Ruth Tamara Montero Meza

Forsker

Ernæring og fysiologi for enmagede dyr

I am a Chilean Biochemist from the Faculty of Chemist and Biology from Universidad de Santiago de Chile, and PhD in Natural Sciences specialized in Biotech and Applied Immunology from the joint doctorate program between Universität Greifswald and the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Germany. Since the very beginning I was interested in studying fish immunology, as I enjoy the challenges of working in this field. Since 2011 until now, I have worked in different projects related to the identification and functional characterization of the trout and salmon immune system and responses. In the last years I have been working with fish vaccination and how environmental cues and stimuli (season, photoperiod, nutrition, feed ingredients, pathogens) modulate immune responses of salmonids. Altogether drove me to the great topic I am currently working on at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, being that chrono-immuno-nutrition – the what, how and when matter - .

Publikasjoner
Liste med publikasjoner fra min forskning. (Cristin)
https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-3019-1800

Undervisning

Master's students	University/institution - Country
2	Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile
1	Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany. International internship of a Chilean student
1	Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

o Collaborating teacher of the course "Immunology" for Biochemistry students, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH). o Visiting teacher of the course "in vitro culture of tissues" for Biotechnology students, Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (UNICIT).

o Teacher of the course "Immunology Laboratory" for Biotechnology students, Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (UNICIT).

o Visiting teacher of the course "in vitro culture of tissues" for Biotechnology students, Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (UNICIT).

o Visiting teacher of the course "laboratory of in vitro culture of tissues" for Biotechnology students, Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (UNICIT).

o Assistant Laboratory of the course "Cell Biology I" for students of chemistry and biology, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

o Assistant Laboratory of the course "laboratory of biochemistry" for Civil Engineering Chemistry students, Universidad de Santiago de Chile. o Assistant Laboratory of the course "laboratory of biochemistry" for Civil Engineering in Biotechnology students, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

o Assistant Laboratory of the course "laboratory of immunology" for Biochemistry students, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

Mer om meg og CV

Languages

Spanish (native) English (advance) German (advance) Portuguese (advance) Norwegian (basic)

Other relevant professional experiences

Year	Description - Role
2019 -	Member of the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network, IVVN, UK
2021-	Speaker (service): Mentoring Program for Young Female Scientists: Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
2022-	Member of the International Society of Fish and Shellfish Immunology
2022-	Reviewer in journals: Fishes, Journal of Comparative Physiology, Microorganisms, Aquaculture reports, Frontiers in Immunology
2023-	Volunteer for the Board Members, International Society of Fish and Shellfish Immunology
2023	Guest editor for Special issue "Fish Immunology and Vaccination", Animals
2023	Topic coordination for Special issue "Chrono-Immunonutrition in aquaculture towards robust and resilient fish", Frontiers in Immunology

Keynote speaker
March 2023 Seaweed Applications - Opportunities and Challenges 2023, Trondheim, Norway.
"Seaweed bioactive compounds can improve salmon robustness: insights for the seaweed industry."

Awards
2019 Winner of the 1st place in the Poster competition, UK & International Veterinary Vaccinology Network conference, London.

Scholarships (4)
- 2016 Becas Chile-DAAD: to perform a PhD program in Germany. Bilateral Agreement Abroad: Chilean-German authorities.
-2018 Full scholarship to attend the conference: TwinnToInfect Spring School in Infection and Immunity, Lisbon, Portugal. Supported by the European Union, The European Journal of Immunology, The European Federation of Immunological Societies and The Sociedade Portuguesa da Imunologia.
-2018 Full scholarship to attend the conference: UK & International Veterinary Vaccinology Network 2019, London, United Kingdom. Supported by The European Union and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, among other private companies and research institutes.
-2019 Scholarship for an international internship in Czech Republic. AquaExcel 2020 (AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020).

Additional training, Germany
01.02.2018 Training for the equipment LSR Fortessa Flow Cytometer, Becton Dickinson
15.03.2018 Training in Cells, Proteins and their Futures, GE Healthcare
2019 Seminar and workshop on design and marketing 23.05.2019 Introduction to scientific research
28 – 29.05.2019 Presence training and self-marketing
for female scientists
11 – 14.02.2020 Communication and conflict
14.11.2019 Networking training in science 28.11.2019 Career planning
22.04.2020 Leadership skills in science
17.02.2020 Good scientific practice. Knowledge and understanding of basic values and rules of scientific responsibility at all stages of the scientific process pursuant to local, national, and international guidelines