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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Caracterización de compuestos antimicrobianos obtenidos de actinobaterias asociadas a avispas sociales Neotropicales (Vespidae, Polistinae: Epiponini)
Chavarría-Pizarro, L. (Coordinating Researcher (may be from TEC or another entity)), Murillo Vega, F. (Institutional academic collaborator), Nuñez Montero, K. (Institutional academic collaborator) & Parra Villalobos, J. (External collaborating researcher )
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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Metabolómica de compuestos antimicrobianos obtenidos de actinobacterias aisladas de avispas sociales
Chavarría-Pizarro, L. (Institutional academic coordinator), Nuñez Montero, K. (Institutional academic collaborator), Guillén Watson, R. (Institutional academic collaborator), Parra Villalobos, J. (External collaborating researcher ) & Barrientos, L. (External collaborating researcher )
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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Vida en el extremo: Novedoso abordaje para la exploración genómica y fisiológica de microorganismos fotosintéticos extremófilos
Nuñez Montero, K. (Institutional academic coordinator), Gómez Espinoza, O. (Institutional academic coordinator), Guillén Watson, R. (Institutional academic coordinator), Murillo Vega, F. (Institutional academic coordinator), Barrientos, L. (Institutional academic coordinator) & Abanto, M. (Institutional academic coordinator)
1/07/22 → 30/06/24
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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Genómica de actinobacterias asociadas avispas sociales para estudio de elementos genéticos antimicrobianos
Chavarría-Pizarro, L. (Institutional academic coordinator) & Nuñez Montero, K. (Institutional academic coordinator)
1/07/22 → 30/06/24
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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Acceso a fuentes novedosas de productos naturales: Alcance multiómico innovador y transdisciplinar para el descubrimiento de metabolitos bioactivos en Actinobacterias y Cianobacterias de ambientes extremos
Nuñez Montero, K. (Institutional academic coordinator), Barrientos Díaz, L. (External collaborating researcher ), Capon, R. J. (Institutional academic coordinator), Khalil, Z. G. (Institutional academic coordinator), Pizarro-Cerdá, J. (Institutional academic coordinator) & Martínez-Urtaza, J. (Institutional academic coordinator)
11/10/21 → 30/04/25
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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Exploration of inactive metabolic pathways in Antarctic Pseudogymnoascus australis through elicitation: a genomic and metabolomic approach to investigate its biotechnological potential
Leal, K., Machuca, J., Madariaga, D., Contreras, M. J., Barrientos, L., Nuñez-Montero, K., Chavarría, E., Bruna, P. & Iturrieta-González, I., 2026, In: IMA Fungus. 17, e156018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Metagenomic analysis revealed the presence of novel Actinomycetota “Candidatus Solincola uaceae” sp. nov., obtained from a hot spring
Suksa, W., Li, W. J., Luo, Z. H., Jiao, J. Y., Ponce, V., Nuñez-Montero, K., Arce-Johnson, P., Sharma, N. R., Thamchaipenet, A. & Narsing Rao, M. P., Dec 2026, In: Scientific Reports. 16, 1, 6922.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reclassification of Sphingobium baderi Kaur et al. 2013 as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Sphingobium wenxiniae Wang et al. 2011
Quadri, S. R., Nuñez-Montero, K., Arce-Johnson, P., Sathish, M., Quach, N. T., Yin, Y. R. & Narsing Rao, M. P., Jan 2026, In: Current Microbiology. 83, 1, 82.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genome Mining of Pseudarthrobacter sp. So.54, a Rhizospheric Bacteria from Colobanthus quitensis Antarctic Plant
González, D., Bruna, P., Contreras, M. J., Leal, K., Urrutia, C. V., Núñez-Montero, K. & Barrientos, L., Apr 2025, In: Biomolecules. 15, 4, 20 p., 534.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Infrared gas analyzer as a cutting-edge tool for studying photosynthesis in marine microalgae: a case study on Isochrysis galbana
Gómez-Espinoza, O., Murillo-Vega, F., Guillén-Watson, R., Villalta-Romero, F., Villanueva-Ilama, M., Hernández-Castro, J. D., Maroto, J. V., Araya, F. Z. & Núñez-Montero, K., 14 Oct 2025, In: Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review