Master in Biological Sciences mention Neurosciences
The Master Program in Biological Sciences, mention in Neurosciences, aims to provide fundamental knowledge in the area to professionals interested in the origin, development, normal and pathological functioning of the nervous system at its different levels of biological organization, from the molecule to behavior. The Program is academic in nature, seeking to provide its graduates with the necessary tools for the development of research capacities in neuroscience, either as independent professionals or associated with research groups or centers, or its application to teaching activities.
General objective:
Deliver fundamental, theoretical and practical knowledge about the development and normal and pathological functioning of the nervous system at its different levels of biological organization, from the molecule to behavior.
Specific objectives:
1.- Deliver theoretical knowledge about development, and the normal and pathological functioning of the nervous system at different levels of biological organization.
2.- Deliver experimental tools and to develop research at various levels of complexity, from the molecule to the behavior, in a focused way and oriented to the development of an experimental thesis.
3.- Train our students in the critical analysis of scientific information in the area of Neuroscience, generated from various sources.
4.-Train (or prepare) our students to disseminate the results of scientific work in the area, whether their own or those of others, by oral and written means.
5.- Deliver (or favor) a multidisciplinary environment for the development of the student and their insertion to research groups.
Magister accredited for 7 years (2019-2026) by the National Accreditation Commission (CNA- Chile)
Program Director
Agustín Martínez, PhD
Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Universidad de Valparaíso
Deputy Director
Ramón Sotomayor, PhD
Centro de Neurobiología y Fisiopatología Integrativa, Universidad de Valparaíso
Academic Committee
Patricio Orio, PhD
Alexies Dagnino, PhD
Marco Fuenzalida, PhD
Oliver Schmachtenberg, PhD
Academics
Academic | Institution | Research Line (s) |
Ana María Cárdenas, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Exocytosis, endocytosis and dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton. |
Pablo Moya, PhD | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Molecular mechanisms involved in anxiety disorders and mood disorders |
Carlos González, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Structure-function of ion channels: Proton channel; KCNQ channel and BK Potassium Channel |
Ramón Latorre, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Biophysics and Cellular Physiology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Ion Channels |
Agustín Martinez, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Oligomerization, traffic, structure and function of connexins and panexins; pathogenetic mechanisms of connexin mutations associated with genetic deafness |
Alan Neely, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Molecular mechanisms of voltage-gated ion channel regulation. |
Patricio Orio, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Computational Neuroscience: Modeling and mathematical analysis of neuron dynamics and neural networks |
Adrián Palacios, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Use of Computational Models applied to neuronal coding in the retina; Physiology of the retina; Neurodegenerative processes like Alzheimer’s disease |
Juan Carlos Sáez, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Intercellular and Hemichannel Junctions of Connexins and Panexins |
Álvaro Ardiles,PhD | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms associated with neurodegenerative synaptopathies such as Alzheimer’s disease, through techniques of electrophysiology, animal behavior, Cell biology, Biochemistry, Histology and fluorescence microscopy |
Pablo Muñoz Carvajal, PhD | Universidad de Valparaíso | Redox modulation of calcium signaling in synaptic plasticity under physiological conditions and during aging. |
Wael El-Deredy, PhD. | Universidad de Valparaíso | Cognitive Electrophysiology / Computational Neuroscience |
Arlek González-Jamett | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Molecular mechanisms affected in the context of Hereditary Myopathies, neuromuscular diseases of genetic origin. |
Christian Bonansco, Ph.D. | Universidad de Valparaíso | Synaptic neurobiology |
Alexies Dagnino, Ph.D. | Universidad de Valparaíso | Resilience to stress and neuropsychiatric diseases, brain oscillations and behavior |
Chiayu Chiu, PhD | Max Planck Leader CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Advanced optical methods such as optogenetics and multiphoton microscopy to specifically monitor and activate neural activity |
Gonzalo Cruz Neculpan, PhD | Universidad de Valparaíso | Mechanisms that regulate reproduction and metabolism, placing control through the autonomic nervous system as a central axis. |
Andrés Chávez, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Synaptic transmission, synaptic plasticity, neuromodulation |
David Naranjo, PhD. | Universidad de Valparaíso | Permeation, activation, and folding of voltage-gated potassium channels |
John Ewer, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Drosophila genetics, behavior and development |
Oliver Schmachtenberg, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Sensory coding in smell and visual system |
Kathleen Whitlock, PhD. | CINV / Universidad de Valparaíso | Development and function of the nervous system using zebrafish as a model |
Ramón Sotomayor, PhD. | Universidad de Valparaíso | Hormonal regulation of midbrain dopaminergic neurons (neuroendocrinology), pharmacological characterization of new phenylethylamine-derived molecules (neurochemistry-neuropharmacology) and functional evaluation of brain areas related to the reward circuit (neurobiology). |
UV Academic Collaborators
Isaac García Carrillo
Karen Castillo
José Gárate Chateau
Gonzalo Jorquera Olave
Ignacio Negrón
Manuel Roncagliolo
Academic Collaborators from other universities
Georgina M. Renard, PhD. | Universidad de Santiago de Chile |
Javier Bravo Vivallo, PhD. | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso |
Paul Délano, PhD. | Universidad de Chile |
Paola Haeger Soto, PhD. | Universidad Católica del Norte |
Marcela Julio Pieper, PhD. | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso |
Juan Cristóbal Maass Oñate, PhD. | Universidad de Chile |