Man

Evelyn Cecilia Avilés Fuentes

Assistant Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Neural circuit formation Retinal lamination Fat cadherins

Educación

  •  Neurobiology, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH. Suiza, 2015

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral fellow Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH

    Zurich, Suiza

    2015 - 2016

  •   Postdoctoral Fellow Full Time

    HARVARD UNIVERSITY

    Boston MA, Estados Unidos

    2016 - 2023

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Biological Sciences

    Santiago, Chile

    2023 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Assistant professor Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2023 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


I trained over 10 undergraduate students during my PhD studies at the University of Zurich.
I trained several undergraduate students at Harvard when doing my postdoc, including the mentorship of a Harvard Honors Thesis


Difusión y Transferencia


I frequently participate at panel discussions of women in Science.
I led my laboratory's participation at NeuroFest, a major Neuroscience Fair with many school students and general public


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Best Student of the High School Class 2001

    Liceo Enrique Ballacey Cottereau

    Chile, 2001

    Award given to the students to got the best grades during high school (1st through 4th year) of all the classes (around 200 students)

  •   Juan Gómez Millas Fellowship for Bachelor studies

    Chilean Government

    Chile, 2002

    Scholarship given to students of excellence to undertake a college degree

  •   Graduate School Fellowship for Master’s program

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Chile, 2007

    Scholarship given to the best students to undertake a Master's degree

  •   Bicentennial Becas-Chile Scholarship for PhD program

    Chilean Government

    Chile, 2009

    Scholarhip to undertake PhD studies abroad

  •   International travel grant

    Neuroscience Center Zurich

    Suiza, 2013

    Travel grant to participate at a conference in the USA

  •   Postdoctoral Fellowship Goldenson Fund

    HARVARD UNIVERSITY

    Estados Unidos, 2016

    Postdoctoral funds through a competitive grant application

  •   Postdoctoral Fellowship

    Chilean Government

    Chile, 2017

    Fellowship to undertake Postdoctoral studies. Ranked top 5

  •   Postdoctoral Fellowship Alice and Joseph Brooks Fund

    HARVARD UNIVERSITY

    Estados Unidos, 2019

    Fellowship to fund postdoctoral studies. Highly competitive

  •   Harvard Brain Initiative (HBI) Postdoc Pioneers Grant

    HARVARD UNIVERSITY

    Chile, 2022

    Award given to postdoctoral fellows who are doing pioneer work. Highly competitive

  •   IBRO Rising Stars Award.

    IBRO

    Francia, 2022

    Award given to scientists who are returning to their home countries to establish their independent laboratory

  •   Ben Barres Spotlight Awards

    eLife journal

    Estados Unidos, 2024

    Award given to scientists doing innovative work in underrepresented countries


 

Article (11)

ERG responses to high-frequency flickers require FAT3 signaling in mouse retinal bipolar cells

Aviles, Evelyn C.; Wang, Sean K.; Patel, Sarina; Cordero, Sebastian; Shi, Shuxiang; Lin, Lucas; Kefalov, Vladimir J.; Goodrich, Lisa V.; Cepko, Constance L.; Xue, Yunlu

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY  (2025)

A nasal cell atlas reveals heterogeneity of tuft cells and their role in directing olfactory stem cell proliferation

Ualiyeva, Saltanat; Lemire, Evan; Wong, Caitlin; Perniss, Alexander; Boyd, Amelia A.; Aviles, Evelyn C.; Minichetti, Dante G.; Maxfield, Alice Z.; Roditi, Rachel E.; Matsumoto, Ichiro; et al.

Article ISI
SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY  (2024)

Fat3 acts through independent cytoskeletal effectors to coordinate asymmetric cell behaviors during polarized circuit assembly

Aviles, Evelyn C.; Krol, Alexandra; Henle, Steven J.; Burroughs-Garcia, Jessica; Deans, Michael R.; Goodrich, Lisa V.

