Thesis students and postdocs

Postdocs

	Name	Research Topic	Tutor’s name	Funding Source	Status
1	Jimena Castillo Bennett	Study of changes in intracellular localization of caveolin-1 during hypoxia and their relevance to inhibition of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and the hypoxia-induced factor, HIF-1a	Andrew Quest	ACT 1111 – Fondecyt Postdoctoral 3140446	Process
2	Simon Guerrero Rivera	Labeling and trafficking of nanoparticles within metastatic cells to permit in vivo follow-up	Andrew Quest	ACT 1111 – Fondecyt Postdoctoral 3140463	Process
3	Paola Andrea Llanos Vidal	Role of cholesterol in the transverse tubule signaling and transport of glucose-induced insulin in adult skeletal muscle: Implications in insulin-resistance induced by diet an aging	Enrique Jaimovich, Cecilia Hidalgo	Fondecyt Postdoctoral 3110105	Finished
4	Ariel Contreras Ferrat	Participation of IP3R/calcium in the GLUT4myc vesicles translocations and its fusion with transverse tubule: New mechanism in insulin resistance induced by high fat diet	Enrique Jaimovich	Fondecyt Postdoctoral 3110170	Finished
5	Denisse M. Valladares Ide	Modulation of Autophagy by the inositol triphosphate receptor (IP3R) in Duchenne muscular dystrophy	Enrique Jaimovich-Sergio Lavandero	Fondecyt Postdoctoral 3140491	Process
6	Andrea Del Campo Sfeir	Aging-induced alterations in signals that regulate the expression of mitochondrial proteins in skeletal muscle. Modifications in mitochondrial dynamics	Enrique Jaimovich	Fondecyt Postdoctoral 3140443	Process
7	Christian Pennanen Saavedra	Communication between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria in the development of cardiac hypertrophy	Enrique Jaimovich-Sergio Lavandero	Fondecyt Postdoctoral 3130749	Process
8	Rodrigo Hernán Troncoso Cotal	Glucocorticoids in autophagy induction-role of the non-genomic pathway in skeletal muscle atrophy	Sergio Lavandero	Fondecyt Postdoctoral 3110114	Finished
9	Zully Rocio Pedrozo Cibils	Polycystin regulation of hypertrophy through mTOR and/or calcineurin-NFAT dependent mechanisms in cardiomyocytes	Sergio Lavandero	Fondecyt Postdoctoral 3110039	Finished
10	Clara Quiroga Lagos	HERP and reticulum stress	Sergio Lavandero	Fondecyt Postdoctoral 3120220	Finished
11	Manuel Valenzuela	Mechanisms underlying cell death induced by Helicobacter pylori in gastric epithelial cells	Andrew Quest	ACT 1111	Process

PhD students

Nº	Name of student	Research Topic	Tutor’s name	Status
1	Sergio Núñez Wehinger	Caveolin-1-enhanced sensitivity of insulinoma cells to palmitate-induced cell death involves down-regulation of survivin	Andrew Quest, David Mears	Finished
2	Francesca Burgos Bravo	Characterization of the role of syndecan-4 as a co-receptor in growth inhibition of neuronal processes induced by binding astrocytic avb3 integrin and neuronal Thy-1	Andrew Quest, Lisette Leyton	Process
3	Carlos Sanhueza Muñoz	HIF1a mediated up-regulation of survivin is associated with metastasis	Andrew Quest, Lisette Leyton	Finished
4	Jimena Canales Urriola	Rol de iNos y hif-1a en la migración e invasión de células gástricas indicida por Helicobacter Pylori	Andrew Quest, Denisse Bravo	Process
5	María Inés Díaz Morales	Role of the unfolded protein response (UPR) in caveolin-1 tumor suppression activity	Andrew Quest, Claudio Hetz	Process
6	Roberto Bravo Sagua	Compartmentalization of the endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria physic and metabolic coupling in tumour cells	Andrew Quest, Sergio Lavandero	Process
7	Yennifer Avalos Carrasco	Caveolin-1 stimulates autophagy by decreasing expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and contributes thereby to tumor suppression	Andrew Quest, Sergio Lavandero	Process
8	Natalia Díaz Valdivia	E-cadherin reduces the ability of caveolina-1 to promote migration and metastasis by decreasin tyrosine 14 phosphorylation of caveolin-1 in metastatic cells	Andrew Quest, Lisette Leyton	Process
9	Victor Díaz García	Development of nanoparticles based on Quantum Dots to stady CAV1-enhanced metastasis of B16F10 cells in vivo	Andrew Quest, José Pérez	Process
10	César Osorio Fuentealba	Cross-talk between purinergic and insulin signalling in skeletal muscle	Enrique Jaimovich	Finished
11	Denisse Valladares Ide	ATP release and purinergic receptor activation in adult skeletal muscle:possible role in Duchenne muscular dystrophy	Enrique Jaimovich	Finished
12	Francisco Altamirano Fullá	New intracellular signaling pathways activated by electrical stimuli in skeletal muscle cells. Differences in Duchenne muscular dystrophy	Enrique Jaimovich	Finished
13	Gonzalo Jorquera Olave	Muscle plasticity regulation through IP3 mediated calcium signals	Enrique Jaimovich, Mariana Casas	Finished
14	Felipe Paredes Díaz	Herp cytoprotective effect against oxidative stress through regulation of inositol trisphosphate receptor (IP3R)	Enrique Jaimovich, Sergio Lavandero	Process
15	Mario Navarro Marquez	Role of Herp protein in the regulation of autophagy and its implications for insulin signaling in skeletal muscle	Enrique Jaimovich, Sergio Lavandero	Process
16	Barbra Toro Pavéz	Mechanisms of chaperone-mediated autophagy regulation in cardiomyocytes: role of reactive oxygen species and influence in survival	Sergio Lavandero, Ana María Cuervo	Finished
17	Andrea Rodríguez Villarroel	Role of Bag3-Bcl2 complex in the activation of autophagy	Sergio Lavandero	Process
18	Hugo Verdejo Pinochet	The AMPK/mTOR pathway regulates mitochondrial morphology and function in cardiomyocytes	Sergio Lavandero	Finished
19	Andrea Del Campo Sfeir	Mitochondrial dynamics in the regulation of insulin dependent glucose metabolism in a skeletal muscle cells model.	Sergio Lavandero	Finished
20	Gloria Torres Rivera	Regulation of Mitochondrial Dynamics and Metabolism by GLP-1 in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells	Sergio Lavandero, Mario Chiong	Finished
21	Jovan Kuzmicic Previtali	Regulation of mitochondrial function and dynamics by palmitate and its relationship with insulin resistance in the cardiomyocyte	Sergio Lavandero	Finished

