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Viviana Isabel Torres Aguila

Profesor Asistente

Universidad de Concepción

Concepcion, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Ensamblaje de la Zona Activa Presinaptica Exosomas como transportadores de señales en el desarrollo

Educación

  •  Ph.D. in Physiology, GEORGIA REGENTS UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 1998
  •  Bioquimico, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 1989

Experiencia Académica

  •   Directora Ejecutiva Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Chile

    2011 - 2015

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA

    Ciencias de la Salud

    Antofagasta, Chile

    2005 - 2011

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Ciencias Biológicas

    Concepción, Chile

    2019 - At present

  •   Investigador Asociado Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ciencias Biológicas

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - 2019

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Postdoctoral Fellow

    Stanford University

    Estados Unidos

    2002 - 2005

  •   Postdoctoral Fellow

    University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Estados Unidos

    2000 - 2002


 

Article (14)

Canonical Wnt signaling modulates the expression of pre- and postsynaptic components in different temporal patterns

Torres, Viviana I; Martinez, M; Vio, Carlos P; Inestrosa, Nibaldo C

Article Wos
MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY  (2019)

Modulating Wnt signaling at the root=> Porcupine and Wnt acylation.

Torres, Viviana I; Godoy, Juan A; Inestrosa, Nibaldo C

Article
Pharmacology & therapeutics  (2019)

Presymptomatic treatment with andrographolide improves brain metabolic markers and cognitive behavior in a model of early-onset Alzheimer's disease

Cisternas, Pedro; Oliva, Carolina A; Torres, Viviana I.; Barrera, Daniela P.; Inestrosa, N. C.

Article
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE  (2019)

Serine-Arginine Protein Kinase SRPK2 Modulates the assembly of the Active Zone Scaffolding Protein CAST1/ERC2

Arancibia, Duxan; Lira, Matias; Cruz, Yocelin; Barrera, Daniela P; Montenegro-Venegas, Carolina; Godoy, Juan A; Garner, Craig C; Inestrosa, Nibaldo C; Gundelfinger, Eckart D; Zamorano, Pedro; Torres, Viviana I

Article Wos
Cells  (2019)

Wnt-induced activation of glucose metabolism mediates the in vivo neuroprotective roles of Wnt signaling in Alzheimer disease

Cisternas, P; Zolezzi, JM; Martinez, M; Torres VI; Wong, GW; Inestrosa, NC

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY  (2019)

The Exocyst Component Exo70 Modulates Dendrite Arbor Formation, Synapse Density, and Spine Maturation in Primary Hippocampal Neurons.

Lira, Matías; Arancibia, Duxan; Orrego, Patricio R; Montenegro-Venegas, Carolina; Cruz, Yocelin; García, Jonathan; Leal-Ortiz, Sergio; Godoy, Juan A; Gundelfinger, Eckart D; Inestrosa, Nibaldo C; Garner, Craig C; Zamorano, Pedro; Torres, Viviana I

Article
Molecular neurobiology  (2018)

Vertebrate Presynaptic Active Zone Assembly: A Role Accomplished by Diverse Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms

Torres, Viviana I.; Inestrosa, Nibaldo C

Article
MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY  (2018)

Emerging Synaptic Molecules as Candidates in the Etiology of Neurological Disorders.

Torres, Viviana I; Vallejo, Daniela; Inestrosa, Nibaldo C

Article
Neural plasticity  (2017)

In Vitro Effectiveness of a Terpenic Denture Cleanser on Old Biofilm Surfaces.

Martínez, Alejandra; Catalán, Alfonso; Rojas, Ninón; Torres, Viviana; Acuña, Mónica

Article
Journal of prosthodontics => official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists  (2016)

Trio, a Rho Family GEF, Interacts with the Presynaptic Active Zone Proteins Piccolo and Bassoon

Terry-Lorenzo, RT; Torres, VI; Wagh, D; Galaz, J; Swanson, SK; Florens, L; Washburn, MP; Waites, CL; Gundelfinger, ED; Reimer, RJ; Garner, CC

Article ISI SCOPUS
PLOS ONE  (2016)

Formation of Golgi-Derived Active Zone Precursor Vesicles

Maas, C; Torres VI; Altrock, WD; Leal-Ortiz S.; Wagh, D; Terry-Lorenzo, RT; Fejtova, A; Gundelfinger ED; Ziv, NE; Garner, CC

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE  (2012)

Potential Role of Sodium-Proton Exchangers in the Low Concentration Arsenic Trioxide-Increased Intracellular pH and Cell Proliferation

Aravena C, Beltran A, Cornejo M, Torres V, Diaz E, Guzman-Gutierrez Pardo F, Leiva A, Sobrevia L, Ramirez MA.

Article
Plos One  (2012)

An evolutionarily conserved mechanism for presynaptic trapping

Fernandez F, Torres V, Zamorano P

Article
Cell Mol Life Sci  (2010)

Assembly of active zone precursor vesicles: obligatory trafficking of presynaptic cytomatrix proteins Bassoon and Piccolo via a trans-Golgi compartment.

Dresbach T, Torres V, Wittenmayer N, Altrock WD, Zamorano P, Zuschratter W, Nawrotzki R, Ziv NE, Garner CC, Gundelfinger ED.

Article
Journal of Biological Chemisitry  (2006)

Proyecto (5)

Neuroplastin goes presynaptic-implications for endo-/-exocytosis and the exocyst complex

PCI (20150065)

Proyecto
2017-2019
Coinvestigador(a)

OPTIMIZING CHOLESTEROL REMOVAL BY HDL NANODISCS=> A TWO-PHONTON MICROSCOPY APPROACH

FONDECYT (1140454)

Proyecto
2014-2018
Coinvestigador(a)

Desarrollo de una estrategia molecular que aceleraría el crecimiento de Abalón juvenil

Gobierno Regional de Antofagasta (FIC 4591)

Proyecto
2008-2009
Inv. Principal

ROL DEL COMPLEJO EXOCISTO EN LA FORMACION Y MANTENIMIENTO DE LA SINAPSIS EN EL SISTEMA NERVIOSO CENTRAL

FONDECYT (1070462)

Proyecto
2007-2010
Coinvestigador(a)

Rol de la proteína ERC2 en la formación de la zona activa presináptica durante la sinaptogénesis del cerebro de rata

Universidad de Antofagasta (DIRINV 1314)

Proyecto
2006-2008
Inv. Principal

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Viviana Torres

Profesor Asistente

Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular

Universidad de Concepción

Concepcion, Chile

1
José Galaz

Estudiante de Posgrado

Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Odontológicas

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile