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Overview

Mark Terasaki is affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health Center in the United States. Their research spans several main fields of study, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, alongside medicine. The subfields of focus include molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, sensory systems, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their research topics cover a broad range of biological functions and diseases, with notable emphasis on connexins and lens biology, olfactory and sensory function studies, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, renal and related cancers, reproductive biology and fertility, ovarian function and disorders, as well as mitochondrial function and pathology.

Recent publication venues for this scientist feature journals and platforms such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Anatomical Record, eLife, Physiology, and Scientific Reports. These venues indicate active contributions to both preprint archives and peer-reviewed journals.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Analysis of the three dimensional structure of the kidney glomerulus capillary network, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Cellular Heterogeneity of the Luteinizing Hormone Receptor and Its Significance for Cyclic GMP Signaling in Mouse Preovulatory Follicles, 2020, Endocrinology
  • Cytonemes with complex geometries and composition extend into invaginations of target cells, 2021, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Gap junction internalization and processing in vivo: a 3D immuno-electron microscopy study, 2020, Journal of Cell Science
  • Mitochondria-ER contact sites expand during mitosis, 2024, iScience

Mark Terasaki collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Valentina Baena, Rachael P. Norris, Melanie Fisher, Mayu Inaba, and Raphaël Courjaret. These collaborators have contributed to multiple joint publications, reflecting consistent scientific partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Three-dimensional high-resolution second-harmonic generation imaging of endogenous structural proteins in biological tissues.

    Paul J. Campagnola;Andrew C. Millard;Mark Terasaki;Pamela E. Hoppe

  • Diffusional mobility of Golgi proteins in membranes of living cells

    Nelson B. Cole;Carolyn L. Smith;Noah Sciaky;Mark Terasaki

  • Golgi Tubule Traffic and the Effects of Brefeldin A Visualized in Living Cells

    Noah Sciaky;John Presley;Carolyn Smith;Kristien J.M. Zaal

  • Localization of endoplasmic reticulum in living and glutaraldehyde-fixed cells with fluorescent dyes

    Mark Terasaki;Jindan Song;James R. Wong;Michael J. Weiss

  • Dorsoventral Patterning in Hemichordates: Insights into Early Chordate Evolution

    Christopher J Lowe;Mark Terasaki;Michael T. Wu;Robert M Freeman

  • Large Plasma Membrane Disruptions Are Rapidly Resealed by Ca2+-dependent Vesicle–Vesicle Fusion Events

    Mark Terasaki;Katsuya Miyake;Paul L. McNeil

  • Organization of the sea urchin egg endoplasmic reticulum and its reorganization at fertilization.

    M Terasaki;L A Jaffe

  • A contractile nuclear actin network drives chromosome congression in oocytes.

    Péter Lénárt;Christian P. Bacher;Nathalie Daigle;Arthur R. Hand

  • Continuous network of endoplasmic reticulum in cerebellar Purkinje neurons.

    M Terasaki;N T Slater;A Fein;A Schmidek

  • Stacked Endoplasmic Reticulum Sheets Are Connected by Helicoidal Membrane Motifs

    Mark Terasaki;Tom Shemesh;Narayanan Kasthuri;Robin W. Klemm

  • Patching plasma membrane disruptions with cytoplasmic membrane

    Paul L. McNeil;Steven S. Vogel;Katsuya Miyake;Mark Terasaki

  • Coping with the inevitable: how cells repair a torn surface membrane.

    Paul L. McNeil;Mark Terasaki

  • Reorganization of the endoplasmic reticulum during meiotic maturation of the mouse oocyte.

    Lisa M. Mehlmann;Mark Terasaki;Laurinda A. Jaffe;Douglas Kline

  • Nuclear envelope breakdown in starfish oocytes proceeds by partial NPC disassembly followed by a rapidly spreading fenestration of nuclear membranes

    Péter Lénárt;Gwénaël Rabut;Nathalie Daigle;Arthur R. Hand

  • Dynamics of the endoplasmic reticulum and golgi apparatus during early sea urchin development.

    Mark Terasaki

  • Changes in Organization of the Endoplasmic Reticulum during Xenopus Oocyte Maturation and Activation

    Mark Terasaki;Linda L. Runft;Arthur R. Hand

  • Calcium release at fertilization in starfish eggs is mediated by phospholipase Cgamma.

    David J. Carroll;Chodavarapu S. Ramarao;Lisa M. Mehlmann;Serge Roche

  • Structural Change of the Endoplasmic Reticulum during Fertilization: Evidence for Loss of Membrane Continuity Using the Green Fluorescent Protein

    Mark Terasaki;Mark Terasaki;Laurinda A. Jaffe;Laurinda A. Jaffe;Gary R. Hunnicutt;John A. Hammer

  • The Cortical Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) of the Mouse Egg: Localization of ER Clusters in Relation to the Generation of Repetitive Calcium Waves

    Douglas Kline;Lisa Mehlmann;Christopher Fox;Mark Terasaki

  • Identification of PLCgamma-dependent and -independent events during fertilization of sea urchin eggs.

    David J. Carroll;Diana T. Albay;Mark Terasaki;Laurinda A. Jaffe

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurinda A. Jaffe
Laurinda A. Jaffe University of Connecticut Health Center
Arthur R. Hand
Arthur R. Hand University of Connecticut
Jan Ellenberg
Jan Ellenberg European Bioinformatics Institute
Cahir J. O'Kane
Cahir J. O'Kane University of Cambridge
John C. Gerhart
John C. Gerhart University of California, Berkeley
Marc W. Kirschner
Marc W. Kirschner Harvard University
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Maximilian J. Telford
Maximilian J. Telford University College London
Christian Sardet
Christian Sardet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Robert J. Lucas
Robert J. Lucas University of Manchester

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