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JOAO FRANCISCO BOTELHO

Profesor Asistente

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


I am a developmental biologist working on the evolution of vertebrate morphology. My research focuses primarily on morphogenetic processes that occur soon after embryonic patterning.

Educación

  •  Filosofía de la Ciencia, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA. Brasil, 2007
  •  Biología Molecular, Celular y Neurociencias, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2014
  •  Ciencias Biológicas, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA. Brasil, 2004

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral fellow Full Time

    YALE UNIVERSITY

    New Haven, Estados Unidos

    2016 - 2018

  •   Profesor asistente Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Biología

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - 2019

  •   Postdoctoral Fellow Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

    Medicine

    Auckland, Nueva Zelanda

    2014 - 2015

  •   Profesor asistente Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Santiago, Chile

    2020 - At present

Difusión y Transferencia


Darwinianas – www.darwinianas.com – Science Blog of the Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (INCT) for Interdisciplinary studies in Ecology and Evolution (IN-TREE), Brazil.
• Alan Turing na palma da mão (12 de dezembro de 2017)
• Evolução em ilhas: um jogo de histórias paralelas (29 de Agosto, 2017)
• Nossos irmãos invertebrados (4 de julho, 2017)
• vôo da ema (21 de março de 2017)
• Um Éden gelado (24 de janeiro 2017)
• Uma simples pena complexa (27 de dezembro de 2016)
• mistério da pena vermelha no pica-pau amarelo (25 de outubro de 2016)
• Evolução simplificadora (2 de Agosto de 2016)
• Os habitantes da minha pele (19 de julho de 2019)


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Premio David Yudilevich “Darwin: 200 años”

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Chile, 2009

    concurso de Posters al que postularon estudiantes de pregrado y de postgrado que están desarrollando tesis en las áreas de biología evolutiva, antropología, arqueología o paleontología.


 

Article (15)

The developing bird pelvis passes through ancestral dinosaurian conditions
The dinosaurian femoral head experienced a morphogenetic shift from torsion to growth along the avian stem
The evolutionary consequences of epigenesis and neutral change: A conceptual approach at the organismal level
Dinosaur ossification centres in embryonic birds uncover developmental evolution of the skull
Greater Growth of Proximal Metatarsals in Bird Embryos and the Evolution of Hallux Position in the Grasping Foot
Innervation of the syrinx of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Molecular development of fibular reduction in birds and its evolution from dinosaurs
Involvement of the avian song system in reproductive behaviour
On the hodological criterion for homology
Skeletal plasticity in response to embryonic muscular activity underlies the development and evolution of the perching digit of birds
The evolution of developmental modes in the new avian phylogenetic tree
New Developmental Evidence Clarifies the Evolution of Wrist Bones in the Dinosaur-Bird Transition
New developmental evidence supports a homeotic frameshift of digit identity in the evolution of the bird wing
The developmental origin of zygodactyl feet and its possible loss in the evolution of Passeriformes
Sonic hedgehog (Shh)/Gli modulates the spatial organization of neuroepithelial cell proliferation in the developing chick optic tectum

BookSection (1)

Epigenetics, Evolution and Development of Birds

Proyecto (4)

The evolution of development in the transition from dinosaurs to birds
INCT em Estudos Interdisciplinares e Transdisciplinares em Ecologia e Evolução
ONGOING CONTROVERSIES ON AVIAN DIGIT IDENTITY=> AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENTAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATIONS OF BIRD DIGIT DEVELOPMENT

Review (1)

Altriciality and the Evolution of Toe Orientation in Birds
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JOAO FRANCISCO

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

8
Alexander Vargas

Profesor Asociado

Biología

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
Sergio Soto

Investigador asociado

Biología

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Verónica Palma

Profesor Titular

Biología

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

3
Jorge Mpodozis

Profesor Titular

DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Verónica Palma

Associate Professor

Biology

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Patricio Ahumada

Investigador

Programa de Biología Integrativa

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile