Rodrigo F. Morales
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
The University of Texas Health Science Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Morales obtained his BSc degree (biochemistry) from Universidad de Chile. His PhD, also from Universidad de Chile, included all thesis work done at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He joined UTHealth in 2009 as a post-doctoral fellow and was appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2012.
Research Interest
Dr. Morales main research topics involve the strain and species barrier phenomena in prion diseases, the prion-like nature of Aβ aggregates in Alzheimer’s disease and the pathological interaction between these disorders.
Publications
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Park KW, Eun Kim G, Morales R, Moda F, Moreno-Gonzalez I, et al. The Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone GRP78/BiP Modulates Prion Propagation in vitro and in vivo. Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 23;7:44723.
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Chittoor B, Krishnarjuna B, Morales RAV, MacRaild CA, Sadek M, et al. The Single Disulfide-Directed β-Hairpin Fold. Dynamics, Stability, and Engineering. Biochemistry. 2017 May 16;56(19):2455-2466.
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Das SC, Morales RAV, Seow J, Krishnarjuna B, Dissanayake R,et al. Lipid interactions modulate the structural and antigenic properties of the C-terminal domain of the malaria antigen merozoite surface protein 2. FEBS J. 2017 Aug;284(16):2649-2662.
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Morales R. Prion strains in mammals: Different conformations leading to disease. PLoS Pathog. 2017 Jul 6;13(7):e1006323.
