Alfonso Martin Peña,
Research Assistant Professor
Department:
Department of Neuroscience
Business Phone:
(352) 273-9192
Business Email:
alfonso.m.pena@ufl.edu
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2024
GMS7794 Neuroscience Seminar
Research Profile
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0001-7598-0777
Publications
2021
Molecular, functional, and pathological aspects of TDP-43 fragmentation.
iScience.
24(5)
[DOI] 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102459.
[PMID] 34013172.
2020
CCB is Involved in Actin-Based Axonal Transport of Selected Synaptic Proteins
The Journal of Neuroscience.
40(3):542-556
[DOI] 10.1523/jneurosci.0915-18.2019.
2018
Engineered Hsp70 chaperones prevent Aβ42-induced memory impairments in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Scientific reports.
8(1)
[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-018-28341-w.
[PMID] 29967544.
2017
Anti-Aβ single-chain variable fragment antibodies restore memory acquisition in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Scientific reports.
7(1)
[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-017-11594-2.
[PMID] 28900185.
2014
Cell types and coincident synapses in the ellipsoid body of Drosophila.
The European journal of neuroscience.
39(10):1586-601
[DOI] 10.1111/ejn.12537.
[PMID] 24605774.
2013
System-like consolidation of olfactory memories in Drosophila.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.
33(23):9846-54
[DOI] 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0451-13.2013.
[PMID] 23739981.
2011
Synapse loss in olfactory local interneurons modifies perception.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.
31(8):2734-45
[DOI] 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5046-10.2011.
[PMID] 21414896.
2006
Age-independent synaptogenesis by phosphoinositide 3 kinase.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.
26(40):10199-208
[PMID] 17021175.
Grants
Sep 2022
ACTIVE
Tau spreading through the gut-brain axis in a fly model of AD
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: ALZHEIMERS ASSO
Dec 2019
ACTIVE
LRRK2-Synuclein Interactions with Gut Inflammation in PD Pathogenesis
Role: Project Manager
Funding: PARKINSONS FOU
Education
Ph.D.
2007
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Cajal Institute (CSIC)/Universidad Complutense de Madrid
M.Sc.
2003
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Cajal Institute (CSIC)/Universidad Complutense de Madrid
B.Sc.
2001
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-9192
Emails:
- Business:
- alfonso.m.pena@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100244
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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1149 NEWELL DR RM L1 100
GAINESVILLE FL 32610