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Cecilia Magdalena Vergara Montecinos

Profesor Asociado

DEPARTAMENTO BIOLOGIA, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, U. DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


1 Modulación de excitabilidad neuronal por cobre endógeno en SNC. 2 En colaboración, mecanismos que permiten suministro adecuado de ATP para mantener procesos de quimiotransduccion en cilios de neuronas olfatorias que no contienen mitocondrias.

Educación

  •  Fisiologia, Universidad de Harvard. Estados Unidos, 1983

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Asociado Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Ciencias

    Santiago, Chile

    1976 - At present

Premios y Distinciones

  •   Socio Honorario Sociedada Chilena de Ciencias Fisiológicas

    SOCIEDAD CHILENA DE CIENCIAS FISIOLOGICAS

    Chile, 2019

    Reconocimiento a la participación en la Sociedad y Formación de estudiantes.


 

Article (37)

Possible ATP trafficking by ATP-shuttles in the olfactory cilia and glucose transfer across the olfactory mucosa
Energy Requirements of Odor Transduction in the Chemosensory Cilia of Olfactory Sensory Neurons Rely on Oxidative Phosphorylation and Glycolytic Processing of Extracellular Glucose
Copper enhances cellular and network excitabilities, and improves temporal processing in the rat hippocampus
Micromolar copper modifies electrical properties and spontaneous discharges of nodose ganglion neurons in vitro
On the Mechanism of Synaptic Depression Induced by CaMKIIN, an Endogenous Inhibitor of CaMKII
AtHMA1 is a thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+/heavy metal pump
Copper and zinc as modulators of neuronal excitability in a physiologically significant concentration range
Divalent cations as modulators of neuronal excitability: Emphasis on copper and zinc
Putative ClC-2 chloride channel mediates inward rectification in Drosophila retinal photoreceptors
CNTF, a pleiotropic cytokine: emphasis on its myotrophic role
Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor (CNTF) affects the excitable and contractile properties of innervated skeletal muscles
External copper inhibits the activity of the large-conductance calcium- and voltage-sensitive potassium channel from skeletal muscle
Ca2+-activated K+ channel inhibition by reactive oxygen species
Permeability changes induced by polylysines in rat spermatids
Properties of St I and St II, two isotoxins isolated from Stichodactyla helianthus: a comparison
Structure, organization and characterization of the gene cluster involved in the production of microcin E492, a channel-forming bacteriocin
Coordinated gating of TRP-dependent channels in rhabdomeral membranes from Drosophila retinas
Acute activation of Maxi-K channels (hSlo) by estradiol binding to the beta subunit
Localization of the K+ lock-in and the Ba2+ binding sites in a voltage-gated calcium-modulated channel - Implications for survival of K+ permeability
Calcium-activated potassium channels
Age dependent expression of the apamin sensitive calcium dependent K+ channel in fast and slow rat skeletal muscle.
Current issues in invertebrate phototransduction - Second messengers and ion conductances
Neural control of the expression of a Ca2+-activated K+ channel involved in the induction of myotonic-like characteristics
Axonal flow blockade alters apamin receptors, electrical activity and twitch tension in rat skeletal muscle
Microsin 492 acts by forming ionic channels in phospholipid bilayer membranes.
Increace of apamin receptors in skeletal muscle induced by axonal flow blockers.
Calcium activated K channels of large unitary conductance.
Activation and conduction of a Ca activated K channel in neutral and charged lipid bilayer membranes
Properties of reconstituted ion channels.
Conduction blockade and gating in a Ca activated K channel incorporated into planar lipid bilayers
K channels gated by voltage and ions.
Kinetics of a Ca activated K channel from rabbit muscle: evidence for Ca and Ba blockade
Properties of a Ca activated K channel in a reconstituted system.
Reconstitution in planar lipid bilayers of a Ca dependent K channel from transverse tubule membranes isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle.
Uncoupling of calcium transport in sarcoplasmic reticulum as a result of labeling amino groups. An inhibition of Ca ATPase activity by modification of lysine residues of the Ca ATPase polypeptide.
Extracelular space and diffusion barriers in muscle fibers from M. psittacus.
Immunological and biochemical properties of transverse tubule membranes isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle.

Abstract (5)

Inhibition of a Ca2+-activated K(+)channel by H2O2
Ciliary neurotrophic factor affects the expression of the low-conductance apamin-sensitive Ca2+-activated K+ channel (SK3) from rat skeletal muscle in vivo and in vitro
Inhibition of Ca2+-dependent K+ channel currents by exposure to hydrogen peroxide
Localisation of ion binding sites and modulation by oestrogens in a Ca2+-dependent K+ (MaxiK) channel
Single channel recordings from native rhabdomeral membranes of Drosophila photoreceptors

ConferencePaper (1)

A CLC-2-like chloride conductance in Drosophila photoreceptors
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Cecilia Vergara

Profesor Asociado

Biología

DEPARTAMENTO BIOLOGIA, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, U. DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

5
Ricardo Delgado

Profesor Adjunto

Biología

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGIA

Santiago, Chile

4
ramon latorre

Profesor

Instituto de Neurociencia

Universidad de Valparaíso

5, Chile

2
Gonzalo Ugarte

Asistente de Investigación

Biología

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Marco Soto

Profesor Asociado

Química Física

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Luis Cid

Principal Research

Laboratorio Biología Molecular

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTIFICOS CECs

Valdivia, Chile

1
Carlos Maureira

Investigador Associated

Biology

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Lorena Norambuena

Full Professor

Biology

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Gino Corsini

Director Instituto Ciencias Biomédicas

Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Julio Alcayaga

Profesor Titular

Biología

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FAC. CIENCIAS, DEPTO. BIOLOGÍA

Santiago, Chile

1
Ramon Jorquera

Assistant Professor

Facultad de Medicina

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Maria Magdalena Sanhueza

Profesora Asociada

Biología

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Francisco Morera

Assistant Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Ariel Orellana

Profesor Titular

Centro de Biotecnologia Vegetal

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

1
Julio Amigo

Assistant Professor

Physiology

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Patricio Orio

Profesor Titular

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Ignacio Moreno

Profesor asistente

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Julio Berrios

Académico Full-time

Facultad de Ingeniería

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Erwin Strahsburger

Instructor Professor

Universidad Arturo Prat

Iquique, Chile

1
Marcelo Baeza

Profesor Titular

Ciencias Ecologicas

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Rosalba Lagos

Professor

Biología

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA

Santiago, Chile

1
Camilo Gouet

Research assistant

Psicologia

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile