Israel Hernandez

PhD Student and KosikLab WebMaster

Israel got his BSc in Biology at Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.
He is currently a Graduate student in the Kosik lab.

E-mail:ihernandez at lifesci.ucsb.edu

Publications:

• Piedrahita D, Hernández I, López-Tobón A, Fedorov D, Obara B, Manjunath BS, Boudreau RL, Davidson B, Laferla F, Gallego-Gómez JC, Kosik KS, Cardona-Gómez GP.Silencing of CDK5 reduces neurofibrillary tangles in transgenic alzheimer's mice.J Neurosci. 2010 Oct 20;30(42):13966-76.
• Sánchez D, Rojas M, Hernández I, Radzioch D, García LF, Barrera LF.Role of TLR2- and TLR4-mediated signaling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced macrophage death.Cell Immunol. 2010;260(2):128-36.
• Carrettiero DC, Hernandez I, Neveu P, Papagiannakopoulos T, Kosik KS. The cochaperone BAG2 sweeps paired helical filament- insoluble tau from the microtubule. J Neurosci. 2009 Feb 18;29(7):2151-61