Dennis Gabriel Jiménez

Dennis Jiménez is a Biotechnology Engineer from the Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas (ESPE), he holds a master’s degree in Synthetic Biology from the Universidad Yachay Tech. He has worked on the immunological characterization of SARS-CoV-2 at the Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE. He has also investigated mobile genetic elements in the genomes of Xylella fastidiosa and their influence on pathogenicity. In 2024, he received a scholarship from UNU-BIOLAC to participate in the course “Metabarcoding and Shotgun Metagenomics: Applications for Environmental, Agricultural, and Health Research”, organized at Universidad Mayor in Santiago (Chile). He has experience with microbiology techniques, molecular biology, synthetic biology, and bioinformatics.

Research Interests

Synthetic Biology and Bioinformatics

Selected Publications

1. Dennis Jimerez, Diego Beltran and José A. Castillo 2024. Mobile genetic elements of Xylella fastidiosa and their contribution to pathogenicity. Plant Pathology 00:1–10. DOI: 10.1111/ppa.13992
2. Jiménez, D., & Torres Arias, M. (2022). Immunouniverse of SARS-CoV-2. Immunological Medicine, 45(4), 186–224. https://doi.org/10.1080/25785826.2022.2066251