Miryan Rivera, Mtr.

miryanrivera@gmail.com

Grupo de investigación:

Areas of research: Bioprospecting / Microbiology.

  Current research: 

• Cytogenetics and amphibian biomolecules

  Education:

• 2010. Master in Intelligence Development and Education. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
• 2006. Specialization in Intelligence Development and Education. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. 
• 1989. Bachelor in Biology. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.  

  Current position: 

• Adjunct investigator to the group of Dr. Jaime Costales at the Center for Research on Health in Latin America. 
• Professor at the School of Biological Sciences. College of Exact and Natural Sciences. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

  Recent publications: 

• García, D. G., Garzón-Romero, C., Salazar, M. A., Lagos, K. J., Campaña, K. O., Debut, A., ... & Romero, M. P. (2023). Bioinspired Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles Based on Iron Oxides Using Orange Waste and Their Application as Photo-Activated Antibacterial Agents. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(5), 4770.
• Cuadrado, C.F.; Díaz-Barrios, A.; Campaña, K.O.; Romani, E.C.; Quiroz, F.; Nardecchia, S.; Debut, A.; Vizuete, K.; Niebieskikwiat, D.; Ávila, C.E.; Salazar, M.A.; Garzón-Romero, C.; Blasco-Zúñiga, A.; Rivera, M.R.; Romero, M.P. (2022). Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial ZnMintPc Encapsulated in Magnetic-Nanocomposites with Graphene Oxide/MWCNTs Based on Bimodal Action of Photodynamic and Photothermal Effects. Pharmaceutics, 14, 705. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14040705

• Cuesta, S. A., Reinoso, C., Morales, F., Pilaquinga, F., Morán-Marcillo, G., Proaño-Bolaños, C., Blasco-Zúñiga, A., Rivera, M. &  Meneses, L. (2021). Novel antimicrobial cruzioseptin peptides extracted from the splendid leaf frog, Cruziohyla calcarifer. Amino Acids. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-021-02986-w

• Suárez, P., Ferro, J.M., Nagamachi, C.Y., Cardoszo, D.E., Blasco-Zúñiga, A., Silva, J.B., Marciano-JR, E., Costa, M.A., Orrico, V.G., Sole, M., Roberto, I.J., Rivera, M., Wiley, J.E., Faivoviche, J., Baldo, D., Pieczarka, J.C. (2020). Chromosome evolution in Lophyohylini (Amphibia, Anura, Hylinae). PLOS ONE 15(6): e0234331. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234331

• Proaño-Bolaños, C.; Blasco-Zúñiga, A.; Almeida, J.R.; Wang, L.; Llumiquinga, M.A.; Rivera, M.; Zhou, M.; Chen, T.; Shaw, C.(2019). Unravelling the Skin Secretion Peptides of the Gliding Leaf Frog, Agalychnis spurrelli (Hylidae). Biomolecules 9(11): 667

• Cuesta, S., Gallegos, F., Arias, J., Pilaquinga, F., Blasco-Zúñiga, A., Proaño-Bolaños, C., Rivera, M. & Meneses. L.  (2019). Molecular modeling of four Dermaseptin-related peptides of the gliding tree frog Agalychnis spurrelli. J Mol Model 25: 260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-019-4141-1

• Ferro, J. M., Cardozo, D. E., Suárez, P., Boeris, J. M., Blasco-Zúñiga, A., Barbero, G., et al. (2018). Chromosome evolution in Cophomantini (Amphibia, Anura, Hylinae). PloS one 13(2), e0192861
  

• Flechas SV, Blasco-Zúñiga A, Merino-Viteri A, Ramírez-Castañeda V, Rivera M, Amézquita A. (2017) The effect of captivity on the skin microbial symbionts in three Atelopus species from the lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador. PeerJ 5:e3594

• Santos, J. S., Introíni, G. O., Veiga-Menoncello, A. C., Blasco, A., Rivera, M., & Recco-Pimentel, S. M. (2016). Comparative sperm ultrastructure of twelve leptodactylid frog species with insights into their phylogenetic relationships. Micron 91, 1-10

  ReseachGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miryan_Rivera