Hello!

My name is Felipe Del Valle. I am a biologist from Chile, and I began my scientific journey in Maria Isabel Yuseff’s lab, studying B cell biology, specifically the formation of the immune synapse. During my PhD, I explored the mechanosensing of B cells and how mechanical cues shape the process of antigen capture and presentation, particularly focusing on how lysosomes respond to changes in the environment.

I am currently doing my postdoc at Juan Bonifacino’s lab at the NIH, USA. During this stage of my career, I will be studying lysosome transport and the alternative functions of this organelle in neuronal models. I love microscopy and image analysis, so I aim to incorporate these as much as possible into my preLights and future work.