Profile Details

Create Project

★★★★★

☆☆☆☆☆

USD 60 /hr

★★★★★

☆☆☆☆☆

Hire Dr. Victoria A.

Italy

USD 60 /hr

Science Communication & Project Management | Outreach, Training & Editing

Profile Summary

PhD-level Scientific Editor and Writer with a strong background in molecular parasitology, cell biology, and microscopy. I offer over 10 years of experience in academic research, manuscript editing, and science communication, with a focus on life sciences and biotechnology. I have collaborated with international research teams, contributed to outreach platforms such as PreLights and FocalPlane (The Company of Biologists), and served on the Early Career Editorial Board of ACS Infectious Diseases. My expertise includes scientific manuscript revision, grant and report writing, and content development tailored for biotech startups, academic groups, and science-driven organizations. I also have experience as a reviewer of preprints, journal articles, and research grant proposals, which gives me a deep understanding of scientific standards and editorial expectations. Fluent in both English and Spanish, I can work across languages and audiences to ensure clear, accurate, and impactful communication. I'm passionate about making complex scientific ideas accessible and engaging—for both expert and non-expert readers.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Parasitology
• ☆ Microbiological Assays
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Binding Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Proteomics
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Recombinant DNA
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Cytochemistry
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Pathogenesis
• ☆ Clinical Microbiology
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Cell Banking
• ☆ Blotting
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Copywriting
• ☆ Social Media Copy
• ☆ Project Management

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Scientific Project Manager

Euro Bioimaging

March 2025 - Present

Associated Researcher

CONICET Rosario

November 2020 - Present

Universidad Nacional de Rosario Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas

August 2011 - Present

Education

PhD in Biological Sciences

Universidad Nacional de Rosario Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas

2010 - March 2015

Degree in Biotechnology

Nationa University of Rosario

March 2004 - September 2009

Licenciada en Biotecnología

Universidad Nacional de Rosario Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas

2004 - 2009

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

PREPRINT

Victoria Alonso, Alejandro P. Pariani, Victoria Huhn, Tomás Rivabella Maknis, Evangelina Almada, Rodrigo Vena, Cristián Favre, James R. Goldenring, Irina Kaverina, M. Cecilia Larocca (2025). CLASP1/2 REGULATE IMMUNE SYNAPSE MATURATION IN NATURAL KILLER CELLS .

Esteban Carlos Serra, Luis Tavernelli, Victoria Lucia Alonso, Imanol Peña, Elvio Rodríguez Araya, Romina Manarin, Juan Cantizani, Julio Martin, Juan Salamanca, Paul Bamborough, et al. (2024). Identification of novel Bromodomain inhibitors ofTrypanosoma cruziBromodomain Factor 2 (TcBDF2) using a fluorescence polarization-base high-throughput assay .

Victoria Lucia Alonso(2022). Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy (U-ExM) in Trypanosoma cruzi: localization of tubulin isoforms and isotypes . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Alejandro Pezza, Luis E Tavernelli, Victoria L Alonso, Virginia Perdomo, Raquel Gabarro, Rab Prinjha, Elvio Rodríguez Araya, Inmaculada Rioja, Roberto Docampo, Felix Calderón, et al.(2022). Essential bromodomain TcBDF2 as a drug target against Chagas disease . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Victoria Lucia Alonso, Mara Emilia Carloni, Camila Silva Gonçalves, Gonzalo Martinez Peralta, Maria Eugenia Chesta, Alejandro Pezza, Luis Emilio Tavernelli, Maria Cristina M. Motta, Esteban Serra (2020). Alpha-tubulin acetylation inTrypanosoma cruzi: a dynamic instability of microtubules is required for replication and cell cycle progression .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Victoria Lucia Alonso(2022). Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy (U-ExM) in Trypanosoma cruzi: localization of tubulin isoforms and isotypes . Parasitology Research. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Alejandro Pezza, Luis E. Tavernelli, Victoria L. Alonso, Virginia Perdomo, Raquel Gabarro, Rab Prinjha, Elvio Rodríguez Araya, Inmaculada Rioja, Roberto Docampo, Felix Calderón, et al.(2022). Essential Bromodomain TcBDF2 as a Drug Target against Chagas Disease . ACS Infectious Diseases. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Peralta, G.M., Serra, E., Alonso, V.L.(2022). Update on the Biological Relevance of Lysine Acetylation as a Novel Drug Target in Trypanosomatids . Current Medicinal Chemistry. 29. (20). p. 3638-3659.

et al., Pezza, A., Tavernelli, L.E., Alonso, V.L., Perdomo, V., Gabarro, R., Prinjha, R., Rodríguez Araya, E., Rioja, I., Docampo, R., Calderón, F.(2022). Essential Bromodomain TcBDF2 as a Drug Target against Chagas Disease . ACS Infectious Diseases.

