The Francisco Aguayo´s Laboratory is located into the Virology Program, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas (ICBM), Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile. Aguayo`s Lab is interested in studying the relationship between viral infections and cancer development. Viral infections are etiologically related to 15% of cancer burden worldwide and Aguayo´s Lab is interested in  oncogenic viruses that contain DNA as genetic material. Between them, human papillomavirus (HPV) is etiologically related to cervix-uterine, oropharyngeal and anogenital tumors. The role of this virus in other extragenital tumors such as prostate, oral, colon, breast and lung cancer is unknown and remains to be investigated. Other important oncogenic DNA viruses are polyomaviruses (PyV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

Lab Members

Diego Carrillo Beltrán. Biotechnologist. Lab. Manager

Juan Pablo Muñoz Barrera.  Ph.D. student

Jocelyn Catrileo Pereira. Lab Technician

Javiera Mosquera. Undergraduate student

Macarena Altamirano. Undergraduate student

Maria Jose Diaz. Master student

Francisco Aguayo Gonzalez, Ph.D. Lab Director.

Past Members

Carolina Gonzalez, Bq.

Barbara Parra, Biol; MSc.

Karen Miranda, TM.

Vanessa Lancellotti, TM.

Marisol Cortés, Bq.

María Jose Diaz, TM.

Nora Badilla, TM.

Jennifer Araneda, TM.

Cecilia García Abarca, TM.

Franco Betta, TM.

Rodrigo Iglesias, TM.

Selma Mardonez, TM.

Nelson Peña, Biotecnologist.

Contact

Virology program

Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM)

Faculty of Medicine

faguayo@med.uchile.cl

Phone: 56-2-29786889

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