Marcelo Diaz-Bustamante Ph. D. - Present
| Hometown | Vina del Mar, Chile |
| Education | Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile Ph. D., Neuroscience, Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile |
| Lab | The Bosmans Lab |
Awards and Honors
FAES Excellence Research Travel Award NIH (FARE Award) – 2009
Research Interests
Epilepsy, Neuronal maturation, GABA, Sodium channels
Publications
*Jean-Pierre P Rosso; *Jürgen R R Schwarz; *Marcelo Diaz-Bustamante; Brigitte Céard; José M M Gutiérrez; Matthias Kneussel; Olaf Pongs; Frank Bosmans; Pierre E Bougis. MmTX1 and MmTX2 from coral snake venom potently modulate GABAA receptor activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015
*John Gilchrist; *Stacey Dutton; *Marcelo Diaz-Bustamante; Annie McPherson; Nicolas Olivares; Jeet Kalia; Andrew Escayg; Frank Bosmans. Nav1.1 modulation by a novel triazole compound attenuates epileptic seizures in rodents. ACS chemical biology. 2014