Alonso, V.L., Carloni, M.E., Gonçalves, C.S., Martinez Peralta, G., Chesta, M.E., Pezza, A., Tavernelli, L.E., Motta, M.C.M., Serra, E.(2021). Alpha-Tubulin Acetylation in Trypanosoma cruzi: A Dynamic Instability of Microtubules Is Required for Replication and Cell Cycle Progression . Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11.

Cabezudo, I., Ayelen Ramallo, I., Alonso, V.L., Furlan, R.L.E.(2021). Effect directed synthesis of a new tyrosinase inhibitor with anti-browning activity . Food Chemistry. 341.

Alonso, V.L., Manarin, R., Perdomo, V., Gulin, E., Serra, E., Cribb, P.(2021). In vitro drug screening against all life cycle stages of trypanosoma cruzi using parasites expressing β-galactosidase . Journal of Visualized Experiments. (177).

Gulin, J.E.N., Rocco, D.M., Alonso, V., Cribb, P., Altcheh, J., Garcia-Bournissen, F.(2021). Optimization and biological validation of an in vitro assay using the transfected Dm28c/pLacZ Trypanosoma cruzi strain . Biology Methods and Protocols. 6. (1).

(2019). Aim for the Readers! Bromodomains As New Targets Against Chagas’ Disease . Current Medicinal Chemistry.

Luis Emilio Tavernelli, Maria Cristina M. Motta, Camila Silva Gonçalves, Marcelo Santos da Silva, Maria Carolina Elias, Victoria Lucia Alonso, Esteban Serra, Pamela Cribb (2019). Overexpression of Trypanosoma cruzi High Mobility Group B protein (TcHMGB) alters the nuclear structure, impairs cytokinesis and reduces the parasite infectivity . Scientific Reports.

Alonso, V.L., Tavernelli, L.E., Pezza, A., Cribb, P., Ritagliati, C., Serra, E.(2019). Aim for the readers! bromodomains as new targets against chagas’ disease . Current Medicinal Chemistry. 26. (36). p. 6544-6563.

Tavernelli, L.E., Motta, M.C.M., Gonçalves, C.S., da Silva, M.S., Elias, M.C., Alonso, V.L., Serra, E., Cribb, P.(2019). Overexpression of Trypanosoma cruzi High Mobility Group B protein (TcHMGB) alters the nuclear structure, impairs cytokinesis and reduces the parasite infectivity . Scientific Reports. 9. (1).

(2018). Discovery of a Biologically Active Bromodomain Inhibitor by Target-Directed Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry . ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters.

García, P., Alonso, V.L., Serra, E., Escalante, A.M., Furlan, R.L.E.(2018). Discovery of a Biologically Active Bromodomain Inhibitor by Target-Directed Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry . ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 9. (10). p. 1002-1006.

Ramallo, I.A., Alonso, V.L., Rua, F., Serra, E., Furlan, R.L.E.(2018). A Bioactive Trypanosoma cruzi Bromodomain Inhibitor from Chemically Engineered Extracts . ACS Combinatorial Science. 20. (4). p. 220-228.

Santos Souza, H.F., Real, D., Leonardi, D., Rocha, S.C., Alonso, V., Serra, E., Silber, A.M., Salomon, C.J.(2017). Development and in vitro/in vivo evaluation of a novel benznidazole liquid dosage form using a quality-by-design approach . Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22. (12). p. 1514-1522.

Cribb, P., Perdomo, V., Alonso, V.L., Manarin, R., Barrios-Payán, J., Marquina-Castillo, B., Tavernelli, L., Hernández-Pando, R.(2017). Trypanosoma cruzi High Mobility Group B (TcHMGB) can act as an inflammatory mediator on mammalian cells . PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11. (2).

Ritagliati, C., Villanova, G.V., Alonso, V.L., Zuma, A.A., Cribb, P., Motta, M.C.M., Serra, E.C.(2016). Glycosomal bromodomain factor 1 from Trypanosoma cruzi enhances trypomastigote cell infection and intracellular amastigote growth . Biochemical Journal. 473. (1). p. 73-85.

Alonso, V.L., Ritagliati, C., Cribb, P., Cricco, J.A., Serra, E.C.(2016). Overexpression of bromodomain factor 3 in Trypanosoma cruzi (TcBDF3) affects differentiation of the parasite and protects it against bromodomain inhibitors . FEBS Journal. 283. (11). p. 2051-2066.

