Alumni Postdoctoral Fellow
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Scientific Interest
Tail-anchored protein targeting and membrane protein quality control
Current Research Interests
Characterization of quality control pathways acting on mistargeted tail-anchored proteins
Former Lab Affiliations
| 1999-2001 |
Professor Jodi Nunnari – Undergraduate Researcher, University of California, Davis |
| 2001-2003 |
Professor Jodi Nunnari – Post-graduate Researcher, University of California, Davis |
| 2003-2009 |
Dr. David Drubin – Graduate Student, University of of California, Berkeley |
| 2009-2010 |
Dr. David Drubin – Post-doctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2010-Present |
Dr. Peter Walter – Post-doctoral Researcher, University of California, San Francisco |
Education
| 2001 |
B.S. Biochemistry – University of California, Davis, USA |
| 2009 |
Ph.D Cell Biology – University of California, Berkeley, USA |
Selected Publications
- Li W, Okreglak V, Peschek J, Kimmig P, Zubradt M, Weissman J, Walter P. Engineering ER-stress dependent non-conventional mRNA splicing. eLife 7:e35388, 2018 Publication identifiers: (PMID: 29985129)
- Rao M, Okreglak V, Chio US, Cho H, Walter P, Shan SO. Multiple selection filters ensure accurate tail-anchored membrane protein targeting. eLife 5:e21301, 2016 Publication identifiers: (PMID: 27925580)
- Osman C, Noriega T, Okreglak V, Fung J, Walter P. Integrity of the yeast mitochondrial genome, but not its distribution and inheritance, relies on mitochondrial fission and fusion. Proc Nat Acad Sci 112:947-56, 2015 Publication identifiers: (PMID: 25730886)
- Okreglak V, Walter P. The conserved AAA-ATPase Msp1 confers organelle specificity to tail-anchored proteins. Proc Nat Acad Sci 111:8019–8024, 2014 Publication identifiers: (PMID: 24821790)
- Sidrauski C, Acosta-Alvear D, Khoutorsky A, Vedantham P, Hearn B, Li H, Gamache K, Gallagher C, Ang K, Wilson C, Okreglak V, Ashkenazi A, Hann B, Nader K, Arkin M, Renslo A, Sonenberg N, Walter P. Pharmacological brake-release of mRNA translation enhances cognitive memory. eLife 2:e00498, 2013 Publication identifiers: (PMID: 23741617)
