Adelita Mendoza
· Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Colorado Boulder · Biochemistry
Active 2010–2024
About
Adelita Mendoza is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder. She earned her PhD from Northwestern University in 2017 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Her research focuses on understanding how cells sense and maintain zinc homeostasis, specifically investigating the mechanisms at the transcriptional and organelle levels. Mendoza's work explores lysosomal remodeling in response to fluctuating cytosolic zinc levels, including the regulation of zinc transporters such as CDF-2 and ZIPT-2.3 in C. elegans, and how lysosomes are structurally and functionally adapted to respond rapidly to changes in zinc levels. Her multidisciplinary approach combines cell biology, biochemistry, x-ray physics, analytical chemistry, and molecular biology, utilizing model systems like C. elegans and human cell culture to elucidate the interactions between zinc and lysosomal function.
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- 2022 NIH K99 MOSAIC Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific…
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