Doctorate in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship

Description

The Ph.D. Program in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship aims to train outstanding researchers with an integrated vision of science, innovation, and technology transfer, capable of generating original scientific knowledge and transforming it into solutions applicable to the productive sector and society, particularly in the areas of health, biomedicine, and the biological sciences.

The program offers advanced training in biotechnology, promoting cutting-edge experimental research alongside skills in innovation, bioentrepreneurship, intellectual property, and technology transfer.

Students acquire the tools necessary to identify opportunities for biotechnology development, protect research results, promote technology transfer processes, and develop science- and technology-based innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives.

Furthermore, the program fosters interdisciplinary work, collaboration among academia, businesses, and the public sector, and the effective communication of research results, all of which contribute to scientific, technological, and social development.

Among the program’s distinctive features are its close ties to biotechnology companies and the innovation ecosystem, access to high-level scientific and technological infrastructure, and the opportunity to conduct research and innovation in collaboration with the private sector.

Among the attributes of the program, the following stand out:

• Privileged environment for its development in connection with biotechnology companies.
• State-of-the-art and high standard infrastructure.
• Research unit in companies.

Lines of Research

Profile of Graduates

Graduates of the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship program at the University of San Sebastián are researchers capable of:

• Generates knowledge through experimental research by rigorously applying biological technologies in the field of biotechnology.
• Develop research projects by participating in multidisciplinary research teams, with scientific rigor and ethical standards, in academic laboratories and research and development (R&D) facilities.
• Identify opportunities for biotechnological development and have the ability to execute technology transfer processes, contributing to the integration of knowledge into the market and society.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of intellectual property, enabling them to identify and manage the protection and transfer of innovative scientific results.
• Demonstrates entrepreneurial skills through the study of biobusiness, enabling them to propose and evaluate innovative projects, as well as to lead the development of biotechnology companies.
• Disseminates the results of their research in high-quality scientific publications, thereby consolidating their contribution to the disciplinary advancement of biotechnology.
• They communicate research results using clear and effective language, both in academic contexts—such as undergraduate and graduate teaching—and to non-specialist audiences, enabling them to establish relationships with the business sector to foster innovation with social and productive impact.

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Graduates

• Daniela Paz Barrera Álvarez, Academic Degree PhD in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship (2025)
  Thesis: “Development and validation of a metastasis prognostic tool based on the tumor microenvironment in breast cancer”.
  Tutor: Álvaro Lladser Caldera.
  Co-tutor: Javier Cerda-Infante.
• Juan Carlos Duarte, Academic Degree PhD in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship (2025)
  Thesis: “Study of the ecotypes of the thiooxidans clade of the Copahue-Caviahue Volcanic Complex and their role in the assembly of acidic microbiomes“.
  Tutor: Raquel Quatrini Nyqvist.
• Dilanaz Arisan, Academic Degree PhD in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship (2025).
  Thesis: “Study of the effect of selective pressure intensity (chloride salt concentration) on the adaptive evolution of the extremely acidophilic microorganism Igneacidithiobacillus copahuensis”.
  Tutor: Raquel Quatrini Nyqvist.
• Fernando Díaz Gonzalez, Academic Degree PhD in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship (2025).
  Thesis: “Study of the role of pH in the Assembly of Communities of the Iron Microbial Redox Cycle in the Acid Drainage of Rock from the Copahue-Caviahue Volcanic Complex”.
  Tutor: Raquel Quatrini Nyqvist.
  Co-tutor: Pedro Temporetti.
• Patricio Zapata Castillo, Academic Degree PhD in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship (2025).
  Thesis: “Study of ADP-ribosylation of de novo synthesised histones H3 and H4″.
  Tutor: Alejandra Loyola Pedevila.
• Eva Vergara Jiménez, Academic Degree PhD in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship (2026).
  Thesis: “Metabolic pathways potentially involved in biotechnological applications and the early evolution of energy pathways in polyextremophiles of the genus Acidihalobacter”.
  Tutor: David Holmes.
  Co-tutor: Jorge Valdés Anabalón.
• Tomás Toledo Peña, Academic Degree PhD in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship (2026).
  Thesis: “Anti-P antibodies and D-propranolol as potential therapeutic agents in pancreatic adenocarcinoma“.
  Tutor: Alfonso González De la Rosa.