Man

Joaquin Letelier Undurraga

Assistant Professor

Universidad Mayor

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


I have been working in the visual system embryonic development using zebrafish (Danio rerio) and medaka (Oryzias latipes). Also I have been studying the embryonic development of the fish fins trying to understand the fin to limb transition.

Educación

  •  Neuroscience, Universidad de Valparaiso. Chile, 2012
  •  Biology, Universidad de Chile. Chile, 2004

Experiencia Académica

  •   Professor Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBANEZ

    Artes Liberales

    Viña del Mar, Chile

    2010 - 2012

  •   Teaching Assistant Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Psicology

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Teaching Assistant Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Science

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2008 - 2008

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Research assistant Part Time

    Universidad de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2003 - 2004

  •   Technical assistant Full Time

    Universidad de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2005 - 2005

  •   Graduate Student Full Time

    Universidad de Valparaíso

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2006 - 2012

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Part Time

    Universidad de Valparaíso

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2012 - 2013

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo

    Seville, España

    2013 - 2018

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    Universidad Mayor

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


1. CLARA RAMIREZ ANILLO
GENOTIPADO Y ANÁLISIS DE MUTANTES PARA LOS GENES VSX1 Y VSX2 EN PEZ CEBRA
GRADO BIOTECNOLOGÍA
UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE
SEVILLA ESPAÑA
Año 2018

2. SERGIO GONZÁLEZ DÍAZ
ANALISIS DE LA MUTACION DE LOS GENES VSX EN EL DESARROLLO EMBRIONARIO DEL OJO DE PECES TELEOSTEOS
MÁSTER BIOLOGÍA AVANZADA
UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
SEVILLA ESPAÑA
Año 2017

3. CARLOS AVILA NIETO
CARACTERIZACIÓN GENÉTICA Y FENOTÍPICA DE UNA LÍNEA MUTANTE OBTENIDA POR CRISPR/CAS9 EN EL ORGANISMO MODELO DE VERTEBRADOS DANIO RERIO 
GRADO BIOQUIMICA
UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA, UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA
SEVILLA ESPAÑA
Año 2016

4. MARTA SAN MARTÍN ALONSO
ANÁLISIS DE LA EXPRESIÓN DE GENES MEDIANTE HIBRIDACIÓN IN SITU EN EMBRIONES DE PEZ CEBRA (DANIO RERIO)
GRADO BIOTECNOLOGÍA
UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE
SEVILLA ESPAÑA
Año 2014


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Travelling Fellowships

    The Company of Biologists

    Reino Unido, 2018

    I got awarded with a Development travelling Fellowship (2000 pounds) for a 2 month research visit to the Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Spain

  •   Postdoctorate Award

    Spanish Society for Developmental Biology

    España, 2016

    Got awarded in the Postdoctorate symposium during the 11th meeting of the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology


 

Article (7)

A conserved Shh cis-regulatory module highlights a common developmental origin of unpaired and paired fins

Letelier, Joaquin; de la Calle-Mustienes, Elisa; Pieretti, Joyce; Naranjo, Silvia; Maeso, Ignacio; Nakamura, Tetsuya; Pascual-Anaya, Juan; Shubin, Neil H.; Schneider, Igor; Ramon Martinez-Morales, Juan; Luis Gomez-Skarmeta, Jose

Article ISI
NATURE GENETICS  (2018)

Evolutionary emergence of the rac3b/rfng/sgca regulatory cluster refined mechanisms for hindbrain boundaries formation

Letelier, Joaquin; Terriente, Javier; Belzunce, Ivan; Voltes, Adria; Alberto Undurraga, Cristian; Polvillo, Rocio; Devos, Lucie; Tena, Juan J.; Maeso, Ignacio; Retaux, Sylvie; Luis Gomez-Skarmeta, Jose; Martinez-Morales, Juan R.; Pujades, Cristina

Article ISI
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  (2018)

Fishing forward and reverse: Advances in zebrafish phenomics

Fuentes, Ricardo; Letelier, Joaquin; Tajer, Benjamin; Valdivia, Leonardo E.; Mullins, Mary C.

Article ISI SCOPUS
MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT  (2018)

The pigmented epithelium, a bright partner against photoreceptor degeneration

Letelier, Joaquin; Bovolenta, Paola; Martinez-Morales, Juan R.

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF NEUROGENETICS  (2017)

Analysis of cellular behavior and cytoskeletal dynamics reveal a constriction mechanism driving optic cup morphogenesis

Nicolas-Perez, Maria; Kuchling, Franz; Letelier, Joaquin; Polvillo, Rocio; Wittbrodt, Jochen; Martinez-Morales, Juan R.

Article ISI
ELIFE  (2016)

Analysis of opo cis-regulatory landscape uncovers Vsx2 requirement in early eye morphogenesis

Gago-Rodrigues, Ines; Fernandez-Minan, Ana; Letelier, Joaquin; Naranjo, Silvia; Tena, Juan J.; Gomez-Skarmeta, Jose L.; Martinez-Morales, Juan R.

Article ISI
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS  (2015)

Zebrafish adult-derived hypothalamic neurospheres generate gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons

Cortes-Campos, C; Letelier, J; Ceriani, R.; Whitlock, KE

Article ISI
BIOLOGY OPEN  (2015)

Abstract (2)

Disrupted patterning of the hypothalamus results in Kallmann Syndrome like defects in the zebrafish

Whitlock K.; Kim, H; Maturana, C.; Letelier, J

Abstract ISI
MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT  (2009)

Effect of the disruption of prokineticin2 system in the development of zebrafish hypothalamic GnRH cells

Letelier, J; Whitlock K.

Abstract ISI
MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT  (2009)

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Joaquin Letelier

Assistant Professor

Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad Mayor

Santiago, Chile

3
Kathleen Whitlock

Full Professor

Instituto de Neurociencia

Universidad de Valparaíso

VALPARAISO, Chile

1
Leonardo Valdivia

Profesor asistente

Centro de Biologia Integrativa

Universidad Mayor

Santiago, Chile

1
Luis Fuentes

Profesor Asistente

Biologia Celular

Universdad de Concepcion

Concepcion, Chile

1
Ricardo Ceriani

Profesor adjunto

Farmacia

Universidad Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile