Dr. Nestor Luis Uzcategui Araujo

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsMedical Microbiology and Mycology, Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology,Cell Biology
KeywordsTryponosomatids, Leishmania, drug target, ion channels, membrane protein

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityHouston
InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
InstituteDivision of Pediatric Tropical Medicine

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Florian LangAbteilung Physiologie I, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Adam BertlInstitut für Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2015

Programme(s)

2014Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2017Sabrina Marsiccobetre, Alexis Rodríguez-Acosta Florian Lang, Katherine Figarella Néstor L. Uzcátegui: Aquaglyceroporins Are the Entry Pathway of Boric Acid in Trypanosoma brucei. In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 2017, 679-685
2016Musaab Ahmed, Myriam Fezai, Nestor L. Uzcategui, Zohreh Hosseinzadeh, Florian Lang: SGK3 Sensitivity of Voltage Gated K+ Channel Kv1.5 (KCNA5). In: Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2016, 359-367
2016Abeer Abousaab, Nestor L. Uzcategui, Bhaeldin Elsir, Florian Lang: Up-Regulation of the Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters EAAT1 and EAAT2 by Mammalian Target of Rapamycin. In: Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2016, 2492-2500