Gustavo Andrés Monasterio Ocares

Gustavo Andrés Monasterio Ocares

Postdoctoral Researcher
Visiting address: L8:03, CMM, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna, 17176 Stockholm
Postal address: K2 Medicin, Solna, K2 Imm o alle Villablanca E, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • I am a Cancerfonden Postdoctoral Fellow at Eduardo Villablanca Lab, in the
    Department of Medicine, Solna.


    I earned my Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry (DMD) degree from the University of
    Chile in 2017 and successfully defended my doctoral thesis in 2020. My thesis
    focused on the immunogenicity and virulence of an oral pathobiont associated
    with periodontitis. In 2018, I completed a ten-month internship at the
    Karolinska Institute, working in Dr. Eduardo Villablanca's laboratory. During
    my time there, I organized and raised funds for the Society for Mucosal
    Immunology (SMI), which led to the first "Oral-gut symposium: Mucosal
    immunity at the oral-gut axis in health or disease" held in January 2020 at
    Fundación Ciencia y Vida in Santiago, Chile.


    As a postdoctoral fellow, I have developed expertise in spatial
    transcriptomics and proteomics, animal models of intestinal inflammation, and
    the physiology and immunity of the oral mucosa and salivary glands. I have
    also created novel tools to study the effects of intestinal disorders on the
    upper gastrointestinal tract, including the oral, esophageal, and stomach
    mucosa and associated organs. Upon completing my initial postdoctoral
    training, I co-authored a study published in Immunity, which
    explored the role of B lymphocytes in intestinal mucosal regeneration.
    I am currently spearheading my research, focusing on the consequences of
    intestinal disorders (i.e., inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer)
    on oral homeostasis. My work combines my background in oral immunology and
    microbiology with cutting-edge technology and tools developed and
    optimized in Dr. Villablanca's laboratory to study the mechanisms of
    initiating and resolving intestinal disorders. I have successfully
    secured funding for my research from The Osteology Foundation, Lars Hierta
    Memorial Foundation, and Loo and Hans Osterman Foundation. Additionally, I
    have been awarded a competitive and prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship from
    the Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden), which will support my salary for
    the next three years.


    My publishing record in the field of oral and intestinal immunology includes
    nine articles as first author, two book chapters as first author, and 13
    articles as co-authors.


    Fellowships and Grants




    - 2023. KI internal funding for OralGut conference 2: "Expanding the horizons of GI tract Immunology and Microbiology" (197 KSEK)

    - 2023. European Crohn's and Colitis Organization (ECCO) Research Grant (920 KSEK)

    - 2023. IADR Osteology Foundation New Investigator Award in Oral Tissue
    Regeneration (795 KSEK)

    - 2023. Swedish Society for Immunology (SWIMM) Travel Grant (6 KSEK)

    - 2022. Travel Grant for assistance to Gordon Research Conference in
    Immunochemistry and Immunobiology, Barcelona, Spain.

    - 2022. Cancerfonden (The Swedish Cancer Society) Postdoctoral Grant (2.1 MSEK)

    - 2022. Karolinska Institute foundation Research Grant (109.7 KSEK)

    - 2022. Lars Hierta Memorial Foundation Research Grant (50 KSEK)

    - 2021. Loo and Hans Osterman Foundation Research Grant (150 KSEK)

    - 2021. Osteology Young Researcher Grant (350 KSEK)

    - 2018. Funding for PhD operational expenses from the Chilean Government.

    - 2018. Travel grant for assistance to International Conference from the
    Chilean Government.

    - 2018. Scholarship for 10 months Internship abroad (Sweden) from the
    Chilean Government.

    - 2016. PhD fellowship ANID 21170297 from the Chilean Government (4 years
    salary)

    - 2016. Travel grant for assistance to International Conference from the
    Chilean Government.

Research

  • Extraintestinal manifestations of intestinal disorders, oral-gut axis, salivary glands physiology, and immunity.

Teaching

  • Students’ supervision

    2020 –Current
    Eduardo Villablanca’s Laboratory, Immunology and Allergy Unit, Department of Medicine, Solna. Karolinska Institute.




    - Summer School in Medical Research: Xenia Tolstoy (8 weeks, KI Summer School in Medical Research, Karolinska Institute, Sweden)

    - Santander Scholarship for Internship in Medical Research within Europe: Valentina Olmedo (7 months, Bachelor Dentistry program, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile)

    - Research Introductory Course for Biomedical Students 3 (1QA120). Katarína Bankóová (8 weeks, Karolinska Institute, Sweden)

    - Master’s degree: Laura Geerlings (8 months, Master internship Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

    - Summer School in Medical Research: Katarína Bankóová (8 weeks, KI Summer School in Medical Research, Karolinska Institute, Sweden)

    2018 – 2020


    Periodontal Biology Lab. Dentistry Faculty, Universidad de Chile.




    - Theses to obtain the Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry degree:


    - Claudia Arias Abarca. Thesis approved with the highest score (7.0). 2020.

    - Francisca Castillo Perez. Thesis approved with the highest score (7.0). 2019.

    - Jose Matias Guevara. Thesis approved with the highest score (7.0). 2018.

    - Victoria Budini Jorquera. Thesis approved with the highest score (7.0). 2018.

    - Juan Pablo Ibarra Torres. Thesis approved with the highest score (7.0). 2018

Articles

All other publications

Selected grants

Grants

  • KI Research Foundation Grants 2022-2023
    Karolinska Institute
    1 January 2022 - 31 December 2023
  • Lars Hierta Memorial Foundation
    15 November 2021 - 15 November 2022
  • Loo and Hans Osterman Foundation
    1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
  • PhD operational expenses
    Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
    1 July 2019 - 30 June 2020
  • Scholarship for 10 months internship abroad
    Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
    30 September 2018 - 14 September 2019
  • PhD operational expenses
    Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
    1 February 2018 - 28 February 2019
  • PhD fellowship
    Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
    1 March 2017 - 31 August 2020

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