Article ISI
CELL REPORTS  (2022)

Endoglycan plays a role in axon guidance by modulating cell adhesion

Baeriswyl, Thomas; Dumoulin, Alexandre; Schaettin, Martina; Tsapara, Georgia; Niederkofler, Vera; Helbling, Denise; Aviles, Evelyn; Frei, Jeannine A.; Wilson, Nicole H.; Gesemann, Matthias; et al.

Article ISI
ELIFE  (2021)

Tuft cell-produced cysteinyl leukotrienes and IL-25 synergistically initiate lung type 2 inflammation

Ualiyeva, Saltanat; Lemire, Evan; Aviles, Evelyn C.; Wong, Caitlin; Boyd, Amelia A.; Lai, Juying; Liu, Tao; Matsumoto, Ichiro; Barrett, Nora A.; Boyce, Joshua A.; et al.

Article ISI
SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY  (2021)

Configuring a robust nervous system with Fat cadherins

Evelyn C. Avilés, Lisa V. Goodrich

Article
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology  (2017)

Distinct functions for Netrin-1 in chicken and murine semicircular canal morphogenesis

Allison M. Nishitani, Sho Ohta; Andrea R. Yung, Tony del Rio; Michael I. Gordon, Victoria E. Abraira; Evelyn C. Aviles, Gary C. Schoenwolf; Donna M. Fekete, Lisa V. Goodrich

Article
Development  (2017)

Canonical Wnt signaling is required for commissural axon guidance

Avilés, E.C. ; Stoeckli, E.T.

Article
Developmental Neurobiology  (2016)

Frizzled-9 impairs acetylcholine receptor clustering in skeletal muscle cells

Avilés, E.C.; Pinto, C.; Hanna, P.; Ojeda, J.; Pérez, V.; De Ferrari, Giancarlo V.; Zamorano, P.; Albistur, M.; Sandoval, D.; Henríquez, J.P.

Article
Frontiers in Cell Neuroscience  (2014)

Sonic hedgehog and Wnt=> antagonists in morphogenesis but collaborators in axon guidance

Aviles, E.C.; Wilson, N.H.; Stoeckli, E.T.

Article
Frontiers in Cell Neuroscience  (2013)

The ascorbic acid transporter SVCT2 is expressed in slow-twitch skeletal muscle fibres

Low M; Sandoval, D; Avilés E; Pérez, F; Nualart, F.; Henriquez, J.

Article ISI SCOPUS
HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY  (2009)

Abstract (1)

Oxidative slow-twitch skeletal muscle fibres express the ascorbic acid transporter SVCT2 during chick myogenesis

Low M; Sandoval, D; Avilés E; Nualart, F.; Henriquez, JP

Abstract ISI
FEBS JOURNAL  (2008)

Proyecto (5)

Molecular control of neuronal shape and connectivity in the developing retina

National Insitutes of Health (NIH), National Eye Institute (NEI), USA (1R01EY024884-01A1)

Proyecto
2015-2019
Postdoctorado

Molecular mechanisms regulating axonal responsiveness during neural circuit formation

Swiss National Science Foundation (146676)

Proyecto
2013-2015
Tesista

Axon guidance at choice points

Swiss National Science Foundation (130730)

Proyecto
2010-2013
Tesista

Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance and neuronal circuit formation

Swiss National Science Foundation (108072)

Proyecto
2010-2010
Tesista

Research Center for the Study of the Nervous System

FONDAP (PBCT ACT02)

Proyecto
2007-2009
Tesista

2
JUAN PABLO HENRIQUEZ

Associate Professor

Cell Biology

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS BIOLÓGICAS, DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA CELULAR

Concepción, Chile

1
FRANCISCO NUALART

Full Professor and Scientific Director

Cellular Biology and Center for Advanced Microscopy CMA BIO-BIO

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

2
Daniel Sandoval

Co-investigador

Ciencia Animal

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Chillán, Chile

2
Marcela Low

Docente Investigador

Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia

Universidad San Sebastián

Valdivia, Chile

7
Evelyn Avilés

Assistant Professor

Biomedicine

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile