Jorge Díaz

Biologist, writer, and sexual dissident activist. Jorge Díaz (1984) holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Chile and he/they was a member of the University/Utopian Collective for Sexual Dissidence (CUDS). His scientific research is primarily in the field of biomedicine, with a focus on the biology of cancer cells, migration and inflammation effect on glia cells. His doctoral dissertation received several awards, including Best Approved Doctoral Dissertation in the field of Biology at the University of Chile, in 2015; and the Award for the Best Presentation in the sub-field of Cellular Biology and Biotechnology, for 2011 and 2012, given by the Chilean Society for
Cellular Biology (SBCH). He was a finalist for the Life Sciences Young Talent Prize 2016, awarded by the Brazilian Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society (SBBq). Currently, he/they is a postdoctoral researcher at University College London, UCL (2022-2025) in Cell and Developmental Biology studying collective cell migration in the Xenopus model. In the realm of sexual dissident activism and writing, he seeks to carry out transdisciplinary experimentation in collaborative projects that explore biology, art, and feminism, always aiming to cross genders, genres, and frontiers of knowledge. His articles have appeared in the collective volumes Mayo feminista. La rebelión contra el patriarcado (edited by Faride Zeran) and Queer: Articulaciones contra el progreso, Actuel Marx Intervenciones (edited by María Emilia Tijoux), both published by LOM in 2018. In 2019, he co-authored along with photographer Paz Errázuriz Look not with the eyes, which combines science, art and photography. Jorge is also author of Emancipar la lágrima: ensayos transdisciplinarios sobre arte, ciencia y activismos de disidencia sexual (2021) and Microscopio invertido (Libros del Cardo, 2022).