Portal del Investigador
Margarita Calvo Bascuñan
Profesor Asociado
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
My research interest in neuropathic pain is complementary to my clinical work. I study both animal models and patients employing a variety of techniques ranging from transgenic mouse models to human psychophysical studies and genetics.
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Neuroscience, KINGS COLLEGE LONDON. Reino Unido, 2010
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Pain Management, KINGS COLLEGE LONDON. Reino Unido, 2009
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Medico Cirujano, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2006
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Peripheral Nervous system, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO. Italia, 2020
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Postdoctoral fellow Full Time
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Biomedical school
london-oxford, Reino Unido
2010 - 2013
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Profesor Visitante Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Cs Biologicas
santiago, Chile
2013 - 2014
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Profesor Asociado Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Cs Biologicas
santiago, Chile
2014 - At present
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Profesor Visitante Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
NDCN
Oxford, Reino Unido
2013 - 2014
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Postdoctoral fellow Full Time
Kings College London
london, Reino Unido
2010 - 2013
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Honorary contract- Clinical researcher Full Time
Kings College London hospitals
London, Reino Unido
2010 - At present
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Honorary contract- Clinical researcher Other
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital-Imperial College
London, Reino Unido
2010 - 2013
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Visitant Professor Full Time
Oxford University
Oxford, Reino Unido
2013 - At present
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Visitant Professor Full Time
Oxford University
Oxford, Reino Unido
2016 - 2016
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profesor visitante Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2013 - 2014
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Medico acreditado-Unidad del Dolor Other
Red de salud UC Christus
Santiago, Chile
2014 - At present
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Profesor Asistente Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2014 - 2019
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Early-Career Advisory Group (ECAG) member Other
eLife
Reino Unido
2017 - At present
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Management committee Other
Neuropathic Pain Special Interest group (NeuPSIG)
London, Reino Unido
2018 - At present
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IASP Councillor Other
International Association for the study of pain
Chile
2020 - At present
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Directora Other
Inicitaiva Cinetífico Millennium Nucleus -ANID
Chile
2020 - At present
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Visitant Professor Full Time
Oxford University
Oxford, Reino Unido
2023 - 2023
Dirección De Tesis De Pregrado
- Completa: Daniela Schmidt
- En ejecución. Marcelo Kim , Luna Olguin, Pilar Morales
- Inmersión en investigación de alumna universidad Los Andes 2014-2015 Sofia von Bischhoffshausen
- Investigación para pregrado verano/invierno :2014 Miguel Calderon,
2015 Renate Reisenegger/ Miguel Calderon,
2017 Sofía Guajardo
2018 Matias Torres Jesús Vega
2019 Daniella Pérez, Francisca Henríquez
Dirección De Tesis De Post-Grado (Solo Doctorado)
Rotación de primer año de doctorado de Néstor Corro 2015
En ejecución, Luis Martin Gonzalez
Paula Díaz
Macarena Tejos
Zulmary Manjarres
Conferencias:
Nacionales
-2018: Sociedad de Neurociencias, Puerto Varas
-2016: XXXVIII Congreso Anual De La Sociedad De Farmacología De Chile. Castro, Chiloé
Internacionales
-2020 1st EB World Congress, London, UK
- 2019 7th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain (NeuPSIG 2019), London, UK
-2019 eLife Annual Meeting, London, UK
-2018 17th World Congress in Pain IASP. Boston, USA
-2017. Peripheral Nerve Society 2017, Sitges, Spain
-2017. Neuropathic pain Special interest Group IASP, NeuPSIG 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden
-2017 eLife Annual meeting, Boston, USA
-2016. 16th World Congress in Pain IASP. Yokohama, Japan
-2016. Euroconference in Pain, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
-2015. 5to International Congress NeuPSIG. Nice, France
-2015. EFIC IX Pain Congress, Vienna, Austria
-2015. World Congress in neurology, Santiago, Chile
-2015. Chilean Congress in Pain (ACHED). Santiago, Chile
-2014. Satellite symposium in painful neuropathies (NeuPSIG, IASP) Santiago, Chile
-2013. Peripheral Nerve Society Biennial Meeting, St Malo, France
-2012. Joint Italian and British Peripheral Nerve Societies meeting. London, UK
Posters en Congresos Internacionales
- 2016. 16th World Congress in Pain IASP. Yokohama, Japan
- 2015 5th NeuPSIG. Nice, France
- 2015. EFIC IX Pain Congress, Vienna, Austria
- 2014 15th World Congress in Pain IASP. Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2013 4to Congreso Internacional NeuPSIG. Athens, Greece
- 2012 14th World Congress in Pain IASP. Milan, Italy
- 2010 13th World Congress in Pain IASP. Montreal, Canada
- 2009 Peripheral Nerve Society meeting. Würzburg , Germany
- 2008 12th World Congress in Pain IASP. Glasgow, UK
- 2007. Peripheral Nerve Society,meeting. Snowbird, Utah, USA
Participación En Otras Actividades Asociadas A Investigación.
