Ute Wohlbier
Associate Professor
Universidad Mayor de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Neurodegeneration, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Protein Folding, Autophagy, Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy, Gene Therapy
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Ph.D./Dr.rer.nat., UNIVERSITAT HEIDELBERG. Alemania, 2007
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M.Sc./Dipl.biol. in Molecular Biology, UNIVERSITAT HEIDELBERG. Alemania, 2003
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Associate Professor Full Time
Universidad Mayor
Faculty of Science
Santiago, Chile
2019 - At present
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Assistant Professor Full Time
Universidad Mayor
Santiago, Chile
2013 - 2018
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Postdoc Full Time
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Estados Unidos
2007 - 2010
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Postdoc Full Time
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2013
Undergrad thesis
1. Catherine Andreu, 2012, Caracterizacion de un modelo murino knockout y transgénico para ERp57 en el sistema nervioso central, Escula de Biotechnologia, Universidad de Chile, co-tutor
2. Fernanda Briceño y Luciano Páez, 2016, Rol de Fam120A en proteopatias asociadas a esclerosis lateral amiotrofica, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela Tecnologia Medico, Universidad Mayor, co-tutor
3. Javiera Arcos, 2016, Caracterización de los niveles de expresión de Beclin1 interactor (BCI), una nueva proteína asociada a autofagia en modelos in vivo de Esclerosis lateral amiotrofica, Facultad de Ciencias, Escuela de Biotecnologia, Universidad Mayor, tutor
4. Constanza Puelles Caceres y Laura Gomez Gomez, 2018, Pacer, una proteina relacionada a la autofagia, y su papel en muerte celular inducida por TNF-a en modelos celulares neuronales, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela Tecnologia Medico, Universidad Mayor, tutor
5. Constanza Bidart y Catalina Ibarra, 2022, Expresión del gen Pacer en cáncer de mama, Escuela Tecnologia Medico, Universidad Mayor, co-tutor
PhD thesis
1. Sebastian Beltran, 2014-2018, The role of Pacer in SOD1 protein aggregation, Programa de Doctorado en Genomica Integrativa, Universidad Mayor, tutor
2. Luis Labrador, 2016-2020, Pacer, a new link between autophagy and cell death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Programa de Doctorado en Genomica Integrativa, Universidad Mayor, tutor
3. Emiliano Vicencio, 2016-2021, Network analysis predicts a role for FAM120A in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Programa de Doctorado en Genomica Integrativa, Universidad Mayor, tutor
4. Miguel Rubilar, 2020-pres, A network-based approach to ALS – Identifying new genes and pathways for disease, Programa de Doctorado en Genomica Integrativa, Universidad Mayor, co-tutor
Postdoc
1. Sebastian Beltran, 2018-2020, Pacer and Rubicon a new autophagy related proteins involved in motoneuron survival.
Bci is a new component of the autophagy pathway |
Protein disulfide isomerase gene variants are associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
Systems biology-based approaches applied to vaccine development |
The autophagy protein Pacer as a mediator of motoneuron protection in ALS |
A novel therapeutic approach to promote motoneuron survival during Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pathology |
DEFINING THE ROLE OF KIAA0226L/C13ORF18 IN THE AUTOPHAGY/ENDOLYSOSOMAL PATHWAY DURING ALS PATHOLOGY. |
El papel de la nueva proteina BCI en la conectividad y plasticidad neuronal |
THE ROLE OF ER-RESIDENT PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASES (PDIS) INTHE MISFOLDING AND NEUROTOXICITY OF MUTANT PRP AND SOD1. |