology Short Training Internships Advanced Technology Institute in Life Sciences - BSc Biology ITAV September 2013 ECOS Nord program Light sheet microscopy (SPIM) – IP3D Team Languages • Spanish - Mother tongue • English - Advanced • French - Medium • Japanese - Medium Research interests • Biophysics – Fluorescense Microscopy • Biophysics – SPIM Microscopy • Marine Biology – Coral Calcification • Marine Biology – Ocean Acidification • Computer Science – Digital image processing