Diego Andrés Rojas Rivera
Assistant Professor
Universidad Mayor
Santiago, Chile
Cell Death, ER stress, TNF signaling pathway, Apoptosis, Necroptosis. Pharmacology, Bioassays.
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Bioquímica, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2012
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Químico Farmacéutico, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2006
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Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF GENT
Inflammation Research Center
Gent, Bélgica
2016 - 2018
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Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Medicina
Santiago, Chile
2013 - 2015
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Assistant professor Full Time
Universidad Mayor
Ciencias
Santiago, Chile
2018 - At present
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Phd student Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Medicina
Santiago, Chile
2007 - 2012
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Assistant Professor Full Time
Universidad Mayor
Santiago, Chile
2018 - At present
2016 Study of the contribution of the UPR to TNF-mediated inflammatory response and cell death induction. Scientific supervisor of Master thesis of Science in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Ghent University. Belgium.
2014-2018 Role of HSP47 on the regulation of IRE1alfa. Co-Advisor of Ph.D. thesis in Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Chile.
2019 chairman of self-evaluation committee for the Neurobiology doctoral program, Universidad Mayor, Chile.
2013-2014: Coordinator of Seminars “Talks about Neuromedicine” at the Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Medicine Faculty. University of Chile.
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Mejor Tesis Doctoral
ACADEMIA CHILENA DE CIENCIAS
Chile, 2015
Doctoral thesis: “TMBIM3/GRINA is a novel Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) target gene that controls apoptosis through the modulation of ER calcium homeostasis”.
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Mejor tesis doctoral en biologia celular de Chile
Fundación Allende-Connelly
Chile, 2013
Doctoral thesis: “TMBIM3/GRINA is a novel Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) target gene that controls apoptosis through the modulation of ER calcium homeostasis”.
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Young Scientist Program award
IUBMB & FEBS
Chile, 2012
Premio otorgado por IUBMB & FEBS, 2012
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Keystone Symposia Award
Keystone Symposia
Chile, 2010
For assisting “Cell Death Pathways: Apoptosis, Autophagy and Necrosis (X3)”. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadá.
Alternative functions of the BCL-2 protein family at the endoplasmic reticulum. |
Calcium & ROS: Two orchestra directors for the requiem of death |
TMBIM protein family: ancestral regulators of cell death |