I am a 4th year PhD candidate studying epithelial- stromal interactions in mammary gland development, and pathways governing 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 frequently perform the following techniques: immunofluorescence and microscopy, transplantation of mammary epithelial cells and epithelial fragments, qPCR, and others.

I recently finished teaching with the Citizen Schools program. Our group prepared for and led a 10-week apprenticeship on anatomy and disease at Sharpstown Middle School in Houston, TX in spring 2011.

teresa.monkkonen@gmail.com.

  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.

2007-2008: Dr. Gary L. Nelsestuen
Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

I assayed for changes in the plasma and urine proteomes of patients before and after different surgeries (bariatric, kidney transplant) using mass spectrometry techniques (MALDI-TOF). I performed statistical analysis of results, served as lab manager, and helped to edit manuscripts and grants.

2006-2007: Dr. James A. McNew
Dept. of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston TX

I did a senior honors thesis showing that 3 C. elegans SNARE proteins may be sufficient to induce membrane fusion in reconstituted liposomes. These proteins mediate vesicle fusion in the nervous system.