Presentations

Torrealba D, Valenzuela P, Domínguez C, Mercado L, Gallardo-Matus J. Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi: Unraveling the immune response of Atlantic salmon against the second most lethal pathogen in Chilean salmon farming. LVIII Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Chile. Viña del Mar, Chile, 21^st to 24^th October 2025.

Torrealba D, Valenzuela P, Domínguez C, Mercado L, Gallardo-Matus J. Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi in Chilean aquaculture: understanding Atlantic salmon immune defense mechanisms. Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture. Puerto Varas, Chile, 6^th to 9^th October 2025.

Torrealba D, López D, Valenzuela P, Gallardo-Matus J, Mercado L, García-Fruitos E, Arís A. Nanostructured proteins: a sustainable alternative for disease control in aquaculture. Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture. Puerto Varas, Chile, 6^th to 9^th October 2025.

López D, Zelada P, Altamirano C, Torrealba D, Gallardo J. Optimization of recombinant inclusion body production as a strategy for infection control in aquaculture. Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture. Puerto Varas, Chile, 6^th to 9^th October 2025.

Torrealba D, López D, Valenzuela P, Gallardo-Matus J, García-Fruitós E, Aris A. Nanostructured proteins for disease control in aquaculture: developing sustainable alternatives for the industry. Congress Sustainable Management of Aquaculture Bacterial Diseases: an Interdisciplinary Approach. Puerto Varas, Chile, 20^th to 22^nd November 2024.

Torrealba D, Valenzuela P, Ramírez F, Azúa M, Beltrán D, Romero A, Soto C, Gallardo-Matus J, Mercado L. Characterization of the Atlantic salmon immune response during vaccination and smoltification under field conditions. XIX Latin American Congress of Genetics, National Congress of Genetics of the Mexican Genetics Society, LII Argentine Congress of Genetics, LVII Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Chile, II Paraguayan Congress of Genetics, IX Congress of the Uruguayan Genetics Society. Guadalajara, Mexico, 21^st to 24^th October 2024.

Torrealba D, López D, Gallardo J. Antimicrobial peptides as inclusion bodies for the control of Piscirickettisa salmonis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). XLV Chilean Congress of Microbiology. Pucón, Chile, 4^th to 7^th December 2023.

Torrealba D, Tapia K, Zelada P, Mercado L, Gallardo J, Altamirano C, Roher N. Evaluation of the production scale-up of inclusion bodies as immunostimulants for disease control in aquaculture. 1^st Conference on Protein Biochemistry and Marine Biotechnology. Baja California Sur, Mexico, 5^th to 6^th June 2023.

Torrealba D, Valenzuela P, López D, Mercado L, Gallardo J, Roher N. Inclusion Bodies as Immunostimulants for Diseases Control in Aquaculture: A Promising Biomaterial for Oral Delivery of Fish Prophylactics. XLII Congreso de Ciencias del Mar. Puerto Montt, Chile, 22^nd to 26^th May 2023.

Torrealba D, Rueda MA, Vasemägi A, Soto C, Gallardo J. Genetic correlation of sea lice resistance and resistance to coinfection of Piscirickettsia salmonis and Caligus rogercresseyi in Atlantic salmon. International Symposium on Genetics in Aquaculture, ISGA XIV. Puerto Varas, Chile 27^th November to 2^nd December 2022.

Torrealba D, Figueroa C, Vasemagi A, Ozerov M, Dixon B, Farlora R, Conejeros P, Soto C, Gallardo J. Transcriptome profiling of the immune response of Atlantic salmon vaccinated against Piscirickettsia salmonis in coinfection with the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi. LV Meeting of the Genetics Society of Chile. Punta Arenas, Chile 21^st to 25^th November 2022.

Torrealba D, Figueroa C, Veloso P, Guisado-Bourzac F, Vasemägi A, Ozerov M, Dixon B, Farlora R, Conejeros P, Soto C, Gallardo J. Transcriptome profiling of immune response of vaccinated Atlantic salmon to single infection with Piscirickettsia salmonis and coinfection with Caligus rogercresseyi. Congress of the Latin American Association of Genetics. Valdivia, Chile 5^th to 8^th October 2021.

Barreda D, Wong M, Haddad F, Caitlin T, Torrealba D, Heimroth R, Tierney K. Fish thermoregulation and the promotion of cellular antimicrobial defenses. 3^rd International Congress Fish & Shellfish Immunology. Gran Canarias, Spain 16^th to 20^th June 2019, DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.04.232.

Torrealba D, Thomson C, Barreda D. Dynamic housing temperature improves the immune response of goldfish to in vivo Aeromonas veronii challenge. 14th Congress of International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA 17^th to 21^st June 2018.

Torrealba D. Protein Nanoparticles as candidates for Inmmunostimulants in Aquaculture. Advances in Biotechnology, Uses, Applications and Impacts on Society. Chilean Researchers Network in Canada, REDICEC. Canada 7^th July 2017.

Torrealba D, Balasch JC, Tort L, Mackenzie S, Roher N. The α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulates the immune response to Poly (I:C) in trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) macrophages. 13^th Congress of International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology. Murcia, Spain 28^th May to 3^rd June 2015.

Torrealba D, Seras-Franzoso J, Mama U, Wilke K, Villaverde A, García-Fruitós E, Roher N. Protein-nanoparticles as Immunostimulant-delivery platform for fish immunization. Advances in Research on Aquaculture of the Catalan Society of Biology. Barcelona, Spain 12^th June 2015.

Torrealba D, Seras-Franzoso J, Mama U, Wilke, K, Villaverde A, García-Fruitós E, Roher N. Protein-nanoparticles as Immunostimulant-delivery platform for fish immunization. VII Conference of the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain 3^rd June 2015.

Torrealba D, Seras-Franzoso J, Mama U, Wilke K, Villaverde A, García-Fruitós E, Roher N. Bacterial proteín nanoparticles for fish disease protection. III International Workshop on Nanomedicine, Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB), Autonomous University of Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain 27^th November 2014.

Torrealba D, Mackenzie S, Nerea R. Molecular and functional characterization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha 7 in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). 11^th International Congress on the Biology of Fish. Edinburgh, Scotland 3^er to 7^th August 2014.

Torrealba D, Toledo X, Gallardo J. Experimental evaluation of the settlement of Caligus rogercresseyi in tissues of a wild host (Eleginops maclovinus) and an exotic host (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Marine Science Congress. Concepción, Chile 18^th to 22^th October 2010.

Torrealba D, Toledo X, Gallardo J. Experimental evaluation of the settlement of Caligus rogercresseyi in tissues of a wild host (Eleginops maclovinus) and an exotic host (Oncorhynchus mykiss). XIII Conference on Fisheries and Aquaculture. Viña del Mar, Chile, 2009.