Ritagliati, C., Alonso, V.L., Manarin, R., Cribb, P., Serra, E.C.(2015). Overexpression of Cytoplasmic TcSIR2RP1 and Mitochondrial TcSIR2RP3 Impacts on Trypanosoma cruzi Growth and Cell Invasion . PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 9. (4).

Alonso, V.L., Villanova, G.V., Ritagliati, C., Motta, M.C.M., Cribb, P., Serra, E.C.(2014). Trypanosoma cruzi bromodomain factor 3 binds acetylated α-tubulin and concentrates in the flagellum during metacyclogenesis . Eukaryotic Cell. 13. (6). p. 822-831.

Alonso, V.L., Ritagliati, C., Cribb, P., Serra, E.C.(2014). Construction of three new gateway® expression plasmids for Trypanosoma cruzi . Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 109. (8). p. 1081-1085.

Alonso, V.L., Serra, E.C.(2012). Lysine acetylation: Elucidating the components of an emerging global signaling pathway in trypanosomes . Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. 2012.

Ritagliati, Carla and Alonso, Victoria L. and Manarin, Romina and Cribb, Pamela and Serra, Esteban C. Overexpression of Cytoplasmic TcSIR2RP1 and Mitochondrial TcSIR2RP3 Impacts on Trypanosoma cruzi Growth and Cell Invasion . 94e0003725

Cribb, Pamela and Perdomo, Virginia and Alonso, Victoria L. and Manarin, Romina and Barrios-Payán, Jorge and Marquina-Castillo, Brenda and Tavernelli, Luis and Hernández-Pando, Rogelio Trypanosoma cruzi High Mobility Group B (TcHMGB) can act as an inflammatory mediator on mammalian cells . 112e0005350

Alonso, V. L. and Villanova, G. V. and Ritagliati, C. and Machado Motta, M. C. and Cribb, P. and Serra, E. C. Trypanosoma cruzi Bromodomain Factor 3 Binds Acetylated -Tubulin and Concentrates in the Flagellum during Metacyclogenesis . 136822--831

Santos Souza, Higo Fernando and Real, Daniel and Leonardi, Darío and Rocha, Sandra Carla and Alonso, Victoria and Serra, Esteban and Silber, Ariel Mariano and Salomon, Claudio Javier Development and \textitin vitro/in vivo evaluation of a novel benznidazole liquid dosage form using a quality-by-design approach .

Ritagliati, C. and Villanova, G. V. and Alonso, V. L. and Zuma, A. A. and Cribb, P. and Motta, M. C. M. and Serra, E. C. Glycosomal bromodomain factor 1 from Trypanosoma cruzi enhances trypomastigote cell infection and intracellular amastigote growth . 473173--85

Alonso, Victoria Lucia and Serra, Esteban Carlos Lysine Acetylation: Elucidating the Components of an Emerging Global Signaling Pathway in Trypanosomes . 20121--16

Alonso, Victoria L and Ritagliati, Carla and Cribb, Pamela and Serra, Esteban C Construction of three new Gateway® expression plasmids for Trypanosoma cruzi . 10981081--1085

Ramallo, I. Ayelen and Alonso, Victoria L. and Rua, Federico and Serra, Esteban and Furlan, Ricardo L. E. A Bioactive Trypanosoma cruzi Bromodomain Inhibitor from Chemically Engineered Extracts .

Overexpression of bromodomain factor 3 in \textitTrypanosoma cruzi ( \textlessi\textgreaterTc\textless/i\textgreater BDF3) affects differentiation of the parasite and protects it against bromodomain inhibitors Overexpression of bromodomain factor 3 in Trypanosoma cruzi affects differentiation of the parasite and protects it against bromodomain inhibitors .

OTHER

Alonso, V.L.(2022). Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy (U-ExM) in Trypanosoma cruzi: localization of tubulin isoforms and isotypes . bioRxiv.

Pezza, A., Tavernelli, L.E., Alonso, V.L., Perdomo, V., Gabarro, R., Prinjha, R., Araya, E.R., Rioja, I., Docampo, R., Calderón, F., et al.(2022). Essential bromodomain TcBDF2 as a drug target against Chagas disease . bioRxiv.

Victoria Alonso (2021). The mechanism of artemisinin resistance of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria parasites originates in their initial transcriptional response .

Alonso, V.L., Carloni, M.E., Gon&#231;alves, C.S., Peralta, G.M., Chesta, M.E., Pezza, A., Tavernelli, L.E., Motta, M.C.M., Serra, E.(2020). Alpha-tubulin acetylation in Trypanosoma cruzi: A dynamic instability of microtubules is required for replication and cell cycle progression . bioRxiv.