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Paula Carolina Díaz Rodríguez

Coordinadora de Investigación y Postgrado

Universidad Santo Tomás

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


cancer; microbiology; cell biology; cell physiology

Educación

  •  Licenciado en Tecnología Médica, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
  •  Magíster en Ciencias Biológicas mención Biología Celular, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2007
  •  Medicine PhD - Human Development, THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. Reino Unido, 2013
  •  Tecnólogo Médico mención Morfofisiopatología y Citodiagnóstico, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
  •  Diplomado en Bioinformática y Biología Computacional, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2019

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Research Associate Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO

    San Antonio, Texas, Estados Unidos

    2014 - 2014

  •   Postdoctoral Research Associate Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER

    Aurora, Colorado, Estados Unidos

    2014 - 2015

  •   Postdoctoral Research Fellow Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Medicine

    Santiago, Chile

    2015 - 2020

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Coordinadora interina mención Morfofisiopatología y Citodiagnóstico Part Time

    Universidad Mayor

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2009

Difusión y Transferencia


· Monitor at XXIV National Week of Science and Technology – EXPLORA – Center for Exercise, Metabolism and Cancer Studies – Laboratory showcase for secondary school students (October 2018). Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
· Scientific Reviewer at XII Regional Secondary School Conference EXPLORA – Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation (October 2017). Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
· Monitor at Open Laboratories – Postgraduate Winter School – An activity for young Latin-American researchers (July 2017). Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
· Participation at showcase of Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, “Circle of Friends” – Presentation and description of student experience and overview of PhD research project to groups of International Educational Consultant delegates (June 2013). University of Manchester, Manchester, UK


Premios y Distinciones

  •   New Investigator Travel Award

    NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

    Estados Unidos, 2013

    At the Aspen/Snowmass Perinatal Biology Symposium, Snowmass Village, CO, USA (August 2013)

  •   Y. W. Loke New Investigator Travel Award

    International Federation of Placenta Associations (IFPA)

    Noruega, 2011

    In recognition of the excellence of the abstract submitted for the 17th IFPA meeting, Geilo, Norway (September 2011)

  •   The Giorgio Pardi Foundation Award

    Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI)

    Estados Unidos, 2011

    Research award (US$2000) funded by the Giorgio Pardi Foundation. In recognition of highly meritorious abstract in the field of fetal and placental function submitted by individuals still in training, SRI, Miami, FL, USA (March 2011)


 

Article (17)

Helicobacter Pylori Infection Triggers PERK-Associated Survivin Loss in Gastric Tissue Samples and Cell Lines
Helicobacter pylori Outer Membrane Vesicles and Extracellular Vesicles from Helicobacter pylori-Infected Cells in Gastric Disease Development
Perspectives on Organelle Interaction, Protein Dysregulation, and Cancer Disease
Caveolin-1 suppresses tumor formation through the inhibition of the unfolded protein response
A Novel Role for Helicobacter pylori Gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase in Regulating Autophagy and Bacterial Internalization in Human Gastric Cells
Calcium Transport and Signaling in Mitochondria
Glyburide treatment in gestational diabetes is associated with increased placental glucose transporter 1 expression and higher birth weight
Oxygen-Sensitive K+ Channels Modulate Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Secretion from Human Placental Trophoblast
Increased placental fatty acid transporter 6 and binding protein 3 expression and fetal liver lipid accumulation in a mouse model of obesity in pregnancy
Na+, K+-ATPase and Ca2+-ATPase activities in basal and microvillous syncytiotrophoblast membranes from preeclamptic human term placenta
Intermediate Conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels Modulate Human Placental Trophoblast Syncytialization
The Role of Placental Nutrient Sensing in Maternal-Fetal Resource Allocation
IFPA Meeting 2012 Workshop Report II: Epigenetics and imprinting in the placenta, growth factors and villous trophoblast differentiation, role of the placenta in regulating fetal exposure to xenobiotics during pregnancy, infection and the placenta
Expression and Distribution of Nucleoside Transporter Proteins in the Human Syncytiotrophoblast
Barium, Tea and Sodium Sensitive Potassium Channels are Present in the Human Placental Syncytiotrophoblast Apical Membrane
Functional and structural demonstration of the presence of Ca-ATPase (PMCA) in both microvillous and basal plasma membranes from syncytiotrophoblast of human term placenta
Diverse calcium channel types are present in the human placental syncytiotrophoblast basal membrane

EditorialMaterial (1)

IFPA Meeting 2010 Workshop Report I: Immunology; Ion transport; Epigenetics; Vascular reactivity; Epitheliochorial placentation; Proteomics

Proyecto (4)

THE ROLE OF PKR-LIKE ER KINASE (PERK) IN HELICOBACTER PYLORI INDUCED GASTRIC CELL DEATH AND PROGRESSION OF PRECANCEROUS LESIONS TO GASTRIC CANCER
PREECLAMPSIA Y LIPIDOS RAFT=> MECANISMOS DE TRANSPORTE PLACENTARIO, SU LOCALIZACION EN MICRODOMINIOS DE LAS MEMBRANAS PLASMATICAS DE SINCICIOTROFOBLASTO Y SUS POSIBLES IMPLICANCIAS FUNCIONALES
PREECLAMPSIA Y TRANSPORTE DE NUTRIENTES EN LA UNIDAD FETO PLACENTARIA=> EVIDENCIAS FUNCIONALES Y MOLECULARES DE UN CANAL DE CLORURO COMO UNA VIA DE PASO PARA TAURINA EN LA CARA MATERNA DEL SINCICIOTROFOBLASTO.
Transplante funcional de canales iónicos de membranas de trofoblasto placentario humano en ovocitos de Xenopus laevis=> estudio de sus propiedades y regulación

Review (1)

Helicobacter pylori and Gastric Cancer: Adaptive Cellular Mechanisms Involved in Disease Progression
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Paula Díaz

Coordinadora de Investigación y Postgrado

Facultad de Salud

Universidad Santo Tomás

Santiago, Chile

5
Patricia Diaz

Academic

University of Connecticut Health Center

Farmington, CT, Estados Unidos

5
Andrew Quest

Full Professor

Biologia Celular y Molecular

FACULTAD DE MEDICINA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Valeria Godoy

Coordinadora de Programas

Centro Nacional de Conservación y Restauración

Santiago, Chile

2
Roberto Bravo

Assistant Professor

Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Manuel Valenzuela

Académico Investigador

VRA

Universidad Central de Chile

santiago, Chile

1
ALEJANDRO CORVALAN

Principal Investigator

Hematology and Oncology

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Delia Chiarello

Investigador

Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

1
Valentina Parra

Profesora Asistente / Assistant Professor

Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Rina Ortiz

Académica

Universidad Vina del Mar

Viña del Mar, Chile

1
Carlos Escudero

Full Professor

Basic Sciences Department

Universidad del Bio Bio

Chillan, Chile

1
Mauricio Henriquez

Profesor asistente

PROGRAMA DE FISIOLOGÍA Y BIOFíSICA

Universidad de Chile / Facultad de Medicina

Santiago, Chile