Principal Investigator
Dr. Javier Canales
Faculty at the Institute of Biochemistry and Microbiology, UACh, and iBio researcher. His work integrates functional genomics, systems biology and crop physiology to understand how plants coordinate sulfur and nitrogen nutrition.
Current team
Dra. Anita Arenas
Research Associate
Angelo Riquelme
Research Assistant
Denisse Guerra
Research Assistant
Genaro Soto
PhD student
Antonia Salvo
Undergraduate thesis student
David Ruíz
Undergraduate thesis student
Juan Garcinuño
Undergraduate thesis student
Alumni
People who trained at NGP Lab and now continue their careers in science and industry.
Silvia Velosa
Undergraduate thesis student · 2026
Francisco Leal
Research Assistant · 2025
Lucas Zúñiga
Undergraduate thesis student · 2025
Ignacio Miño
Undergraduate student · 2025
Alfonso Reyes
Undergraduate student · 2025
Fernanda Fernández Figueroa
Graduate student · 2025
Mori Cárdenas
Research assistant · 2023
Juan P. Mira
Undergraduate student · 2023
Francisca Castillo
Postdoctoral researcher · 2022
Carla Arriagada
Undergraduate student · 2022
Diego Landaeta Sepúlveda
Undergraduate student · 2021
Carlos Henríquez
Postdoctoral researcher · 2021
Felipe Uribe
Undergraduate & graduate student · 2020
Gabriela Carrasco
Research assistant · 2018
Want to join the lab?
We welcome undergraduate (thesis and internships), MSc and PhD students and postdocs. Email us your CV and a short note about your interests.
