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Rivera, Gonzalo

Associate Professor

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Associate Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

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grivera@tamu.edu

1 979 458 0128

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overview

My laboratory is interested in the role played by cytoskeletal remodeling in development and disease, particularly, angiogenesis and tumor progression and invasion. The long-term goal of our research is to understand how extracellular signals that alter tyrosine phosphorylation and the metabolism of inositol phospholipids modulate actin dynamics and cell motility. Areas of interest include the biogenesis of actin-based structures of invasion, intracellular trafficking, and three-dimensional tissue morphogenesis in vitro. Our research employs a combination of molecular genetics, cell biology, proteomics, and high-resolution optical imaging.

education and training

University of Connecticut Health Center - (Farmington, Connecticut, United States), Postdoctoral Training 2005
Ph.D. in Physiology, Cornell University - (Ithaca, New York, United States) 2002
M.S. in Animal Science, National University of Mar del Plata - (Mar del Plata, Argentina) 1990
D.V.M. in Veterinary Medicine, National University of Rio Cuarto - (Córdoba, Argentina) 1988

selected publications

Academic Articles25

Morris, D. C., Popp, J. L., Tang, L. K., Gibbs, H. C., Schmitt, E., Chaki, S. P., ... Rivera, G. M. (2017). Nck deficiency is associated with delayed breast carcinoma progression and reduced metastasis.. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL. 28(24), 3500-3516.
Pandey, A., Ding, S. L., Qin, Q., Gupta, R., Gomez, G., Lin, F., ... de Figueiredo, P. (2017). Global Reprogramming of Host Kinase Signaling in Response to Fungal Infection. Cell Host & Microbe. 21(5), 637-649.e6.
Cheerathodi, M., Avci, N. G., Guerrero, P. A., Tang, L. K., Popp, J., Morales, J. E., ... McCarty, J. H. (2016). The Cytoskeletal Adapter Protein Spinophilin Regulates Invadopodia Dynamics and Tumor Cell Invasion in Glioblastoma. MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH. 14(12), 1277-1287.
Ditlev, J. A., Michalski, P. J., Huber, G., Rivera, G. M., Mohler, W. A., Loew, L. M., & Mayer, B. J. (2015). Correction: Stoichiometry of Nck-dependent actin polymerization in living cells. JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY. 211(5), 1095-1098.
Hou, T. Y., Barhoumi, R., Fan, Y., Rivera, G. M., Hannoush, R. N., McMurray, D. N., & Chapkin, R. S. (2015). n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids suppress CD4+ T cell proliferation by altering phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] organization. Biochimica et biophysica acta. 1858(1), 85-96.