Diego Vargas Blanco
Biology & Biotechnology
Education:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Masters in Biotechnology, Feb 2018
Universidad Católica de Santa María (Arequipa, Peru), Biotechnology Engineering (Professional Title), Dec 2012
Universidad Católica de Santa María (Arequipa, Peru), B.S. Biotechnology Engineering, Dec 2009
Diego’s fascination with understanding how things work, alongside a passion for biological sciences, led him to study biotechnological engineering. He then came to WPI with a Fulbright scholarship to pursue a Masters with Prof. Rao and a Ph.D. with Prof. Shell. Diego was intrigued to find that after over a hundred years of research on TB, there are many secrets hidden in the genome of this bacterium that confer a remarkable ability to survive stress conditions. He is focused on understanding the regulation of mRNA stability as an adaptive response to environmental changes. In addition to doing research in the Shell lab, Diego enjoys oil painting and ballroom dancing. More...
Office Location
Gateway Park (60 Prescott St), Room 4239
Contact
Phone:
508-831-5050
Lab website
Professional Affiliations
Research Interests
Research Interests:
mRNA stability
Bacterial stress response
Microbial pathogenesis and immunology
Scholarly Work
Scholarly Work:
Vargas-Blanco et al (2017). A pre-therapeutic coating for medical devices that prevents the attachment of Candida albicans. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials. doi: 10.1186/s12941-017-0215-z
Vargas Blanco, D.A. (2012). Evaluación de cuatro sustratos y comparación de dos métodos de producción y recolección de esporas de Trichoderma spp., bajo condiciones de laboratorio – Arequipa 2011. Univérsitas, 12(2).