Man

Koyam Morales Weil

Full-time Faculty

Universidad Vina del Mar

Viña del Mar, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


My research focuses on developing new technologies to modify specific neuronal circuits in the least invasive way possible, with potential applications for treatment.

Educación

  •  Neurocience, UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2019

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY

    Berkeley, Estados Unidos

    2020 - 2024


 

Article (3)

Electrophysiological Mechanisms and Validation of Ferritin-Based Magnetogenetics for Remote Control of Neurons

Hernandez-Morales, Miriam; Morales-Weil, Koyam; Han, Sang Min; Han, Victor; Tran, Tiffany; Benner, Eric J.; Pegram, Kelly; Meanor, Jenna; Miller, Evan W.; Kramer, Richard H.; Liu, Chunlei

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE  (2024)

The Timing of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses Rules the Cerebellar Computation



Article ISI
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE  (2024)

Wnt-5a induces the conversion of silent to functional synapses in the hippocampus

Alvarez-Ferradas, Carla; Wellmann, Mario; Morales, Koyam; Fuenzalida, Marco; Cerpa, Waldo; Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.; Bonansco, Christian

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE  (2022)

Proyecto (4)

GENERATION AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MICE WITH ALTERED EXPRESSION OF EAAT3=> A MODEL FOR OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER

FONDECYT (1141272)

Proyecto
2014-2017
Tesista

Núcleo Milenio Biología de Enfermedades Neuropsiquiátricas (NU-MIND)

Programa Iniciativa Científica Milenio (nuMIND NC 130011)

Proyecto
2014-2017
Tesista

REGULATION OF LONG-TERM PLASTICITY AT INHIBITORY CIRCUITS BY ACETYLCHOLINE=> NEW ROLE OF PARVALBUMIN-POSITIVE INTERNEURONS IN THE HIPPOCAMPAL FUNCTION AND MEMOR

FONDEF (1130614)

Proyecto
2013-2016
Tesista

REGULATION OF INHIBITORY SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY BY ENDOCANNABINOIDS AND ACETYLCHOLINE

FONDEF (11090059)

Proyecto
2009-2012
Tesista

Review (1)

Priming of GABAergic Long-term Potentiation by Muscarinic Receptors

Morales-Weil K.; Moreno M.; Ahumada J.; Arriagada J.; Fuentealba P.; Bonansco C.; Fuenzalida M.

Review ISI SCOPUS
 (2020)

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Koyam Morales

Full-time Faculty

Escuela de ciencias de la Salud

Universidad Vina del Mar

Viña del Mar, Chile

1
Marco Fuenzalida

Full Professor

Physiology

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

1
DOMINGO BONANSCO

Profesor Titular

Instituto de Fisiologia

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS

Valparaiso, Chile