School of Microbiology

Giovanna
RINCÓN CRUZ

CONTACT

Information

grinconc@uis.edu.co

+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3224

GENERAL

Biography

A professor at the School of Microbiology for over 15 years, with a strong interest in microorganisms and bacterial resistance.

EDUCATION AND

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Pharmacy and biochemistry

Universidad de Buenos aires, 2015

Master of Science in Microbiology

Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1999

Bacteriologist

Universidad de los andes, 1995

CONTACT

Information

grinconc@uis.edu.co

+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3224

AREAS OF

Expertise

Clinical microbiology

OFFICE

Hours

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. – 12 m.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Facultad de Salud, Cra 32 # 29-31, Edificio Roberto Serpa, quinto piso, oficina 14

Research

Group

Photo of the school of Health Universidad Industrial de Santander where you can see the external part of the buildings of the Campus of school Health.

Photo of the school of Health of the Universidad Industrial de Santander in a wide shot showing the entrance and the faculty building.

Photo of the UIS Health facilities, it is wide shot where you can see the faculty building.

Outstanding

Works

First report of plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone efflux pump QepA in Escherichia coli clinical isolate ST68, in South America

Article, Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ., 2014

Vagino-rectal colonization prevalence by Streptococcus agalactiae and its susceptibility profile in pregnant women attending a third-level hospital

Article, Biomedica, 2019

First isolate of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumonaie sequence type 23 from the Americas

Article, J Clin Microbiol, 2014

AWARDS AND

Recognitions