
Dr. Pedro Murúa Andrade
pedro.murua@uach.cl
- 2022-2024: Nucleo Milenio MASH “Marine Agronomy of Seaweed Holobionts”. Investigador adjunto.
- 2021-2023: INACh RT_42_20 “TROY: Tracking key eukaryote pathobiome members in AntaRctic coastal communities, with emphasis on OomYcete parasites”. Investigador principal.
- 2014 – 2018: BecasChile N◦ 72130422 “Molecular and cell biology of novel brown algal pathosystems”. Investigador principal.
- 2013-2015: FIC Atacama “Triploidia en huiro: implicaciones biológicas y productivas en la acuicultura de Macrocystis”. Investigador colaborador.
- 2013-2015: FIC Atacama “Evaluación de una estrategia de detoxificación de efluentes contaminados con metales pesados utilizando algas marinas chilenas”. Investigador colaborador.
- 2013-2014: FIC Los Lagos “Producción de semillas de algas de importancia comercial y su utilización como alternativa de diversificación para pescadores artesanales”. Investigador colaborador.
- 2013-2014: FIC Los Lagos “Estudio de Factibilidad de Cultivo y procesamiento de luche chileno para producción comercial de ‘Nori’: escalamiento productivo en el mar”. Investigador colaborador.
- 2012-2013: FIC Atacama “Uso de algas pardas de cultivo para la biorremediación del ambiente costero en la bahía de Chañaral”. Investigador colaborador.
- 2012-2013: FIC Atacama “Repoblamiento de Macrocystis integrifolia en la Región de Atacama (Fase II)”. Investigador colaborador.
- 2011-2012: FIC Atacama “Repoblamiento de Macrocystis integrifolia en la Región de Atacama”. Investigador colaborador.
- 2010-2011: Innova-Corfo 09PDAC-6896 “Perfil del recurso Lessonia trabeculata, como especie candidata al Programa de Diversificación de la Acuicultura Chilena”. Tesista
- 2006-2009: FONDEF D04I1288 “Maricultura de Macrocystis en Chile: introducción a técnicas de hibridación, caracterización de clones parentales e hibridación recíproca”. Memorista.
Proyectos Internacionales:
- 2022-2023: Safe Seaweed Coalition fund. “BASILISK – Characterization and bioBAnking of economically-relevant pestS and pathogens of pelillo (Agarophyton chilensis), for biosecurIty riSK management tool development”. Investigador principal
- 2021: GSS/RF/053. »BIOPHYCOL – Building scientific and technical capacities in phycology in Colombia». Investigador colaborador.
- 2020-2021: GSS/RF/019 algaBLISTER: A coLlaborative network for traininG and cApacity Building in aLgal dIseases in LaTin AmERica. Investigador principal
- 2018-2019: GCRF GlobalSeaweedSTAR. Postdoctoral research fellow.
- 2018-2019: EU Horizon GENIALG (GENetic diversity exploitation for Innovative macro-ALGal biorefinery). Postdoctoral research fellow.
- 2018-2019: EU Horizon ALFF (The ALgal Microbiome: Friends and Foes). Postdoctoral research fellow.
- 2017: UK NERC IOF Pump-priming + scheme (NE/L013223/1) Globalseaweed. Research fellow.
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- Functi onal insightinto seaweedholobionts:implicati ons forseaweedaquaculture in achangingenvironment” “dinámica funcionaldentro delholobiontemacroalgal:implicancias para laacuicultura demacroalgas en unambientecambiante”. FOVI240138. 2024. 2024-2026. Colaborador.
- Nucleo Milenio MASH “Marine Agronomy of Seaweed Holobiont» (Continuidad). NÚCLEOS MILENIO. 2024. 2024-2027. Investigador adjunto.
- ACUIALGAS – Estado y perspectivas del cultivo de macroalgas en America Latina FAO. 2023. 2023-2024. Investigador principal
- HADES: Host-pAthogen Dynamics and Ecology in Seaweeds, using Maullinia gall disease of wild «cochayuyo. Fondecyt Iniciacion N°11230059. 2023. 2023-2026. Investigador principal.
- Nucleo Milenio MASH “Marine Agronomy of Seaweed Holobiont. NÚCLEOS MILENIO. 2021. 2022-2024. Investigador adjunto.
- BASILISK – Characterization and bioBAnking of economically-relevant pestS and pathogens of pelillo (Agarophyton chilensis), for biosecurIty riSK management tool development Safe Seaweed Coalition. 2022. 2022-2024. Investigador principal
- TROY: Tracking key eukaryote pathobiome members in AntaRctic coastal communities, with emphasis on OomYcete parasites. INACh RT_42_20. 2021. 2021-2024. Investigador principal.
