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Ariel Salvatore Ávila Macaya

Profesor Asistente

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

Concepción, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Neurobiología del desarrollo, Enfermedades mentales, Desarrollo embrionario, Transmision sináptica

Educación

  •  Bioquímica, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2008
  •   Biomedical Science, UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE. Bélgica, 2013
  •  Biomedical Science, UNIVERSITEIT HASSELT. Bélgica, 2013
  •  Bioquímico, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2008

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSITEIT HASSELT

    Diepenbeek, Bélgica

    2013 - 2013

  •   Staff Scientist Part Time

    UNIVERSITEIT HASSELT

    Diepenbeek, Bélgica

    2012 - 2013

  •   PhD student Full Time

    UNIVERSITEIT HASSELT

    Diepenbeek, Bélgica

    2008 - 2013

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN

    Toronto, Canada

    2014 - 2015

  •   Postdoctoral Fellow Full Time

    MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

    Toronto, Canada

    2016 - 2017

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN

    Facultad de Medicina

    Concepción, Chile

    2019 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Staff Scientist Full Time

    University of Hasselt

    Diepenbeek, Bélgica

    2012 - 2013

  •   Postoctoral Researcher Full Time

    University of Hasselt

    Diepenbeek, Bélgica

    2013 - 2013

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    The Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, Canada

    2014 - 2015

  •   Postoctoral Fellow Full Time

    Mount Sinai Hospital

    Toronto, Canada

    2016 - 2017

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

    Concepción, Chile

    2019 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


Julio 2019 - Junio 2020 Profesor guia postodoctorate UCSC 2019. Investigador postdoctoral Dr. Jorge Ojeda
Agosto 2019 Profesor patrocinante postulación Fondecyt postdoctorado 2020. Investigador postdoctoral Dr. Jorge Ojeda


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Premio a la mejor presentación oral de la reunión "Euron and Theme joint PhD meeting"

    UNIVERSITY OF BONN

    Alemania, 2011

    Migratory interneurons express functional glycine receptors during early development of the cerebral cortex. Euron and Theme joint PhD meeting. University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. September 22-23, 2011. Chosen as the best oral presentation of the meeting.


 

Article (14)

Theil Entropy as a Non-Lineal Analysis for Spectral Inequality of Physiological Oscillations
Gut Microbiota Interaction with the Central Nervous System throughout Life
Glycine Receptor Inhibition Differentially Affect Selected Neuronal Populations of the Developing Embryonic Cortex, as Evidenced by the Analysis of Spontaneous Calcium Oscillations
Mice lacking neuronal calcium sensor-1 show social and cognitive deficits
Optogenetic manipulation of postsynaptic cAMP using a novel transgenic mouse line enables synaptic plasticity and enhances depolarization following tetanic stimulation in the hippocampal dentate gyrus
Cerebral Cortical Circuitry Formation Requires Functional Glycine Receptors
Glycine receptors control the generation of projection neurons in the developing cerebral cortex.
Glycine receptors and brain development.
ADAM17 is a survival factor for microglial cells in vitro and in vivo after spinal cord injury in mice.
Complex invasion pattern of the cerebral cortex by microglial cells at the onset of neuronal cell migration in the mouse embryo.
Glycine receptor a2 subunit activation promotes cortical interneuron migration.
Experimental early-life febrile seizures induce changes in GABA(A) R-mediated neurotransmission in the dentate gyrus.
Molecular requirements for ethanol differential allosteric modulation of glycine receptors based on selective G beta-gamma modulation.
Relevance of the cytoplasmic domain N-terminal region of the glycine receptor in the binding of G beta-gamma.

Proyecto (2)

ÁCIDO RETINOICO COMO HERRAMIENTA TERAPÉUTICA PARA CORREGIR EL DESARROLLO ANORMAL DE LA CORTEZA CEREBRAL ENEL SÍNDROME DE PITT-HOPKINS
"Fortalecimiento de la investigación, docencia y articulación básico-clínica en Neurociencias para los programas de Especialidades Médicas de Psiquiatría de la Facultad de Medicina UCSC"

Review (1)

Early Actions of Neurotransmitters During Cortex Development and Maturation of Reprogrammed Neurons
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Ariel Ávila

Profesor Asistente

Ciencias Básicas

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

Concepción, Chile

2
Miguel Sanchez

Profesor

Ciencias Basicas y Morfologia

Universidad Católica de la Santisima Concepción

Concepcion, Chile

1
Jorge Ojeda

Académico investigador

Ciencias Básicas y Morfología

Universidad Católica de la Santisima Concepción

Concepción, Chile