Daniel Urdaneta
Daniel is a first-year M.Sc. student in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, investigating how pathogens affect immune cell migration, with a focus on HIV.
Outside the lab, he enjoys cooking, food fermentation, community-based projects, and playing squash.
B.Sc. in Microbiology, Universidad de los Andes, 2025
Awards
McCall MacBain Finalist Award, 2026–2028
Publications
Urdaneta, D. et al. (2025). Lactiplantibacillus plantarum as a Delivery Vector for the KMP-11 Protein from Trypanosoma cruzi for Enhanced Antigen Presentation. Universidad de los Andes. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/1992/76778
Piltan, S., Hasan, H., Sohal, I. S., Pandey, A., Urdaneta, D., Utturkar, S., & Kasinski, A. (2025). Abstract 1192: Selective sorting of tumor suppressive and oncogenic miRNAs into extracellular vesicles: Implications for cancer progression. Cancer Research, 85, 1192–1192. https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2025-1192