Juan Salvatierra


UCSF

BS, Mercer University Macon

2013

Alumni

Name Graduation Year Current Position
Juan Salvatierra 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow

Publications

  • Salvatierra, J., Castro, J., Erickson, A., Li, Q., Braz, J., Gilchrist, J., Grundy, L., Rychkov, GY., Deiteren, A., Rais, R., King, GF., Slusher, BS., Basbaum, A., Pasricha, PJ., Brierley, SM. and Bosmans, F., 2018, “NaV1.1 inhibition can reduce visceral hypersensitivity,” JCI Insight. 3(11). pii: 121000. PMCID: PMC6124407 PubMed

  • Martin-Eauclaire, MF., Salvatierra, J., Bosmans, F. and Bougis, PE., 2016, "The scorpion toxin Bot IX is a potent member of the α-like family and has a unique N-terminal sequence extension," FEBS Lett. PMID: 27528512 PubMed

  • Salvatierra, J. and Bosmans, F., 2016, "A painful tale about synthetic scorpion toxins," Channels (Austin). [Epub ahead of print]​ ​ PubMed​

  • Kalia, J., Milescu, M., Salvatierra, J., Wagner, J., Klint, JK., King, GF., Olivera, BM. and Bosmans, F., 2014, "From Foe to Friend: Using Animal Toxins to Investigate Ion Channel Function," J Mol Biol. 427(1):158-75, Review. PMCID: PMC4277912 PubMed

  • Salvatierra, J., Lee, DA., Zibetti, C., Duran-Moreno, M., Yoo, S., Newman, EA., Wang, H., Bedont, JL., de Melo, J., Miranda-Angulo, AL., Gil-Perotin, S., Garcia-Verdugo, JM. and Blackshaw, S., 2014, "The LIM Homeodomain Factor Lhx2 Is Required for Hypothalamic Tanycyte Specification and Differentiation," J Neurosci. 34(50):16809-20. PMCID: PMC4261103 PubMed​

Awards and Distinctions

  • 2015 National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG)​