
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 |

Mario Chiong
Profesor
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Claudio Hetz
Deputy Director
INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS BIOMÉDICAS, FACULTAD DE MEDICINA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
SANTIAGO, Chile

Rosemarie Mellado
Jefe de carrera / Académica
Farmacia
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Karen Castillo
Académica Investigadora
,Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule (CIEAM)
Universidad Catolica del Maule
Talca, Chile

Jimena Sierralta
Full Professor
Neuroscience
Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Jose Matamala
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurological Science
University of Chile
Santiago, Chile

Felipe Court
Full Professor and Director
Center for Integrative Biology
Universidad Mayor
Huechuraba, Chile

Melissa Calegaro
Principal Investigator, head lab
Research Vice Presidency
Universidad Mayor
Santiago, Chile

Valentina Valenzuela
Investigador Asociado
Centro de Biotecnologia
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile

Ute Wohlbier
Associate Professor
Center for Integrative Biology
Universidad Mayor de Chile
Santiago, Chile

sandra espinoza
asistente de investigacion
Laboratorio Neuroinmunologia
Fundacion Ciencias para la Vida/Universidad San Sebastian
Santiago, Chile