Person
Rivera-Milla, Eric
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Biography and Research Interest
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Cancer and stem cell biology
- Retrovirus infection
- Functional genomics and tissue transcriptional profiles
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor degree Faculty of Science, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
- Master degree in Biological Science (Ecology)with highest distinction, Faculty of Science, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
- Research associate at the temperate-forest ecology group of 'Fundación Senda Darwin', Faculty of Biology, Universidad de Chile, Chile.
- Research associate at the Evolutionary Biology group, Faculty of Biology, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
- Research associate at the Evolutionary Biology group, Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany. Landesgraduierten-Förderungsstipendium des Landes Baden-Württemberg.
- Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) in Developmental Neurobiology, 2005. Overall grade: highest distinction (summa cum laude). Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
-Postdoctoral research within the TR-SFB 11 project at the Developmental Neurobiology group, Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz.
- Postodctoral fellow Hubrect Institute for developmental biology and stem cell research (KNAW), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Postodtoral fellow Leibniz Institute for Aging Reserch, Jena, Germany.
- Alere, Jena, Germany
- Cancer and stem cell biology
- Retrovirus infection
- Functional genomics and tissue transcriptional profiles
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor degree Faculty of Science, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
- Master degree in Biological Science (Ecology)with highest distinction, Faculty of Science, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
- Research associate at the temperate-forest ecology group of 'Fundación Senda Darwin', Faculty of Biology, Universidad de Chile, Chile.
- Research associate at the Evolutionary Biology group, Faculty of Biology, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
- Research associate at the Evolutionary Biology group, Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany. Landesgraduierten-Förderungsstipendium des Landes Baden-Württemberg.
- Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) in Developmental Neurobiology, 2005. Overall grade: highest distinction (summa cum laude). Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
-Postdoctoral research within the TR-SFB 11 project at the Developmental Neurobiology group, Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz.
- Postodctoral fellow Hubrect Institute for developmental biology and stem cell research (KNAW), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Postodtoral fellow Leibniz Institute for Aging Reserch, Jena, Germany.
- Alere, Jena, Germany
Non-Zebrafish Publications
Hoegg, C. Munderloh, Y. Schrock, E. Malaga-Trillo, E. Rivera-Milla and C.A.O. Stuermer (2007) Reggie/flotillin proteins are organized into stable tetramers in membrane-microdomains. Biochem J. 2007, 403(2):313-22.
Rivera-Milla E., E. M�laga-Trillo & C.A.O. Stuermer (2006). Ancient origin of reggie (flotillin), reggie-like, and other lipid-raft scaffolding proteins: convergent evolution of the SPFH domain. CMLS 63(3):343-357.
Palma, R.E., E. Rivera-Milla, J. Salazar-Bravo, F. Torres-P�rez, U.F.J. Pardi�as, P.A. Marquet, A.E. Spotorno, A.P. Meynard and T.L. Yates (2005). Phylogeography of Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in temperate South America. Journal of Mammalogy 86(1):191-200.
Rivera-Milla E., C.A.O. Stuermer & E. M�laga-Trillo. An evolutionary basis for scrapie disease: identification of a fish prion mRNA. Trends in Genetics 2003 19(2):72-75. This article have been commented in Nature (r.f. http://www.nature.com/nsu/030127/030127-12.html).
Palma R.E., E. Rivera-Milla, T.L. Yates, P.A. Marquet & A.P. Meynard (2002). Phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of the mouse opossum Thylamys (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in Southern South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 25(2): 245-253.
Meynard A.P., R.E. Palma & E. Rivera-Milla (2002) Phylogeographic relaionships of the Chilean llacas of the genus Thylamys (Marsupialia, Didelphidae) based on sequences of the cytochrome b mithocondrial genes. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75:299-306.