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Francisco Javier Morera Galleguillos

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Soy bioquímico de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile y doctor en biología celular y molecular de la Universidad Austral de Chile. Realicé estudios de postdoctorado en el Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso de la Universidad de Valparaíso y en la Universidad de California, Los Angeles, Estados Unidos. Durante 12 años, me desempeñé como profesor dentro del Instituto de Farmacología y Morfofisiología, en la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad Austral de Chile y, actualmente, soy el profesor responsable del curso de Farmacología y Toxicología en la Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria UC. Durante mi carrera académica siempre he estado interesado tanto en la docencia como en la investigación, siendo mi especialidad el estudio de la adaptación al agua salada de salmones, lo cual me ha permitido trabajar junto a fisiólogos y endocrinólogos de peces. En esta nueva etapa en la UC, mi objetivo es desarrollar investigaciones colaborativas dentro de diferentes áreas científicas de la fisiología de salmones (como osmorregulación y adaptación al agua salada, respuesta a agentes patógenos y estudios en modelos celulares) además de la búsqueda de aplicaciones biotecnológicas a bacterias antárticas.

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  • Bioquímico, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
  • Doctor en Ciencias (Biología Celular y Molecular), Universidad Austral de Chile.

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  • Farmacología y Toxicología (VET1180).

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  • Fisiología de salmónidos.
  • Aplicación de biotecnologías de bacterias antárticas.

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  • Characterization of the side-effects of the most commonly used antibiotics for farming Salmo salar and Oncorhynchus kisutch on fish physiology and evaluation of two strategies for minimizing these side-effects: treatment frequency and diet additives. FONDECYT REGULAR 1190857, 2019-2023. Coinvestigador.
  • Improving accuracy in the timing of smolt transfer and their performance in seawater: a comparative study of several molecular markers expressed in gills of Atlantic salmon through real-time PCR. FONDECYT REGULAR 1180957, 2018-2022. Investigador Principal.

