Camilo Andres Quiroga González

Research Interests

My main interests are associated to the area of ecology, microbial ecology, and conservation biology. My research has focused on how microbial communities change in time and space with the intention of using these microbial communities as indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem health.

My PhD project consists on the characterization of microbial communities associated to oaks and how these oak-associated microorganisms respond to various environmental conditions and stresses. The intention of the project is to determine an oak core microbiome and characterize key stone taxa, which enhance resilience against different applied stressors.

The project contributes to the DFG Research Unit 5571 – PhytOakmeter | subproject SP4 - Microbiome: "Cross talk between environmental conditions, oak tree performance, and the microbiomes of their soil, endo- and and phyllosphere"

PhytOakmeter | SP 4

CV / Scientific Career

Publications

Quiroga-González, C., Cardenas, L. A. C., Ramírez, M., Reyes, A., González, C., & Stevenson, P. R. (2021): Monitoring the variation in the gut microbiota of captive woolly monkeys related to changes in diet during a reintroduction process. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 6522-6522.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85990-0

Quiroga-González, C., Jimenez, E., Galvis, N., Ramirez, M., Ortiz, M., Gonzalez, C. and Stevenson, P. (2019): First records of gastrointestinal parasites in Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagothicha) in Colombia from wild, captive and reintroduced individuals. Neotropical Primates, 25(1), 38:43.  Journal

Conference Contributions

Talks

Quiroga-González, C., Moeskjær, S., Sandoval, J., Cameron, D., Castañeda, Y., Daniell, T., Gonzalez, M., Salazar, A. (2022): Stressful conditions affect the resistance and resilience of soil microbial communities in Colombian high mountain ecosystem. 58th annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), Cartagena, Colombia

Quiroga-González, C., Stevenson, P., Reyes, A., Chica, L., Ramírez, M., (2019): Variation of the intestinal microbiota of woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha) during a reintroduction process. V Colombian Congress of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Ibague, Colombia

Quiroga-González, C., González, C., Ramírez, M., Ortiz, M., Stevenson, P. (2018): Comparative analysis of gastrointestinal parasite communities in woolly monkeys (Lagotrhix lagothricha) during a reintroduction process. V Colombian Congress of Zoology. Bogotá, Colombia