José Miguel Uribe-Salazar, postdoc

Education

• Ph.D. student, Integrative Genetics and Genomics graduate group, UC Davis (2023)

• M.Sc. Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Costa Rica (2016)

• B.S. Biology, University of Costa Rica (2013)

Professional Experience

• Postdoc - Dennis Lab, UC Davis (2023-current)

• Visiting Scholar - Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University (2016)

• Research Assistant - Human Genetics Department, University of Costa Rica (2013-2015)

• Research Assistant - Neuroscience Research Program, University of Costa Rica (2012)

Interests

• Genetic basis of complex diseases

• Zebrafish

• Neurogenetics

• Science education

Hobbies

• Hiking

• Soccer

• Learning new languages

• IPAs

Recent Publications

• Translational Neuroscience Approaches to Understanding Autism. Veenstra-VanderWeele J, O'Reilly KC, Dennis MY, Uribe-Salazar JM, Amaral DG.Am J Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 1;180(4):265-276. Review.doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230153.

• Genomic structural variation: A complex but important driver of human evolution. Soto DC*, Uribe-Salazar JM*, Shew CJ*, Sekar A, McGinty SP, Dennis MY^. Am J Biol Anthropol. 2023. Review. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24713

• Evaluation of CRISPR gene-editing tools in zebrafish. Uribe-Salazar JM, Kaya G, Sekar A, Weyenberg KB, Ingamells C, Dennis MY. BMC Genomics. 2022.

• Assessment of autism zebrafish mutant models using a high-throughput larval phenotyping platform. Colón-Rodríguez A, Uribe-Salazar JM, Weyenberg KB, Sriram A, Quezada A, Kaya G, Jao E, Radke B, Lein PJ, Dennis MY. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020.

Contact: jmuribesalazar [at] ucdavis.edu