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