Dr. Aniela Wozniak has a degree in Biological Sciences and a Master in Biotechnology from the Universidad de la República de Uruguay, and a PhD in Microbiology from the Universidad de Chile. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Ordinary category of the Department of Clinical Laboratories, teaching tutorial and theoretical work in the area of molecular microbiology for the careers of Medicine, Dentistry, Nutrition and Biochemistry. Dr. Wozniak is also the Technical Coordinator of the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology: she performs the validation and implementation of new techniques of molecular microbiological diagnosis.