Dra. Susana Sánchez Donoso

Dra. Susana Sánchez Donoso

Dra. Susana Sánchez Donoso

Profesora Asociada

Fono: +5641 220 3421
susanchez@udec.cl

Título Profesional

Bioquímico. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Valparaíso. Chile (1997).

Grado(s) Académico(s)

Licenciatura en Bioquímica. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Chile, 1986.
Doctor en Química. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Chile, 1997.

Perfeccionamiento y Especialización

– Staff Scientist in Biophysics. Fundación-CNIC-Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares. Departamento de Biología Vascular e Inmunología. Madrid, España.
– Research Scientist and LFD-User Coordinator. Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD). NIH Center for Research and Development. Biomedical Engineering Department. University of California at Irvine. Irvine, CA, USA.
– Research Physicist and LFD-User Coordinator. Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics. NIH Center for Research and Development. Department of Physics. University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign. Urbana, IL, USA.
– Research Physicist. Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics. NIH Center for Research and Development. Department of Physics. University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign. Urbana, IL, USA.
– Postdoctoral Research Associate. Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics. NIH Center for Research and Development. Department of Physics. University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign. Urbana, IL, USA.
– Visiting Research Associate. Department of Biochemistry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Urbana, IL, USA.

Docencia

2024
530.018 Qca General II
530.050 Qca General I
2023
530.017 Qca General I
535.453 Polímeros
2022:
530.017 Qca General I
530.034 Qca General I
535.453 Polímeros
530.018 Qca General II
530.127 Qca General I
531.450 A.M.Pol
2021:
530.017 Qca General I
530.034 Qca General I
535.565 Teoría de Polímeros
535.566 Experimental de Polímeros
530.032 Orient. Prof y Respons.Social
530.018 Qca General II
530.127 Qca General I
531.450 A.M.Pol

Programa Doctorado en Quimica, Uniersidad de Concepcion
4201176 Seminario Bibliográfico
4201202 Polimeros de uso medico

Líneas de Investigación

  • Fluidez de membrana y segregación de dominios.
  • Técnicas de microscopía de fluorescencia nono y bifotónica.
  1. Joao Aguilar, Silvana A. Rosú, José Ulloa, German Gunther, Bruno F. Urbano,M. Alejandra Tricerri*,
    Susana A. Sánchez*. Studying biological events using biopolymeric matrices
    Biophysical Reviews (2025).
    DOI:10.1007/s12551-025-01303-z
  2. Aguilar J, Malacrida L, Gunther G, Torrado B, Torres V, Urbano BF, Sánchez SA* Cells immersed in collagen matrices show a decrease in plasma membrane fluidity as the matrix stiffness increases.
    Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr, 1865(7):184176 (2023).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2023.184176.
  3. Rosú SA , Aguilar J , Urbano BF, Tarraga WA, Ramella NA, Longo GS , Finarelli GS , Sanchez SA*, Tricerri MA*. Interactions of variants of human apolipoprotein A-I with biopolymeric model matrices. Effect of collagen and heparin.
    Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 750 (2023) 109805(1-8)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2023.109805.
  4. Lolo F-N , Walani N, Seemann E , Zalvidea D, Pavón DM, Cojoc G , Zamai M , Christine Viaris de Lesegno C, Martínez de Benito F, Sánchez-Álvarez M , Uriarte JS , Echarri A , Jiménez-Carretero D , Escolano JC, Sánchez SA, Navajas D , Trepat X , Guck J , Lamaze C, Roca-Cusachs P, Kessels MM, Qualmann B, Arroyo M , Del Pozo MA. Caveolin-1 dolines form a distinct and rapid caveolae-independent mechanoadaptation system.
    Nat Cell Biol. 25(1):120-133 (2022).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41556-022-01034-3.
  5. Gunther G, Malacrida L, Jameson DM, Gratton E, Sánchez SA*. Laurdan since Weber: the quest for visualizing membrane heterogeneity.
    Acc. Chem. Res. 54(4) 976–987 (2021).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00687.
  1. 2024-2027 FONDECYT Nº1240543: Design and synthesis of polyelectrolytes for singlet molecular oxygen-mediated photooxidation with visible light, durable in the dark. Co-Investigador.
  2. 2024-2027 FONDECYT Nº1241988: Elucidating a possible transmission vector for Helicobacter pylori: stressing factors involved in its exit from Candida albicans, and the mechanisms involved in the entry and exit of this bacterium from the yeast. Co-Investigador.