{"id":719,"date":"2025-11-09T15:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T14:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glycobiology-ibsp.org\/maria-cecilia-arias\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:18:14","slug":"maria-cecilia-arias","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glycobiology-ibsp.org\/en\/members\/maria-cecilia-arias\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Cecilia Arias"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"719\" class=\"elementor elementor-719 elementor-404\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bcbff8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6bcbff8\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"titrepage\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e138b5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e138b5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1ce700 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c1ce700\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b35efb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b35efb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maria Cecilia Arias <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ecc786 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ecc786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Associate Professor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d79c3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d79c3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Fcollabora.univ-lille.fr%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fnextcloud.univ-lille.fr%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F345784748_oc7elpk9mous%26ServerId%3D63fb8197%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D77c33fc606179711\"><div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Fcollabora.univ-lille.fr%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fnextcloud.univ-lille.fr%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F345784748_oc7elpk9mous%26ServerId%3D63fb8197%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3Ddf94b29c77b4385e\"><p lang=\"fr-FR\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Comparative genomics, microbial evolution, Blastocystis, biological systems<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a691c7d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a691c7d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ff7ea1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ff7ea1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efd370e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"efd370e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/glycobiology-ibsp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo-par-defaut.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-680\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef1f389 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ef1f389\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1bfe75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1bfe75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mar\u00eda Cecilia Arias is an Associate Professor at the University of Lille, with dual research-business expertise developed over more than 20 years of her career in France and abroad. A PhD in Plant Science, accredited to supervise research (HDR), she conducted functional genomics research, particularly on CAZymes and starch metabolism, at CNRS, INRAE, and UGSF. After management training at EDHEC, she led projects with a strong international dimension before founding and managing MISKI, a 100% gluten-free bakery and pastry shop. There, she developed wheat-free baking methods and sourdough starters adapted to alternative flours for a high-end B2B clientele, earning several awards. 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