Education
- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA Ph.D. 2005 Molecular Pathology
- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA B.A. 1996 Molecular and Cell Biology (Genetics Emphasis)
Experience
- 2012-Present Assistant Professor, La Jolla Bioengineering Institute, La Jolla/San Diego, CA
- 2010-2012 Research Scientist, La Jolla Bioengineering Institute, La Jolla/San Diego, CA
- 2007-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- 2005-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- 1996-1999 Research Technician, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Honors and Memberships
- 2015-Present Member, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- 2012-Present Investigator, NHLBI Diversity Research Supplement
- 2008-2009 Member, North American Vascular Biology Organization
- 2008-2009 Trainee, Molecular Bases of eye diseases Training Program, Schepens Eye Research Institute/Harvard Medical School
- 2005-2008 Trainee, Pathobiology of the Developing Cardiovascular System, Cardiac Registry, Children's Hospital Boston
- 2003-2005 Principal Investigator, Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship Program, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health
- 2004 ASBMB Graduate Minority Travel Award, FASEB MARC Program
- 2002 ASBMB Graduate Minority Travel Award, FASEB MARC Program
- 2001 ASBMB Graduate Minority Travel Award, FASEB MARC Program
- 1996 Intern, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Program, The Scripps Research Institute
Selected Publications
dela Paz NG, Melchior B, Shayo FY, Frangos JA
J Biol Chem. 2014 Mar 14;289(11):7413-24.
The role of shear-induced Transforming Growth Factor-β signaling in the endothelium
Walshe TE, dela Paz NG, D’Amore PA
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2013 Nov;33(11):2608-17.
Early VEGFR2 activation in response to flow is VEGF-dependent and mediated by MMP activity
dela Paz NG, Melchior B, Frangos JA
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 May 10;434(3):641-6.
Role of shear-stress-induced VEGF expression in endothelial cell survival
dela Paz NG, Walshe TE, Leach LL, Saint-Geniez M, D'Amore PA
J Cell Sci. 2012 Feb 15;125(Pt 4):831-43
Arterial versus venous endothelial cells
dela Paz NG, D'Amore PA
Cell Tissue Res. 2009 Jan;335(1):5-16
Regulation of NF-kappaB-dependent gene expression by the POU domain transcription factor Oct-1
dela Paz NG, Simeonidis S, Leo C, Rose DW, Collins T
J Biol Chem. 2007 Mar 16;282(11):8424-34
Autoimmune alterations induced by the New Zealand Black Lbw2 locus in BWF1 mice
Haraldsson MK, dela Paz NG, Kuan JG, Gilkeson GS, Theofilopoulos AN, Kono DH
J Immunol. 2005 Apr 15;174(8):5065-73