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Alejandro Aravena

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Bioengineering· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Fernán FedericiiD· 2 shared Francisco Javier QueroiD· 2 shared Tamara MatúteiD· 2 shared Valentina FerrandoiD· 2 shared Wladimir Araya· 2 shared Aníbal ArceiD· 1 shared Ariel B. LindneriD· 1 shared Ariel CerdaiD· 1 shared

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FluOpti: an open-source system for programmable whole-plate optogenetics and multi-fluorescence imaging

Isaac Nuñez, Tamara Matúte, Alejandro Aravena, Wladimir Araya, Daniel Nuñez, Severine Cazaux, Valentina Ferrando, Patricio Obregón, Francisco Javier Quero, Gustavo Düring, Timothy Rudge, Fernán Federici

FluOpti enables programmable optogenetics and multi-fluorescence imaging across whole petri dishes to study spatial gene network dynamics in bacterial colonies.

bioRxiv · Oct 18, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering

Open Educational Resources for distributed hands-on teaching in molecular biology

Ariel Cerda, Alejandro Aravena, Valentina Zapata, Aníbal Arce, Wladimir Araya, Domingo Gallardo, Javiera A Avilés, Francisco Javier Quero, Isaac Núñez, Tamara Matúte, Felipe Navarro, Valentina Ferrando, Marta Blanco, Sebastián Velozo, Sebastian Rodriguez, , Fernán Federici

This paper describes open educational resources for teaching molecular biology techniques using locally produced reagents, open-source hardware, and free software, demonstrating their effectiveness in remote and low-resource settings.

PLoS ONE · Aug 5, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology