Carolina Piletti Chatain

EDUCATION

College / University

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biomedicine

Country

Brazil

Lab Experience

Basic techniques in cell biology and biochemistry (including cell culture, SDS-PAGE, immunocytochemistry, life cell imaging), animal handling, behavioral tests, perfusion, stereotactic surgery.

Projects / Research

Jun – Aug 2015: Arf6 and the regulation of p75NTR trafficking. Dr. Bruce Carter, Vanderbilt University, USA
Jun 2014 – May 2015: Identification of transcription factors which act as master regulators in Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Fábio Klamt, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Jun 2013 – Jun 2014: The use of retinoic-acid differentiated SH-SY5Y cells in the study of 6-hydroxydopamine-induced cell death in Parkinson's disease model. Dr. Fábio Klamt, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Mar 2013 – May 2015: Acute social defeat in male Wistar rats, neuronal activity, inflammatory markers and coping strategies. Dr. Rosa Maria Martins de Almeida, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Jun – Sep 2014: Mechanisms of organelle transport in neurons. Dr. Michael Silverman, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Jan – Mar 2013: Influence of horizontal gene transfer in human colon cancer HCT116 cell line. Dr. Giulia Rancati, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
Mar – Dec 2011: Effects of diphenyl ditelluride on phosphorylation of cytoskeletal proteins in neural cells. Dr. Regina Pessoa Pureur, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Scholarships / Awards

2015 – 2017:	Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
Jun – Aug 2015:	Vanderbilt International Summer Research Academy, Vanderbilt University, USA
Aug – Dec 2011 and Aug 2013 – May 2015:	Research scholarship, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Jun – Sep 2014:	Globalink Research Internship Award, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Jan – Mar 2013:	Singapore International Pre-Graduate Award - A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
Jan – Dec 2012:	Science without Borders Scholarship, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I am interested in the process of development of the nervous system and how neuronal circuits come together to give rise to extremely sophisticated cognitive processes. I would also like to study the molecular and neurochemical mechanisms underlying cellular death in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.