Microorganismos extremófilos Neurobiología molecular

Pedro Zamorano

Postgrado 1997- Philosophiæ Doctor (Ph. D.)
Endocrinology Program,
Faculty of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia, USA.

Educación superior: 1989- Licenciado en Bioquímica
1989 -Bioquímica
Facultad de Química y Farmacia
Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Contacto: pedro.zamorano@uantof.cl
Biografía
Director Instituto Antofagasta, Investigador Laboratorio Microorganismos Extremofilos.
Publicaciones recientes

1. Guzmán-Salas, S., Weber, A., Malci, A., Lin, X., Herrera-Molina, R., Cerpa, W., Dorador, C., Signorelli, J., Zamorano, P. The metabolite p-cresol impairs dendritic development, synaptogenesis, and synapse function in hippocampal neurons: Implications for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Neurochemistry 161(4):335-349.(2022)

2. MATÍAS LIRA , RODRIGO G. MIRA , FRANCISCO J. CARVAJAL , PEDRO ZAMORANO , NIBALDO C. INESTROS, AND WALDO CERPA. GLUTAMATERGIC RECEPTOR TRAFFICKING AND DELIVERY: ROLE OF THE EXOCYST COMPLEX. CELLS. 9(11), 2402; 2020. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.3390/CELLS9112402.

3. Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Daniel Lipus 2 , Felix L. Arens , Mickael Baqué , Till L. V. Bornemann , Jean-Pierre deVera , Markus Flury , Jan Frösler , Jacob Heinz 1 , Yunha Hwang , Samuel P. Kounaves , Kai Mangelsdorf , Rainer U. Meckenstock , Mark Pannekens , Alexander J. Probst , Johan S. Sáenz , Janosch Schirmack, Michael Schloter , Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Beate Schneider, Jenny Uhl, Gisle Vestergaard, Bernardita Valenzuela, Pedro Zamorano and Dirk Wagner. Microbial Hotspots in Lithic Microhabitats Inferred from DNA Fractionation and Metagenomics in the Atacama Desert. Microorganisms. 9, 1038. 2021 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9051038

4. Qian Zhang, Marco Campos, Giovanni Larama, Jacquelinne J. Acuña, Bernardita Valenzuela, Francisco Solis, Pedro Zamorano, Rubén Araya, Michael J. Sadowsky, Milko A. Jorquera. Composition and predicted functions of the bacterial community in spouting pool sediments from the El Tatio Geyser feld in Chile. Archives of Microbiology. 203:389–397 .20215. Lira M, Arancibia D, Orrego P, Montenegro-Venegas C, Cruz Y, García J, Leal-Ortiz S, Godoy JA, Guldenfinger E, Inestrosa NC, Garner C, Zamorano P, Torres V. The Exocyst component Exo70 modulates dendrite arbor formation, synapse density and spine maturation in primary hippocampal neurons. Molecular Neurobiology. 56: 4620-4638, 2019 DOI:10.1007/s12035-018-1378-0

Área de Investigación

1. Neurobiología molecular en mecanismos de ensamblaje sináptico.
2. Diseño de lentivirus para terapia génica.
3. Biología sintética basada en microorganismos extremófilos.