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Education/Academic qualification
Medicine, PhD, University of Sydney
Award Date: Apr 17 2015
Biology, BSc, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Award Date: Feb 2 2006
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Molecular epidemiology, genomics, population genetics analysis and pathogenesis of the members of the Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii species complexes and other fungal species of clinical importance
Meyer, W., Firacative, C., Trilles, L. & Escandón, P.
6/1/18 → 12/31/24
Project: Research Project
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Characterization of atypical yeasts at the Mayor Méderi University Hospital: molecular identification, antifungal susceptibility and epidemiological characteristics of infected patients.
Firacative, C., Izquierdo, M. A., Tabares Rodriguez, B. A., Lugo Sánchez, C. F., Gil Montoya, O. I. & Hernández Pabón, J. C.
12/17/21 → 12/16/23
Project: Research Project
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LatAsp: Latin American survey on the resistance of Aspergillus fumigatus to sunburn in 12 countries, 20 laboratories.
Grimaldi e Cruz, M., Meyer, W., Melhem, M. S. C., Moretti, M., Trilles, L., Bustamante, B., Parra Giraldo, C. M., Castañón-Olivares, L. R., Alvarez Duarte, E. A., Alvarez-Moreno, C. A., Bonfietti, L. X., Castañeda, E., Díaz, M. C., Dolande, M., Estigarriba-Sanabria, G. M., Fernández, N. B., Firacative, C., Ferreira-Paim, K., González González, G. M., Gomez Giraldo, B. L., Gross, N. T., Jaikel-Víquez, D., Pape, P. L., Soares Martins, L. M., Moller Sundfeldt, A., Neyra, E., Noguera Angarita, M. C., Samayoa, B., Sánchez-Paredes, E., Segundo-Zaragoza, C., Vergara, M. L. S., Puime, A., Fernandes Takahashi, J. P., Trabasso, P., Venturini, J. & Zurita-Salinas, L. J.
9/1/21 → 8/31/23
Project: Research Project
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Evaluation of the antifungal capacity of synthetic antibacterial peptides against clinical isolates of the emerging, multiresistant yeast Candida auris recovered in Colombia and other Candida species of public health importance.
Munoz Henao, J. E., Firacative, C., Gomez Giraldo, B. L., Patarroyo Gutierrez, M. A., Escandón Hernández, P. L. & Barreto-Santamaría, A.
11/6/20 → 11/6/23
Project: Research Project
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Antimicrobial Peptides: Avant-Garde Antifungal Agents to Fight against Medically Important Candida Species
Rodríguez-Castaño, G. P., Rosenau, F., Ständker, L. & Firacative, C., Feb 27 2023, In: Pharmaceutics. 15, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Cm-p5 Peptide Dimers Inhibit Biofilms of Candida albicans Clinical Isolates, C. parapsilosis and Fluconazole-Resistant Mutants of C. auris
Amann, V., Kissmann, A-K., Mildenberger, V., Krebs, I., Perez-Erviti, J. A., Martell-Huguet, E. M., Otero-Gonzalez, A. J., Morales-Vicente, F., Rodríguez-Castaño, G. P., Firacative, C., Rodríguez, A., Ständker, L., Weil, T., Spellerberg, B., Stenger, S. & Rosenau, F., Jun 6 2023, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24, 12, p. 1-14 14 p., 9788.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Genotypic diversity and antifungal susceptibility of clinical isolates of Cryptococcus gattii species complex from Argentina
Taverna, C. G., Arias, B. A., Firacative, C., Vivot, M. E., Szusz, W., Vivot, W., Mazza, M., Córdoba, S. B. & Canteros, C. E., Jan 7 2023, In: Mycopathologia. 188, p. 51–61 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
In Vitro Antifungal Activity of Three Synthetic Peptides against Candida auris and Other Candida Species of Medical Importance
Torres, R., Barreto-Santamaría, A., Arévalo-Pinzón, G., Firacative, C., Gómez, B. L., Escandón, P., Patarroyo, M. A. & Muñoz, J. E., Aug 2023, In: Antibiotics. 12, 8, p. 1-15 15 p., 1234.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-locus sequence typing and phylogenetics of Cryptococcus neoformans AD hybrids
Cogliati, M., Chidebelu, P. E., Hitchcock, M., Chen, M., Rickerts, V., Ackermann, S., Desnos Ollivier, M., Inácio, J., Nawrot, U., Florek, M., Kwon-Chung, K. J., Yang, D. H., Firacative, C., Puime, C. A., Escandon, P., Bertout, S., Roger, F. & Xu, J., Dec 19 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fungal Genetics and Biology. 170, p. 1-13 13 p., 103861.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Tercer puesto en el concurso de póster de investigación de Méderi
Firacative, Carolina (Recipient), Nov 1 2019
Prize
Activities
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Article presentation: "Tackling the emerging threat of antifungal resistance to human health"
Jose Rafael Ramos Santos (Speaker), Maria Gabriela Robayo Romero (Speaker), Juan Sebastian Padilla Guardo (Speaker) & Carolina Firacative (Organizer)
Apr 20 2022Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
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Práctica: "Montaje y lectura de pruebas de susceptibilidad a antifúngicos - Microdilución en caldo"
Carolina Firacative (Participant)
Aug 23 2022Activity: Other activity types › Lab Work
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5th ECMM Educational Symposium - RARE YEASTS – A GROWING THREAT
Carolina Firacative (Participant)
Jul 1 2021 → Jul 2 2021Activity: Participation or organization of an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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20th Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology
Beatriz Lucia Gomez Giraldo (Participant) & Carolina Firacative (Participant)
Jun 30 2018 → Jul 4 2018Activity: Participation or organization of an event › Participation in conference