Jorge Olivares Pacheco

Mi área de investigación es la resistencia a los antimicrobianos en bacterias patógenas y ambientales. Esta investigación está en un enfoque integral de la Resistencia antimicrobiana teniendo como perspectiva el concepto de de «Una salud» utilizando herramientas como la epidemiología molecular.

Cursos:

Pregrado
• Biología Molecular (Licenciatura en Biología)
• Aplicaciones Biológicas (Licenciatura en Biología)
• Genética de la Resistencia a los antibióticos (Lic. en Biología y Lic. en Bioquímica)

Postgrado:
• Ciencias Microbiológicas Avanzadas (Magister en Ciencias Microbiológicas)
• Principios de Bioinformática (Doctorado en Biotecnología)

Proyectos destacados

1. Basis of Salmonella multiresistance in poultry production: emergence of biofilm formation as adaptation to osmotic stress. FONDECYT regular (2025-2028) CO-PI.
2.  Comprehensive longitudinal assessment of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in wastewater: Unveiling the dynamics of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MRDB), antibiotic resistance genes (ARG), and antibiotic residues across hospital and community settings. FONDECYT regular (2024-2027) PI.
3. Understanding the cold shock protein mediated adaptation mechanisms in psychrophilic and psychrotolerant bacteria using Antarctic Pseudomonas as a model. Antarctic Scientific and Technological Research Projects of the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) (2025- 2027) PI
4.  Elucidating bacteria-phage infection networks (BPINs) in Antarctic marine environments. Antarctic Scientific and Technological Research Projects of the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) (2024-2026). CO-PI
5.  Integrative Approaches to Assess the Microbiome in the Built Environment (MicroBE) in the COVID era: The School-MicroBE Initiative. Anillos de investigación Asociativa. (2023-2025) CO-PI
6. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system based on qPCR quantification of the genes that encode the carbapenemases KPC and VIM and the extended spectrum beta- lactamase (ESBL) CTX-M in the wastewater of the cities of Antofagasta, Copiapó, Valparaíso, Santiago and Concepción Project funded by the Chilean Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization. (2023) PI.
7. Public health risk and environmental factors associated with the presence of clinically relevant antimicrobial resistant Enterobacterales in rivers in central Chile. FONDECYT regular (2022- 2026). CO-PI
8.  Establishing a long-term observatory for the urban microbiome and antimicrobial resistance in Chile. FONDECYT regular (2022-2026). CO-PI