Alejandra Suarez-Arnedo, MS | Duke University - Segura Lab

Alejandra's project focuses on understanding how the granular nature of MAP scaffolds contributes to wound resolution. By tweaking the mechanical characteristics of her material, she's hoping to reduce the mechanical forces exerted by cells and control the fibroblast-myofibroblast transition - which hopefully leads to skin regeneration!

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08 Sep Alejandra Suarez-Arnedo, MS

PhD Candidate

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Un alma apasionada atrapada en el cuerpo de una científica. Alejandra joined the Segura Lab as a Ph.D. student in January 2021. She graduated with two M.S. degrees in Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia in 2018 and 2020. Prior to graduate school, she received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a B.S. in Microbiology at La Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Her interests outside of the lab include drawing and traveling.

Contact

Email: alejandra.suarez.arnedo@duke.edu

Publications

Suarez-Arnedo A, Torres Figueroa F, Clavijo C, Arbeláez P, Cruz JC, Muñoz-Camargo C. (2020) “An image J plugin for the high throughput image analysis of in vitro scratch wound healing assays.” PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232565

Suarez-Arnedo A, Narváez DM, Sarmiento P, Bocanegra L, Salcedo F, Muñoz C, Groot H, Cruz J. (2019) “Tridimensional alginate disks of tunable topologies for mammalian cell encapsulation.” Analytical Biochemistry. 574:31-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2019.03.008.