Revisor de Publicaciones Internacionales (Journal, fecha)
eLife 2018, Glia 2017, Plos NTD 2017, Journal of molecular histology 2017, Neuroscience letters 2017, 2015, 2014, Journal of Pain 2015, Pain Research and Treatment 2015, Pain Medicine 2014, Journal of pain Research 2014 , Biological Research 2014-2018, Revista médica de Chile 2018
Revisor de Proyectos Nacionales
FONDEF 2015, 2019 2020, FONDECYT INICIO 2015, Becas Chile (doctorado extranjero) 2018-2020, Conicyt Doctorado Chile 2018-2020
Revisor de Proyectos Extranjeros
-Newton Prize 2019-2020 UK National Commission for UNESCO Team.
-The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO/ZonMw) 2016
-Italian Ministry of Health (MOH) Riserca Sanitaria 2014-2017
Rol en Sociedades Internacional
-Member of the eLife early careers advisory group 2017-2019
-Member of management committee Neuropathic Pain SIG IASP 2019-2020
-Elected council IASP 2020-2026
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Beca Presidente de la Republica
Gobienro de Chile
Chile, 2007
Beca para estudiar el PhD.
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Beca Alban
COMUNIDAD ECONOMICA EUROPEA
Portugal, 2006
Beca Alban para estudios de postgrado en la Comunidad Europea
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P.K Thomas Fellowship Award
Peripheral Nerve Society
Estados Unidos, 2009
Mejor presentacion del congreso de PNS
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travel grant
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Reino Unido, 2010
TRavel grant
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travel grant
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Chile, 2009
travel grant
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travel grant
IBRO
Estados Unidos, 2010
TRAVEL GRANT
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travel grant
IASP
Chile, 2010
International Association for the study of pain travel grant
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travel grant
IASP
Chile, 2008
International association for the study of pain travel grant
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Travel grant
eLife
Chile, 2017
eLife is a non-profit organisation inspired by research funders and led by scientists. eLife was founded in 2011 by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society and the Wellcome Trust, who provide financial support and strategic guidance. They provide a few grants each year to early-stage researchers on eLife papers for funding towards presenting their work at a meeting of their choice.
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IASP councilor
International Association for the study of pain
Estados Unidos, 2020
I am an elected councillor for the biggest International society in Pain (IASP). I have been working hard in special interest groups task and in managing the neuPSIG (one of the main SIG of IASP). This year I was selected as one in the " IASP Hall of Champions" (https://www.iasp-pain.org/Membership/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=6221) and then elected to be councillor for 6 years.
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Natural and exact sciences Millenium Nucleus
FONDECYT
Chile, 2020
MiNuSPain, milenium nucleus for the study of pain. Adjudicado en concurso 2020 Directora
Signals from injured neurons that modulate microglia |
An Immunological Signature of Pain in Fibromyalgia Syndrome. |
Dolor crónico en la población adulta chilena en edad de trabajar |
A double-blind, randomized, cross-over, multi-centre, feasibility trial of pregabalin for the treatment of RDEB-associated neuropathic pain and itch |
Investigating neurotrophins role in small fibre neuropathy in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa |
SHAKER-TYPE-KV-CHANNELS AS MODULATORS OF HYPEREXCITABILITY; IMPACT ON NEUROPATHIC PAIN STATES. |
Investigating a novel mechanism of hypersensitivity induced by exclusive damage to intraepidermal nerve fibres=> neuropathic pain in Epidermolysis Bullosa |
Determining the frequency and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying neuropathic pain in epidermolysis bullosa and its potential as a novel mechanism of hypersensitivity induced by sole cutaneous nerve fibre damage |
Margarita Calvo
Profesor Asociado
Fisiologia
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Rodrigo Pacheco
Associate Investigator; Head of the Laboratory of Neuroimmunology
Fundación Ciencia para la Vida
Santiago, Chile
Felipe Court
Full Professor and Director
Center for Integrative Biology
Universidad Mayor
Huechuraba, Chile