Education

2014: PhD in Biology. Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Rosario, Argentina. National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET). Topic: Effect of light on the interactions between Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri and host plants.

2008: MSc in Biotechnology. Faculty of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National University of Rosario, Argentina. Topic: Construction of vectors for the genetic transformation of plants and development of strategies for the selection of transformation events.

Academic Positions

(04/2014-06/2016)
Postdoctoral fellow at Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Rosario, Argentina (CONICET). Topic: Routes of degradation of phenolic compounds in plant pathogens; role in virulence, environmental and adaptive implications.

(05/2011-05/2016)
Auxiliary teacher at the Molecular Biology department. Faculty of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National University of Rosario.

(04/2009-03/2014)
Doctoral fellow at Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Rosario, Argentina (CONICET). Topic: Effect of light on the interactions between Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri and host plants.

(07/2014 - 08/2014)
Guest researcher at Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany.

(06/2014 - 07/2014)
Guest researcher at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

(11-12/2012)
Guest researcher at Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, National University of San Pablo, San Pablo, Brazil.

(06/2012 - 08/2012)
Guest researcher at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

(11/2010)
Guest researcher at Valencian Institute of Agricultural Research, Valencia, Spain.

Research Interests

Bacterial degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons under anoxic conditions; bioremediation; transcriptomics and proteomics.

Publications

Albarracín VH, Kraiselburd I, Bamann C, Wood P, Bamberg E, Farias ME, Gärtner W (2016) Functional green-tuned proteorhodopsin from modern stromatolites. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0154962. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154962.

Tondo ML, Delprato ML, Kraiselburd I, Fernández Zenoff MV, Farías ME, Orellano EG (2016) KatG, the bifunctional catalase of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri, responds to hydrogen peroxide and contributes to epiphytic survival on citrus leaves. PLoS ONE 11(3):e0151657. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151657.

Kraiselburd I, Gutt A, Losi A, Gärtner W, Orellano EG (2015) Functional Characterization of a LOV-Histidine Kinase Photoreceptor from Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri. Photochemistry and Photobiology 91: 1123-1132. doi: 10.1111/php.12493.

Kraiselburd I, Daurelio LD, Tondo ML, Merelo P, Cortadi AA Talón M, Tadeo FR, Orellano EG (2013) The LOV protein of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri plays a significant role in the counteraction of plant immune responses during citrus canker. PLoS ONE 8(11): e80930. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080930.

Kraiselburd I, Alet AI, Tondo ML, Petrocelli S, Daurelio LD, Monzón J, Ruiz OA, Losi A, Orellano EG (2012) A LOV Protein Modulates the Physiological Attributes of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri Relevant for Host Plant Colonization. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38226. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038226.