Mary Frances Nunez Teruel
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Chemical and Systems Biology
- Member, Bio-X
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Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 721-2045 Tel (650) 721-2868Alternate Contact Stuart Jeung Administrative Associate Email Tel Work 650-723-2253
Professional Overview
Professional Education
| Ph.D.: | Stanford University, Aeronautical Engineering |
| M.S.: | Stanford University, Aeronautical Engineering |
| B.S.: | University of Pennsylvannia, Mechanical Engineering |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
The Teruel Lab uses a combination of engineering and biological approaches including high-throughput screening of RNAi and DNA construct libraries, targeted mass spectrometry, live-cell fluorescence microscopy, and bioinformatics to investigate the systems biology of cell differentiation and cell signaling with particular focus on uncovering the molecular mechanisms underlying insulin resistance, diabetes, and obesity.
Publications
- Consecutive positive feedback loops create a bistable switch that controls preadipocyte-to-adipocyte conversion. Cell Rep. 2012; (4): 976-90
- Neuropilins are positive regulators of Hedgehog signal transduction. Genes Dev. 2011; (22): 2333-46
- Parallel adaptive feedback enhances reliability of the Ca2+ signaling system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011; (35): 14485-90
- Comprehensive identification of PIP3-regulated PH domains from C. elegans to H. sapiens by model prediction and live imaging. Mol Cell. 2008; (3): 381-92
- Rab10, a target of the AS160 Rab GAP, is required for insulin-stimulated translocation of GLUT4 to the adipocyte plasma membrane. Cell Metab. 2007; (4): 293-303
- siRNA screen of the human signaling proteome identifies the PtdIns(3,4,5)P3-mTOR signaling pathway as a primary regulator of transferrin uptake. Genome Biol. 2007; (7): R142
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