Pablo Zambrano, Ph.D.

Research Interests

Origin of Life

Prebiotic Chemistry

Membrane structure and interactions

 

Education & Research Experience

2020-                                                    Postdoctoral Researcher, Cellular and Molecular Biophysics Department (Prof. Petra Schwille), Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB), Martinsried, Germany
2014 - 2019

PhD in Chemistry, X Ray Diffraction Laboratory (Supervisor: Dr. Mario Suwalsky W.), Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University of Concepción, Chile

 

2017

Short-term research stay in Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) of lipid vesicles. Microcalorimetry Laboratory at the Malopolska Biotechnology Centre, Jagiellonian University, Krakow (Poland), Supervisors: Dr. Kazimierz Strzalka and Dr. Malgorzata-Jemiola Rzeminska.

 

2011                                           Degree in Chemistry and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Concepción, Chile.

 

 

Awards

2018                

Selected as "Young Scientist" at the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Germany). 

2018Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung Fellowship for 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Germany).
2018

"Líderes del Sur 2018" Award, "El Sur" Newspaper, Chile.

2017       European Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL Corporate Partnership Fellowship, (EMBL, Germany).  
2016-2018         CONICYT Scholarship for doctoral studies in Chile (Grant Nº21160337).  
2016

Travel Fellowship Mexican Society of Crystallography (Mexico). 

2016CONICYT Scholarship to attend scientific events (Grant Nº 81160430). 
2016CONICYT Scholarship to attend scientific events (Grant Nº 81150480).  
2014-2015Scholarship of the Postgraduate Division of the University of Concepción for doctoral studies.

 

 

Publications

Zambrano, P., Suwalsky, M., Jemiola-Rzeminska, Gallardo-Nelson, M.J., Strzalka, K., Muñoz-Torrero, D.
Protective Role of a Donepezil-Huprine Hybrid against the β-Amyloid (1-42) Effect on Human Erythrocytes 
Int. J. Mol. Sci., 22, (2021) 9563 [Link]

Zambrano, P., Suwalsky, M., Jemiola-Rzeminska, M., Strzalka, K., Aguilar, L.F.
An in vitro study on the interaction of the anti-Alzheimer drug rivastigmine with human erythrocytes 
Chem-Biol Interact 319 (2020) 109019 [Link]

Zambrano, P., Suwalsky, M., Jemiola-Rzeminska, M., Strzalka, K., Gallardo, M.J., Sepúlveda, B., Aguilar, L.F.
The acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor and anti-Alzheimer drug donepezil interacts with human erythrocytes 
Biochim Biophys Acta-Biomem 1861(6) (2019) 1078-1085 [Link]

Zambrano, P., Suwalsky, M., Jemiola-Rzeminska, M., Strzalka, K.
α1- and β-adrenergic agonist labetalol induces morphological changes in human erythrocytes 
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 503(1) (2018) 209-214 [Link]

Zambrano, P., Suwalsky, M., Jemiola-Rzeminska, M., Strzalka, K.
Studies on the interaction of NMDA receptor antagonist memantine with cell membranes: a mini-review 
Chem-Biol Interact 283 (2018) 47-50 [Link]

Zambrano, P., Suwalsky, M., Villena, F., Jemiola-Rzeminska, M., Strzalka, K.
In vitro effects of the anti-Alzheimer drug memantine on the human erythrocyte membrane and molecular models 
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 483(1) (2017) 528-533 [Link]

Suwalsky, M., Zambrano, P., Gallardo, M.J., Villena, F., Jemiola-Rzeminska, M., Strzalka, K. 
Effects of Thimerosal on Lipid Bilayers and Human Erythrocytes: An In Vitro Study 
J Membr Biol 249(6) (2016) 823-831 [Link]

Suwalsky, M., Zambrano, P., Villena, F., Manrique-Moreno, M., Gallardo, M.J., Jemiola- Rzeminska, M., Strzalka, K., Edwards, A.M., Mennickent, S. Dukes, N.
Morphological effects induced in vitro by propranolol on human erythrocytes
J Membr Biol 248(4) (2015) 683-93 [Link]

Suwalsky, M., Zambrano, P., Mennickent, S., Villena, F., Sotomayor, C.P., Aguilar, L.F., Bolognin, S.
Effects of phenylpropanolamine (PPA) on in vitro human erythrocyte membranes and molecular models
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 406(3) (2011) 320- 325 [Link]

 

 

 

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