Teresa Monkkonen
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I am a PhD candidate studying epithelial- stromal interactions in mammary gland development, and pathways regulating mammary stem cell function using mouse models. I am in the lab of Michael T. Lewis, PhD in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX.

I perform the following techniques: immunofluorescence staining,  microscopy, mouse survival surgeries, FACS sorting, qPCR, and others.

In addition to research, I enjoy tutoring and mentoring students, and developing my teaching skills.

Contact Info
teresa.monkkonen@gmail.com
monkkone@bcm.edu

Publications

  1.      Harvey SB, Zhang Y, Wilson-Grady J, Monkkonen T, Nelsestuen GL, Kasthuri RS, Verneris MR, Lund TC, Ely EW, Bernard GR, Zeisler H, Homoncik M, Jilma B, Swan T, Kellogg TA (2008) O-Glycoside Biomarker of Apolipoprotein C3: Responsiveness to Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, and Therapy with Metformin, to Chronic or Severe Liver Disease and to Mortality in Severe Sepsis and Graft vs Host Disease. J Proteome Res 8 (2):603–612.

2. Zhang, Y, Oetting WS, Harvey SB, Stone MD, Monkkonen T, Matas AJ, Cosio FG, Nelsestuen GL. Urinary Peptide Patterns in Native Kidneys and Kidney Allografts. Transplantation 87 (12): 1807-183.


Previous Research Projects and Mentors

2007-2008: Dr. Gary L. Nelsestuen
Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
I applied proteomics techniques (MALDI-TOF) to assay plasma and urine proteomes of patients with different metabolic diseases.

2006-2007: Dr. James A. McNew
Dept. of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston TX
I did a senior honors thesis studying C. elegans SNARE proteins and vesicle fusion using reconstituted liposomes.

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