Erika Villanueva
Postdoc
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Jagtvej 160, Building: 22-3-333
2100 København
Denmark
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Universitetsparken 2
2100 København Ø
From Vancouver, Canada
BRIDGE fellow (Sept 2022-present), Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen. Mentors: Drs. Niels H. Skotte and Jørgen E. Nielsen (Rigshospitalet). Project: Delineating neuroglial communication in health and Huntington's disease
Postdoc (Sept 2020-Aug 2022), Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen. Supervisor: Prof. Hans Bräuner-Osborne, in collaboration with LF Prof. Shohreh Issazadeh-Navikas at BRIC. Project: In vivo role of GPR15 in T-cell mediated inflammation
PhD (MoMeD, Sept 2016-Oct 2021), Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen. Supervisor: Prof. Shohreh Issazadeh-Navikas, Project: Type-I interferon signaling in CNS homeostasis and Parkinson's disease dementia
Research technician, Centre of Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (2012-2015). Supervisors: Drs. Michael Hayden and Amber Southwell. Projects: Behavioural and neuropathological charaterization of preclinical Huntington's disease mouse models
MSc in Biology, University of British Columbia Okanagan (2011). Supervisor: Dr. Andis Klegeris. Project: Impact of a glial-secreted proinflammatory phospholipase on neuronal health
BSc in Honours Health Studies, University of Waterloo (2008)
Primary fields of research
Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease
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Neuronal TNFα, not α-syn, underlies PDD-like disease progression in IFNβ-KO mice
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