Virginia Loza

Experience

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  Fundación General de la Universidad Autónoma de Mdaridv - FUAM

  May 2005 - Apr 2007

  FGUAM Research Fellow

  Professional Competencies: Field surveys in rivers, water analysis, isolation of DNA from river biofilms, culturing techniques, epifluorescence microscopy, molecular techniques, isolation and morphological characterization of freshwater benthic cyanobacteria.

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  Fundación General de la Universidad Autónoma de Mdaridv - FUAM

  Jun 2007 - Apr 2010

  Environmental Scientist

  Environmental scientist in a partnership research project titled "Study of chemical and biological assessment in the Tejada stream (Madrid, Spain) and the stabilization pond of effluent process" between Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and two international companies, BP Solar and Befesa. Professional Competencies: Field surveys in rivers, water analysis, isolation of DNA from river biofilms, epifluorescence microscopy, molecular techniques,isolation and identification of freshwater benthic cyanobacteria for water quality monitoring purposes, data process and writing final report. Show less

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  Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2012

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  Professional Competencies: Field surveys in rivers, water analysis, enzymatic bioassays in situ, isolation of DNA from river biofilms, PCR, molecular fingerprinting (PCR-TGGE), sequencing and phylogenetic analysis, and isolation of freshwater benthic cyanobacteria.

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  University of Sheffield

  Aug 2012 - Nov 2012

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  Molecular analysis of bacterial communities in drinking-water distribution systems: isolation of DNA from water samples, PCR, purification of PCR products, enzymatic digestions for T-RFLP´s, sequencing profiling.

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  James Cook University

  Jan 2013 - Jun 2014

  Postdoctoral Visiting scientist

  Professional Competencies: Isolation, culturing and phylogenetic characterization of tropical nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria and microalgae for biotechnological applications. Support and nurture the research and teaching activities in genetics and evolution within the School of Marine and Tropical Biology.

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  Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

  Oct 2014 - Feb 2015

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  Professional Competencies: Field surveys in rivers and arid soils, water analysis, enzymatic bioassays, isolation of DNA from river biofilms and biological soil crusts, NGS platforms (Illumina), PCR, molecular fingerprinting (PCR-TGGE), sequencing and phylogenetic analysis, and isolation of benthic cyanobacteria.

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  SALHER

  Apr 2017 - Dec 2020

  Coordinadora de Calidad