Masters students

Nº	Name of student	Research Topic	Tutor’s name	Status
1	Carlos Henríquez Olguín	Reactive oxygen species participation in NF kB-mediated inflammatory genes expression	Enrique Jaimovich	Finished
2	Jordana Neira Fuentes	Alteration of the signaling pathway of IL-6 in muscle fibers stimulated with ATP in a murine model of melanoma	Enrique Jaimovich	Finished
3	Alexis Díaz Vegas	El ATP extracelular incrementa la produccion de EROs vìa NOX2, activa al factor de transcripción Nrf2 e induce la expresión de enzimas antioxidantes en músculo esquelético	AlejandraEspinosa, Enrique Jaimovich	Finished
4	Manuel Arias Calderón	Characterization of a multiprotein complex involved in excitation coupling in skeletal muscle	Sonja Buvinic, Enrique Jaimovich	Finished
5	Pablo Morales Campos	Participation of Mitochondrial Fusion in Glucose Incorporation induced by GLP-1 on Vascular Smooth Muscle cells	Mario Chiong	Finished
6	Damián Gatica Mizala	Role of Herp in the degradation of Beclin-1 by the ubiquitin-proteasome system	Sergio Lavandero, Zully Pedrozo	Finished
7	Camila López Crisosto	The role of mitochondrial dynamics in the regulation of insulin response in cardiomyocytes exposed to ceramides	Sergio Lavandero	Finished

Undergraduate students

	Name of student	Research Topic	Tutor’s name	Status
1	Samantha González Quiñones	Porphyromonas gingivalis infection inhibits apoptosis of gingival OKF/TERT2 epithelial cells	Denisse Bravo-Andrew Quest-José M Pérez-Donoso	Finished
2	Margarita Consuelo Morán Nayan	The role of cholesterol in glucose transport and localization of GLUT4 in skeletal muscle of normal adult mice and mice subjected to a high-fat diet	Paola Llanos-Enrique Jaimovich	Finished
3	Yildy Priscilla Utreras Mendoza	Glucose uptake and GLUT4 translocation in skeletal muscle fiber from high fat diet feeding mice	Alejandra Espinosa-Ariel Contreras	Finished
4	Cristián Campos Acevedo	Changes in the expression proteins involved in calcium homeostasis in skeletal muscle of obese mice	Alejandra Espinosa-Enrique Jaimovich	Finished
5	Sandra Espinoza Muñoz	Study of the role of autophagy in signaling via the Toll-like receptor-4 in L6 myotubes	Sergio Lavandero	Process
6	Claudia Meza	Characterization uniport Ca⁺² mitochondrial (mcu) in muscle of mice fed with high fat diet	Enrique Jaimovich – Ariel Contreras	Process
7	Giomar Intriago	Characterization and comparison of model multiprotein complexes in muscle fibers of control mice with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy	Enrique Jaimovich – Denisse Valladares – Sonja Buvinic	Process