- algaBLISTER: A coLlaborative network for traininG and cApacity Building in aLgal dIseases in LaTin AmERica GlobalseaweedSTAR fund . 2020. 2020-2022. Investigador principal
- ‘BIOPHYCOL – Building scientific and technical capacities in phycology in Colombia». GlobalseaweedSTAR fund . 2021. 2021-2022. Co-investigador.
Guía tesis de Magíster:
- Sandra Saavedra. 2024. Modelamiento del sistema de cultivo de macroalgas en chile: chicorea de mar (Chondracanthus chamissoi), como caso de estudio. Magíster en Medio Ambiente y Bioseguridad en acuicultura. Universidad Austral de Chile.
Publicaciones indexadas WoS
- Michaela Hittorf, Andrea Garvetto, Marianne Magauer, Martin Kirchmair, Willibald Salvenmoser, Pedro Murua, Sigrid Neuhauser Pedro Murua 2024. Local endoreduplication of the host is a conserved process during Phytomyxeahost interaction. Frontiers in Microbiology. En revision. 1664-302X.
- Claire M. M. Gachon, Dieter G. Müller, Martina Strittmatter, Pedro Murúa, Max Beckmann, Amerssa Tsirigoti, Stephan Wawra, Christos Katsaros, Pieter van West, Frithjof C. Küpper Claire M. M. Gachon. 2024. Hypersensitive cell death is a conserved innate disease resistance mechanism of brown algae against the oomycete Eurychasma dicksonii. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. En revision. 0028-646X.
- Fernández P, Amsler Ch.D, Hurd CL, Díaz PA, Gaitán-Espitía JD, Macaya EC, Schmider-Martínez, A, Garrido I, Murúa P, Buschmann A. Fernández P. 2024. Diverse inorganic carbon uptake strategies in Antarctic seaweeds: Revealing species-specific responses and implications for Ocean Acidification. Sci Total Env. Publicado. 1879-1026.
- Murúa, P; Muñoz, L; Badis, Y; van West, P; Gachon, CMM Murúa P. 2024. Prevalence and seasonal variation of Olpidiopsis porphyrae (Oomycota) infecting red algal Bangiales from the Southern Pacific. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY. Publicado. 0967-0262.
- Vigil, BE; Ascue, F; Ayala, RY; Murúa, P; Calderon, MS; Bustamante, DE Bustamante, DE. 2024. Functional prediction based on 16S rRNA metagenome data from bacterial microbiota associated with macroalgae from the Peruvian coast. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. Publicado. 2045-2322.
- Murúa, P; Muñoz, L; Bustamante, D; Gauna, C; Hayashi, L; Robledo, D; Strittmatter, M; Arce, P; Westermeier, R; Müller, DG; Gachon, CMM Murúa P. 2024. The first phycopathological atlas in Latin America unveils the underdocumentation of algal pathogens. ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS. Publicado. 2211-9264.
- Muñoz, L; Patiño, DJ; Murúa, P Murúa P. 2024. Natural biocontrol of a Porphyra sp. pest on farmed Gracilaria chilensis by a pythiosis outbreak. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY. Publicado. 0921-8971.
- Zuccarello, GC; Gachon, CMM; Badis, Y; Murúa, P; Garvetto, A; Kim, GH Zuccarello, GC; Kim, GH. 2024. Holocarpic oomycete parasites of red algae are not Olpidiopsis , but neither are they all Pontisma or Sirolpidium (Oomycota). ALGAE. Publicado. 1226-2617.
- Mendez, C; Bustamante, DE; Calderon, MS; Gauna, C; Hayashi, L; Robledo, D; Tapia-Larios, C; Campbell, I; Westermeier, R; Murúa, P Murúa P. 2024. Biosecurity baseline for a sustainable development of seaweed aquaculture in Latin America. MARINE POLICY. Publicado. 0308-597X.
- Garvetto, A; Murúa, P; Kirchmair, M; Salvenmoser, W; Hittorf, M; Ciaghi, S; Harikrishnan, SL; Gachon, CMM; Burns, JA; Neuhauser, S Neuhauser, S. 2023. Phagocytosis underpins the biotrophic lifestyle of intracellular parasites in the class Phytomyxea (Rhizaria). NEW PHYTOLOGIST. Publicado. 0028-646X.
- Murúa, P; Garvetto, A; Egan, S; Gachon, CMM Murúa P. 2023. The Reemergence of Phycopathology: When Algal Biology Meets Ecology and Biosecurity. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY. Publicado. 0066-4286.
- Westermeier, R; González, C; Murúa, P; Morales, J; Patiño, DJ; Fabres, N; Zamorano, J; Müller, DG Westermeier R. 2022. Seasonal variation of carrageenan yield, gel strength and viscosity in Sarcopeltis (ex Gigartina) skottsbergii from Southern Chile. PHYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH. Publicado. 1322-0829.
