Renowned neurobiologist visits Fundación

August 11, 2008

In order to expand its collaborative networks on Thursday, August 7, Fundación Ciencia para la Vida welcomed the visit of Dr. Luis Aguayo, director of the Center for Biomedicine at the University of Concepcion (CIAB) and founder of the biotech company Patagonia Neuroactive. Dr. Aguayo came with his colleagues, Jorge Fuentealba, PhD in Pharmacology and Leonardo Guzman, PhD in Molecular Biology.

The visit culminated with an interesting lecture given by Dr. Aguayo titled “Identification of Chilean neuroactive molecules with biopharmaceutical potential”, where he presented examples of native Chilean molecules with high therapeutic potential.

Dr. Sebastián Bernales, Dr. Sergio Fuentealba, Dr. Luis Aguayo, Dr. Leonardo Guzmán, Cristián Hernández.