Andrea Leonor Calixto Mohor
Full professor
Universidad de Valparaíso
Valparaiso, Chile
The role of microbial metabolites and small RNAs on life history traits such as neuronal survival after injury and transgenerational behavior. We study the mechanisms underlying heritable adaptations using the nematode C. elegans as a model organism.
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Biological Sciences, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2009
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Molecular Neuroscience, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2006
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Microbiology, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA HABANA. Cuba, 1997
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Postdoctoral Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Biological Sciences
Chile
2009 - 2012
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Assistant Professor Full Time
Universidad Mayor
Ciencias
Santiago, Chile
2012 - At present
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Investigador Asociado Other
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO
Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaiso (CINV)
Valparaiso, Chile
2015 - At present
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Principal Investigator Full Time
Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaiso
Valparaiso, Chile
2017 - At present
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Graduate Student Full Time
Columbia University
New York, Estados Unidos
2002 - 2008
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Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time
P. Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago de Chile, Chile
2009 - 2012
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Assistant Professor Full Time
Universidad Mayor
Santiago de Chile, Chile
2012 - 2019
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Investigadora Principal Full Time
Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaiso
Valparaiso, Chile
2016 - At present
Mentoring of Postdoctoral investigators
Florence Gutzwiller, University of Manchester, Postdoctoral researcher (2017-2018)
Victor Antonio Garcia, UNAM Postdoctoral researcher (2014-2016)
Federico Camicia, UBA Postdoctoral researcher (2014-2015)
Ivan Neira, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Postdoctoral researcher (2009-2012)
Mentoring of Doctoral Students
Carolaing Gabaldon, Doctorado en Genomica Integrativa, Universidad Mayor (2015-2020)
Marcela Legue, Doctorado en Genomica Integrativa, Universidad Mayor (2015-2020)
Arles Urrutia, Doctorado en Genomica Integrativa, Universidad Mayor (2016-2020)
Scarlett Delgado, Doctorado en Neurociencia, Universidad de Valparaiso (2017-
Blanca Aguila, Doctorado en Ciencias mencion Microbiologia, Universidad de Chile (2020-
Mentoring of Masters Students
MFernanda Palominos, Ms Sc.Biological Sciences Program Universidad de Chile (2013-2014)
Mauricio Caneo, Ms Sc Biomedical Sciences Program Universidad de Valparaiso (2013-2016)
Daniela Ponce, Magister en Ciencia de la Ingenieria Mencion Quimica, Universidad de Chile (2014-2017)
Mentoring of Undergraduate Students
Andres Fuentes, Undergraduate Biotechnology, Universidad Mayor (2012-2014)
Bernardo Pollak, Undergraduate Biochemistry, Universidad Catolica (2009-2011)
Sebastian Urquiza, Undergraduate Biotechnology, Universidad Mayor (2018-2020)
Romina Valenzuela, Undergraduate Biotechnology, Universidad Mayor (2019-
Javiera Roman, Undergraduate Biotechnology, Universidad Mayor (2020-
Tomas Canepa, Undergraduate Biotechnology, Universidad Mayor (2020-
Teaching and Organization of the following International Courses:
Small Brains Big Ideas Plus. Las Cruces, Chile. April, 2019
Small Brains Big Ideas Plus. Las Cruces, Chile. November 2016
Neural Systems and Behavior. Woodshole Massachusetts. July 2014.
Small Brains Big Ideas Plus. Santiago/Valparaiso October 2014
Small Brains Big Ideas Plus. Santiago/Valparaiso November 2012
Small Brains Big Ideas Plus. Santiago/Valparaiso November 2010
Organization of the First Latinamerican C. elegans Meeting
Pasteur Institute, Montevideo, Uruguay, February, 2017.
Organization of the Second Latinamerican C. elegans Meeting
Rosario,Santa Fe, Argentina , February, 2020.
Organization of the Third Latinamerican C. elegans Meeting
Valparaiso, Chile, March 2022.
Diffusion
Tertulias Porteñas: (http://centex.cl/somos-lo-que-comemos-regresan-a-centex-las-tertulias-portenas/)
Programas de Radio: Radio pauta (10 de Enero, 2019). La Invencion del Futuro, conduce Alejandro Alaluf (https://youtu.be/bHSOPn5CreI)
In the press:
Diario el Mercurio de Valparaiso (3 de Enero, 2019) "Usan gusanos para estudiar posible tratamiento contra el Alzheimer" (http://www.mercuriovalpo.cl/impresa/2019/01/03/full/cuerpo-principal/3/)
Diario Hoy por hoy "Cientificos investigan la regeneracion de neuronas con gusanos" (http://www.hoyxhoy.cl/2019/01/07/full/cuerpo-principal/6/)
Diadio Las Ultimas Noticias "Investigadora descubre como gusanos heredan mecanismos de defensa a su descendencia" (http://www.lun.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2017-12-26&PaginaId=32&bodyid=0)
El Mercurio de Valparaiso (http://www.mercuriovalpo.cl/impresa/2018/04/19/full/cuerpo-principal/27/)
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National Prize of the Academy osf Sciences of Cuba
Academia de Ciencias de Cuba
Cuba, 1998
National Scientific Prize
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Conicyt Doctorate Fellowship
COMISION NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA
Chile, 1998
Doctorate CONICYT Fellowship
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Columbia Unversity Felowship
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Estados Unidos, 2002
Fellowship for Graduate Work
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Fondecyt Postdoctoral Fellowship
FONDO NACIONAL DE CIENCIA,TECNOLOGIA E INNOVACION
Chile, 2009
Psotdoctoral Fellowsip for studies in neuronal degeneration and RNAi
Use of C. elegans Diapause to Study Transgenerational Responses to Pathogen Infection |
Interspecies effectors of a transgenerational memory of bacterial infection in C. elegans. |
Discovery of neuroprotective bacterial metabolites and their mechanism of action in C. elegans |
Functional innovations under energy constraints and the evolution of animal diapause. |
Desarrollo de Consorcios Bacterianos para el tratamiento de enfermedades neurodegenerativas. |
Development of computational methods for the determination of causal-condition specific gene regulatory networks |
Analysis of gene regulatory networks that modulate behavior upon bacterial pathogenesis |
DIAPAUSE FORMATION SIGNALED BY THE RNAI MACHINERY AS A NOVEL INNATE DEFENSE MECHANISM AGAINST BACTERIAL PATHOGENS. |
The Neuronal network initiative. Understanding Differential neuronal vulnerability in neurological diseases |
Millennium Institute Interdisciplinary Center of Neuroscience of Valparaíso – CINV |
DISCOVERY OF NEURONAL ROLES FOR GENES THAT CAUSE LETHALITY IN C.ELEGANS USING RNA INTERFERENCE. |