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  • Acevedo, W.; Morán-Figueroa, R.; Vargas-Chacoff, L.; Morera, F.J. and Pontigo, J.P. (2023) “Revealing the Salmo salar NLRP3 Inflammasome: Insights from Structural Modeling and Transcriptome Analysis”. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 14556. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/ijms241914556
  • Martinez, D.; Nualart, D.; Loncoman, C.; Opazo, J.C.; Zabala, K.; Morera, F.J.; Mardones, G.A. and Vargas-Chacoff, L. (2023) “Discovery of BbX transcription factor in the patagonian blennie: Exploring expression changes following combined bacterial and thermal stress exposure” Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 149 (2023):105056, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2023.105056.
  • Solarte-Murillo, L., Romero, A., Cárcamo, J.G., Godoy, M., Morera, F.J., and Loncoman, C.A. (2023) “Piscine orthoreovirus 3a detected from farmed coho salmon with jaundice syndrome displays positive selection and polymorphisms in S1 and M2 viral segment” Aquaculture, Volume 574, 2023, 739709, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739709.
  • Opazo, JC.; Vandewege,MW., Hoffmann, FG., Zavala, K., Meléndez, C., Luchsinger, C., Cavieres, VA., Vargas-Chacoff, L., Morera, FJ., Burgos, PV., Tapia-Rojas, C. and Mardones, GA. (2023) “How many sirtuin genes are out there? evolution of sirtuin genes in vertebrates with a description of a new family member”. Molecular Biology and Evolution, volume 40, issue 2, February 2023; msad014, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad014 [IF=8.800 (2021)].
  • Vargas-Lagos, C.; Martínez, D.; Muñoz, JL.; Enríquez, R.; Morera, F and Vargas-Chacoff, L. (2022) “Immune response of Salmo salar (exotic fish) and Eleginops maclovinus (native fish) during Francisella noatunensis horizontal transference” Aquaculture, Volume 549, 2022, 737796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737796 [IF=4.67 (2021)].
  • Castro-Guarda, M., Arancibia, Y., Chipón, C., Matamala, C., Oyarzo, P., Vargas, G., Reyes, A., Salas, M., Morera, F.J. and Zambrano, A. (2022), “Metabolic changes induced by DNA damage in Ramos cells: exploring the role of mTORC1 complex”. FEBS Open Bio, 12: 1509-1522. https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13436 [IF=2.79 (2021)].
  • Opazo, J.C., Zavala, K., Vargas-Chacoff, L., Morera, F.J. and Mardones, GA. (2022) “Identification of multiple TAR DNA binding protein retropseudogene lineages during the evolution of primates”. Sci Rep 12, 3823. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07908-8 [IF=4.996 (2021)].
  • Alarcon, P.; Espinosa, G.; Millan, C.; Saravia, J.; Quinteros, V.; Enriquez, R.; Henriquez, C.; Vargas-Chacoff, L.; Burgos, R.A.; Taubert, A.; Hermosilla, C.; Morera, F.J. (2021) “Piscirickettsia salmonis-Triggered Extracellular Traps Formation as an Innate Immune Response of Atlantic Salmon-Derived Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils”. Biology 2021, 10, 206. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10030206 [IF=5.168 (2021)].
  • Morera, FJ., Castro-Guarda, M, Nualart, D, Espinosa, G, Muñoz, J.L., & Vargas-Chacoff, L-(2021) “The biological basis of smoltification in Atlantic salmon”. Austral journal of veterinary sciences, 53(1), 73-82. https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0719-81322021000100073 [IF=0.711 (2021)].
  • Morera, F.J., Saravia, J., Loncoman, C.A., Pontigo, J.P., Oyarzun-Salazar,R., Contreras, C., Vargas-Lagos, C, Muñoz, J.L. and Vargas-Chacoff, L. (2021) “Dynamics of BK channel expression in gills during smoltification of Atlantic Salmon under farm conditions”. Aquaculture, Volume 534, 36327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736327. [IF=4.67 (2021)].
  • Opazo, J.C., Vandewege, M.W., Gutierrez, J., Zavala, K., Vargas-Chacoff, L., Morera, FJ and Mardones, GA (2021) “Independent duplications of the Golgi phosphoprotein 3 oncogene in birds”. Sci Rep 11, 12483. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91909-6 [IF=4.996 (2021)].
  • Mendez N, Alarcón P, Millán C, Burgos RA, Morera FJ, Ojeda J. (2020) “Vincristine, carboplatin and cisplatin increase oxidative burst induced by PAF in canine neutrophils.” Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2020 Mar;221:110011. doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2020.110011. Epub 2020 Jan 24.PMID: 32007672 [IF=2.046 (2020)].
  • Soto-Dávila M, Martinez D, Oyarzún R, Pontigo JP, Vargas-Lagos C, Morera FJ, Saravia J, Zanuzzo F, Vargas-Chacoff L. (2020) “Intermediary metabolic response and gene transcription modulation on the Sub-Antarctic notothenioid Eleginops maclovinus (Valenciennes, 1930) injected with two strains of Piscirickettsia salmonis.” J Fish Dis. 2020 Jan;43(1):111-127. doi: 10.1111/jfd.13107. Epub 2019 Nov 10.PMID: 31709576 [IF=2.58 (2021)].
  • R Oyarzún, R Paredes, J Saravia, FJ Morera, JLP Muñoz, I Ruiz-Jarabo, JM Mancera, L Vargas-Chacoff (2020) “Stocking density affects the growth performance, intermediary metabolism, osmoregulation, and response to stress in Patagonian blennie Eleginops maclovinus” Aquaculture. 515, 734565 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734565. Published: JAN 15 2020 [IF=4.67 (2021)].
  • Lopez-Contreras, F, Rojas-Baron, L, Gomez, M, Morera, FJ, Sepulveda, P, Moroni, M, Munoz, P, Acosta-Jammett, G, Mieres, M, Hirzmann, J, Hermosilla, C and Taubert, A. (2020) “Molecular Detection of Gurltia paralysans by Semi-Nested PCR in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum Samples from Domestic Cats (Felis catus)” ANIMALS 10(7): 1169. DOI: 10.3390/ani10071169. Published: JUL 2020 [IF=3.231 (2021)].
  • Rojas, JJ; Vargas-Lagos, C; Martinez, D; Oyarzun-Salazar, R; Pontigo, JP; Morera, FJ and Vargas-Chacoff, L. (2020) “Francisella noatunensis subsp. noatunensis triggers calcium metabolism gene modulation in Eleginops maclovinus” Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Volume: 250: 110805 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110805. Published: DEC 2020 [IF=2.32 (2021)].
  • Vargas-Chacoff L., J.L.P. Muñoz, J. Saravia, R. Oyarzún, J.P. Pontigo, M.P. González, O. Mardones, C. Hawes, J. Pino, S. Wadsworth, FJ Morera. (2019) “Neuroendocrine stress response in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Coho salmon (Oncorynchus kisutch) during sea lice infestation. Aquaculture. 507. 329-340. [IF=4.67 (2021)].
  • Dominguez FJ, Pontigo, JP, Oyarzún, R, Vargas-Lagos, C, Morera, FJ, Vargas-Chacoff L. (2019) “The expression pattern of calcium signaling-related genes during smoltification of Salmo salar in productive conditions”. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. 231. 20-25. [IF=2.495 (2021)].
  • Pedro A.V.F, D. Martínez, Pontigo J.P, Vargas-Lagos C, Hawes C, Wadsworth S, Morera, FJ, Vargas- Chacoff L., Yáñez A. (2019) “Transcriptional activation of genes involved in oxidative stress in Salmo salar challenged with Piscirickettsia salmonis”. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. 229. 18- 25. [IF=2.495 (2021)].
  • Muñoz, J.L.P., Ocampos, D., Poblete-Morales, M., Oyarzún, R., Morera, F.J., Tapia-Cammas, D., Avendaño-Herrera, R., Vargas-Chacoff, L. (2019) “Effect of Flavobacterium psychrophilum on the neuroendocrine response of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in a time course experiment”. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 236: 110525. [IF=2.32 (2021)].