Francisco Jose Lopez Murcia

Francisco Jose Lopez Murcia

Lecturer Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-0778-4106
Researcher ID: AAB-2551-2020
Knowledge area: Histologia

Contact Information
Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics
Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapy School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona - Campus Bellvitge Pavelló de Govern, Feixa LLarga s/n 4th Floor, Lab. 4112
+34934024279
lopezmurcia(a)ub.edu

Teaching imparted (current)

Neurobiology - Ciències Biomèdiques; Facultat de Medicina i ciències de la Salut - Universidad de Barcelona.

Academic training

Biochemistry . University of Murcia . 09/2009 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
PhD in Biomedicine . University of Barcelona . 04/2015 . (Ph.D.)
Master in Neuroscience and Biology of Behavior . University Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla . 07/2010 . (Official Master)

Professional experience

Serra Hunter Lecturer. University of Barcelona. 05/2022
Postdoctoral Researcher. Max-Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine (currently: MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences). 02/2019 - 04/2022
Alexander-von-Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow. Max-Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine (currently: MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences). 02/2017 - 01/2019
Postdoctoral Researcher. University of Barcelona. 04/2015 - 12/2015
PhD. University of Barcelona. 09/2010 - 04/2015
Eramus Practicum Scholarshipped. Cyceron - Plateforme d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Caen, France. 01/2009 - 07/2009

Journal Publications

Tommaso Zeppillo; Heba Ali; Sally Wenger; Francisco J. Lopez Murcia; Erinn Gideons; Janetti Signorelli; Michael J. Schmeisser; Jens Wiltfang; JeongSeop Rhee; Nils Brose; Holger Taschenberger; Dilja Krueger-Burg (2022). Functional Neuroligin-2-MDGA1 interactions differentially regulate synaptic GABAARs and cytosolic gephyrin aggregation. bioRxiv . https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.08.503083 . ISSN: 0001-0001
Noa Lipstein; Shuwen Chang*; Kun-Han Lin*; Francisco José López-Murcia*; Erwin Neher; Holger Taschenberger; Nils Brose (2021). Munc13-1 is a Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent vesicle priming hub that shapes synaptic short-term plasticity and enables sustained neurotransmission. Neuron . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.09.054 . ISSN: 0896-6273
Cordelia Imig; Francisco José López-Murcia; Lydia Maus; Inés Hojas García-Plaza; Lena Sünke Mortensen; Manuela Schwark; Valentin Schwarze; Julie Angibaud; U Valentin Nägerl; Holger Taschenberger; Nils Brose; Benjamin H Cooper (2020). Ultrastructural Imaging of Activity-Dependent Synaptic Membrane-Trafficking Events in Cultured Brain Slices. Neuron . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.004 . ISSN: 0896-6273
Francisco José López-Murcia; Kerstin Reim; Olaf Jahn; Holger Taschenberger; Nils Brose (2019). Acute Complexin Knockout Abates Spontaneous and Evoked Transmitter Release. Cell Reports . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.02.030 . ISSN: 2211-1247