Dr. Andrea Gomez-Chamorro
E-mail: andrea.gomez.chamorro@gmail.com
My post-doctoral research aims to understand the coevolutionary interactions of tick-borne pathogens within coinfected hosts. I take an experimental evolution approach to test whether coinfection drives the evolutionary of pathogen fitness, infectivity, and virulence. My project is in collaboration with Dr. Alejandro Cabesaz-Cruz (Institute for Agricultural Research INRA)
Publications
Gomez-Chamorro, A., Battilotti, F., Cayol, C., Mappes, T., Koskela, E., Boulanger, N., Genné, D., Sarr, A., Voordouw, M.J. 2019. Susceptibility to infection with Borrelia afzelii and TLR2 polymorphism in a wild reservoir host. Scientific Reports 9, 6711.
Genné, D., Sarr, A., Gomez-Chamorro, A., Durand, J., Cayol, C., Rais, O., Voordouw, M.J. 2018. Competition between strains of Borrelia afzelii inside the rodent host and the tick vector. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285, 20181804.
Cayol, C., Giermek, A., Gomez-Chamorro, A., Hytönen, J., Kallio, E.R., Mappes, T., Salo, J., Voordouw, M.J., Koskela, E. 2018. Borrelia afzelii alters reproductive success in a rodent host. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285, 20181056.
Heylen, D.J., Sprong, H., Krawczyk, A., Van Houtte, N., Genné, D., Gomez-Chamorro, A., Van Oers, K., Voordouw, M.J. 2017. Inefficient co-feeding transmission of Borrelia afzelii in two common European songbirds. Scientific Reports 7, 39596.
Education
2018 PhD in Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
“Immunoecology of a Rodent Reservoir Host of the Lyme Disease Pathogen: The bank vole – Borrelia afzelii model”.
2013 MSc in Ecology and Evolution, University of Munich, Germany. “Prevalence and seasonality of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Questing Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Southern Germany: A five-year follow-up study”.
2011 BSc in Biology and Microbiology, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
Awards
2019 Early Postdoc Fellowship, Swiss National Foundation, Switzerland.
2018 Equal opportunities grant, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.
2016 Mobility Grant, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.
2011 – 2013 Scholarship for Master Studies, Colombian Government (Colfuturo) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
2006 – 2011 Scholarship for bachelor studies, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.