- Strittmatter, M; Murúa, P; Perrineau, MM; Arce, P; Zhang, QY; Ruiz-González, C; Brakel, J; Brodie, J; Cottier-Cook, E; Potin, P; Gachon, CMM Strittmatter M. 2021. MY SEAWEED LOOKS WEIRD: A PARTICIPATIVE PORTAL TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN-ACCESS ONLINE ATLAS OF SEAWEED DISEASES PHYCOLOGIA. Publicado. 0031-8884.
- Murúa, P; Patiño, DJ; Müller, DG; Westermeier, R Murúa P. 2021. Sexual compatibility in giant kelp gametophytes: inter-cultivar hybridization is average between parents but excels under harsher conditions. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY. Publicado. 0921-8971.
- Murúa, P; Edrada-Ebel, R; Muñoz, L; Soldatou, S; Legrave, N; Müller, DG; Patiño, DJ; West, PC; Küpper, FC; Westermeier, R; Ebel, R; Peters, AF Murúa P. 2020. Morphological, genotypic and metabolomic signatures confirm interfamilial hybridization between the ubiquitous kelps Macrocystis (Arthrothamnaceae) and Lessonia (Lessoniaceae). SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. Publicado. 2045-2322.
- Murúa, P; Müller, DG; Etemadi, M; van West, P; Gachon, CMM Murúa P. 2020. Host and pathogen autophagy are central to the inducible local defences and systemic response of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera against the oomycete pathogen Anisolpidium ectocarpii. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. Publicado. 0028-646X.
Presentación en Congresos
- Murúa P*. 2021. Understanding resistance to diseases in brown algae: From cell plasticity towards high-throughput phenotyping. Congreso nacional de micro y macroalgas 2021. Chile (conferencia virtual).
- Muñoz L*, Küpper FC, Ramirez ME, Murúa P, Peters AF. 2021. Macroalgas cripticas de Isla de Pascua obtenidas por germinación de propágulos. Congreso nacional de micro y macroalgas 2021. Chile (conferencia virtual).
- Murúa P*. 2021. Hacia una ficopatología latinoamericana. I Simposio internacional de ficología aplicada: experiencias internacionales y colombianas. Colombia (Conferencia virtual).
- Murúa P*, Perrineau M-M, O´Connel C, Rad-Menéndez C, Arce P, Gachon CMM. 2021. Development of quantitative phenotyping techniques for disease resistance in brown algae with the model pathosystem Ectocarpus – Anisolpidium. 12th International Phycological Conference (IPC12). Puerto Varas, Chile. Exhibitor.
- Strittmatter M*, Perrineau M-M, Arce P, Brakel J, Murúa P, Potin P, Cottier-Cook E, Gachon CMM. 2020. My Seaweed Looks Weird: the web portal to report diseased algae. Colloque annuel de la Société Phycologique de France. Caen, France.
- Brakel J*, Badis Y, O´Connel C, Murúa P, Müller DG, Kim GH, Gachon CMM. 2020. A model system to improve our understanding of red algae – oomycete interaction. BPS Annual meeting, Plymouth, England, UK.
Presentación de posters
- Murúa P, Muñoz L, Bustamante D, Gauna C, Hayashi L, Robledo D, Gachon C. 2021. Actualización de patógenos de algas en Latinoamérica. Congreso nacional de micro y macroalgas 2021. Chile (conferencia virtual).
- Méndez CM, Murúa P. 2021. Análisis de políticas públicas asociadas a riesgos de bioseguridad en la acuicultura de macroalgas en Chile. Congreso nacional de micro y macroalgas 2021. Chile (conferencia virtual).
- Murúa P, Strittmatter M, Arce P, Gachon CMM. 2021. MAVE: hacia el desarrollo de un atlas de enfermedades de algas latinoamericanas. Congreso nacional de micro y macroalgas 2021. Chile (conferencia virtual).
- Murúa P*, Perrineau M-M, O’Connel C, Arce P, Rad-Menendez C, Gachon C. 2021. Development of quantitative phenotyping techniques for disease resistance in brown algae with the model pathosystem Ectocarpus – Anisolpidium. XI International Phycological Congress. Puerto Varas, Chile (online conference).
- Strittmatter M*, Murúa P, Perrineau M-M, Arce P, Zhang Q, Ruiz Gonzalez C, Brakel J, Brodie J, Cottier-Cook E, Potin P, Gachon CMM. 2021. My seaweed looks weird: a participative portal to support the development of an open-access online atlas of seaweed diseases. XI International Phycological Congress. Puerto Varas, Chile (online conference).
- Brakel J*, Strittmatter M, Perrineau M-M, Arce P, Murúa P, Gachon CMM. 2020. My seaweed looks weird: the web portal to report diseased algae. BPS Annual meeting, Plymouth, England, UK.
- Perrineau MM*, Rad-Menéndez C, Murúa P, Gachon CMM. 2019. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis and genome-wide association study (GWAS) of brown algae: the keystones to marker-assisted selection for the seaweed industry. Seventh European Phycological Congress. Zagreb, Croatia.