4. CV
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Diana Rocío Andrade Linares
Birth place: Bogotá, Colombia
EDUCATION
2011 Dr. rer. nat. Doctoral Thesis: Characterization of tomato root-endophytic fungi and analysis of their effects on plant development, on fruit yield and quality and on interaction with the pathogen Verticillium dahlia. University Potsdam. Potsdam, Germany
1998: Master Science in Environmental Microbiology. Los Andes University. Bogotá, Colombia
1992: Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. University Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT AND APPOINTMENTS
2018 - 2021: Postdoc. Research unit for Comparative Microbiome Analisys-COMI. Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH).
2017 Postdoc. Plant, fungal and soil ecology Lab, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Gradual_Change: ERC Advanced Grant.
2012 – 2016: Postdoc: Plant, fungal and soil ecology Lab, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Collaborative Research Center (SFB 973) “Priming and memory of organismic responses to stress.
2011 - 2012: Postdoc. Department of Plant nutrition. Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental crops – IGZ. Großbeeren, Germany.
2010 - 2011: Graduate Assistant. Department of Plant nutrition. Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental crops – IGZ. Großbeeren, Germany.
2004 - 2005: Researcher and Graduate Assistant in plant Pathology Laboratory. Laboratory LAMFU, Los Andes University. Bogotá, Colombia.
2003 - 2004: Researcher in molecular biology. Live Systems Technology. Bogotá, Colombia.
2003: Lecturer Fungal ecology and evolution. Los Andes University. Bogotá, Colombia.
2002 - 2003: Forensic Expert of the DNA group. National Institute of Legal Medicine. Bogotá, Colombia.
1994 – 2002: Assistant for the lecture bacterial physiology. Los Andes University. Bogotá, Colombia
1999: Lecturer Biotechnology at the Food Engineering Faculty. UniversityJorge Tadeo Lozano. Bogotá, Colombia.
THESIS ADVISORY
2016: Bachelor thesis- “Enzyme activity and hyphal extension during interspecific interactions in filamentous soil fungi growing on low- and high-nutrient media". Student: Kückes, Johanna. Institute of Biology -Ecology of Plants. Free University of Berlin, Germany.
2015: Bachelor thesis- “Effect of nutrient availability on fungal thermo-priming". Student: Çeliker, Mehmet Akif. Institute of Biology -Ecology of Plants. Free University of Berlin, Germany.
2013: Bachelor thesis- “Physiological characterization of a strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae under cold stress conditions”. Student: Geibelmann, Sophie. Cooperation between Free University of Berlin and University Potsdam, Germany.
2012: Master thesis- “Isolation and identification of the endobacteria present in three different strains of Piriformospora indica and the effect of low glucose and phosphate levels on the symbiosis between the fungus and bacteria”. Student: Sharma, Shubangi. Cooperation between the Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental crops – IGZ, Großbeeren, Germany and the Amity University, New Dehli, India.
2012: Master thesis – “Influence of low phosphate, organic nitrogen and carbon on thesymbiosis between Piriformospora indica and Arabidopsis thaliana. And Effects of P. indica on the protein pattern of the Drosera capensis and Drosera rotundifolia exudates. Student: Brunel, Julien. Cooperation between the Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental crops – IGZ, Großbeeren, Germany and theUniversity of Burgundy, Burgundy, France.
1999: Bachelor thesis-“Production of Amylases from Bacillus sp. by discontinue fermentation”. Students: Ortiz Agudelo, Diana and Cuellar, Maria Clauidia . University Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Bogotá, Colombia.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2006-2010: DAAD fellowship. Doctoral work at the Department of Plant nutrition. Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental crops – IGZ. Großbeeren, Germany.