Luis Fernando Larrondo Castro
Associate Professor
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Circadian Rhythms, fungal genetics, photobiology, fungal genomics, synthetic biology
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Cell and Molecular Biology, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2003
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Biochemistry, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 1999
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Postdoctoral Fellow Full Time
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Hanover, Estados Unidos
2004 - 2009
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Assistant Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Ciencias Biologicas
Santiago, Chile
2009 - 2014
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Ciencias Biologicas
Santiago, Chile
2014 - At present
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Director Full Time
Millennium Nucleus for Fungal Integrative and Synthetic Biology
Santiago, Chile
2013 - 2017
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Director Other
Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio)
Santiago, Chile
2018 - At present
Ph.D. THESIS DIRECTION
Vicente Rojas* 2021 (Expected)
Rodrigo Pérez * 2021 (Expected)
Verónica del Rio * 2021 (Expected)
Marlene Henroquez 2020 (Expected)
Verónica Delgado * 2020
Alejandra Goity * 2019
Felipe Muñoz * 2019
Rodrigo Diaz * 2016
Consuelo Olivares-Yañez 2015
Montserrat Hevia * 2015
Alejandro Montenegro-Montero 2014
UNDERGRADUATE THESIS DIRECTION
Cyndi Tabilo 2020 (Expected)
Andres Romero 2019
Vicente Rojas 2026 (Co-directed with Dr. Francisco Salinas)
Claudia Villegas 2015 (Co-directed with Dr. Paulina Bull)
Pilar Alessandri 2015
Hanna Muller 2015 (Co-directed with Dr. Paulo Canessa)
Alejandro Stevens-Lagos2012
Alejandra Goity 2012
Felipe Muñoz 2010 (Co-directed with Dr. Rafael Vicuna)
POSTDOCTORAL SUPERVISION
Consuelo Olivares-Yañez 2017 (Currently Young Investigator at MIISSB)
Montserrat Hevia 2015-2016 (Currently iPostdoc at UFRO)
Alejandro Montenegro-Montero 2014-2016 (Currently Editor at John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
Veronique Hill 2014-2017 (Currently Research Assistant, Inst. Curie, France)
Francisco Salinas 2014-2017 (Currently Assistant Professor at UACH)
Paulo Canessa 2009-2015 (Currently Assistant Professor at UNAB)
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES.
Editorial Board Member:
eLife 2019- Present
Frontiers in Microbiology 2018- Present
Biological Research 2015- Present
Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2014- Present
Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) 2014- Present
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2009-2018
Ad Hoc reviewer for: Fungal Genetics and Biology, Eukaryotic Cell, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Phytologist, Microbial Biotechnology, Current Genetics, Free Radical Biology& Medicine, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Plant Cell & Environment, PLoS ONE, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Marine Biotechnology, Environmental Microbiology, PloS Genetics, Trends in Plant Science, mBio, Nucleic Acid Research, Nature Protocols, Nature.
- Patent application (INAPI) 201603010, “A yeast optogenetic expression system”
- Patent application (INAPI) 3363-2016, “Method for high-throughput screening of substances for the control of phytopathogenic fungi, based on genetically modified strains”
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International Research Scholars
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Estados Unidos, 2017
HHMI funds exceptionally talented scientists and educators to advance the front lines of biomedical research and train the next generation of scientific leaders.
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Young Affiliated member
TWAS
Italia, 2011
Elected as Young Affiliated member of the Academy of Science for the Developing World (TWAS)
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PEW Postdoctoral Latin American Fellowship in the Biomedical Science
THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS
Estados Unidos, 2004
2004-2006
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Medalla Herman Niemeyer
SOCIEDAD DE BIOQUIMICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2002
Receives the Herman Niemeyer award given by the SBBCH (Sociedad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Chile) as a distinguished Ph.D. student.
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Aschoff's Rule
Society for Reserach on Biological Rhythms
Estados Unidos, 2017
Prize given every year to a scientists who has advanced the field of chronobiology
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AAM
American Academy of Microbiology
Estados Unidos, 2020
Elected member of the American Academy of Microbiology
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ACAL
Academia de Ciencias de America Latina y el caribe
Venezuela, 2019
Elected Member of ACAL
Exploiting Fungal Photobiology as a Source of Novel Bio-blocks for Optogenetic Systems |
The Clock Keeps on Ticking: Emerging Roles for Circadian Regulation in the Control of Fungal Physiology and Pathogenesis |
In the Driver's Seat: The Case for Transcriptional Regulation and Coupling as Relevant Determinants of the Circadian Transcriptome and Proteome in Eukaryotes |
Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBIO) |
A synthetic biology strategy to delve into the properties and plasticity of circadian oscillators and other transcriptional regulatory circuits |
A synthetic biology strategy to delve into the properties and plasticity of circadian oscillators and other transcriptional regulatory circuits |
A SYNTHETIC RED-LIGHT TOGGLE SWITCH TO CONTROL GENE EXPRESSION AND MODULATE CIRCADIAN REGULATION IN NEUROSPORA CRASSA. |
DECIPHERING TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORY NETWORKS IN A SIMPLE ORGANISM TO ANALYZE LIGHT- RESPONSES AND CIRCADIAN OSCILLATIONS=> AN APPROACH BASED ON COMPARATIVE GENOMIC ANALYSES AND PHYLOGENETIC FOOTPRINTING |
Acquisition of a Cytation3 Cell Imaging Multi‐Mode Reader=> A platform for the development of Synthetic Biology |
Environmental signals and gene expression in Neurospora crassa=> rational approach for the mapping of transcriptional networks and rewiring of key components in order to assess basic circadian principles |
Millennium Nucleus for Fungal Integrative and Synthetic Biology (MN-FISB) |
Millennium Nucleus for Fungal Integrative and Synthetic Biology (MN-FISB) |
YEAST PLATFORMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NATURAL FLAVOR COMPOUNDS. |
MODULATION OF BOTRYTIS CINEREA VIRULENCE FACTORS=> EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF LIGHT AND CIRCADIAN-REGULATION. |
A Neurospora crassa systems-approach=> identification of molecular components involved in circadian-controlled gene expression through Forward and Reverse Genetics strategies |