Terri Iwata

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Siu Sylvia Lee
Current Position: Software Engineer, Nautilus Biotechnology

Biography

Terri grew up in Hawaii and received her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. She completed her PhD research in the lab of Siu Sylvia Lee where she investigated the role of the mammalian transcription regulator HCF-1 in modulating the function of longevity factors. After finishing the Combined DVM/PhD program, Terri went on to complete a residency in laboratory animal medicine at the University of Washington.

Education
DVM, Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 2013
PhD, Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, 2012
BS, Biological Sciences, Stanford University

Publications and Presentations
1: Iwata TN, Cowley TJ, Sloma M, Ji Y, Kim H, Qi L, Lee SS. The transcriptional co-regulator HCF-1 is required for INS-1 β-cell glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. PLoS One. 2013 Nov 8;8(11):e78841. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078841.  eCollection 2013. PubMed PMID: 24250814; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3826731.  

2: Rizki G, Iwata TN, Li J, Riedel CG, Picard CL, Jan M, Murphy CT, Lee SS. The evolutionarily conserved longevity determinants HCF-1 and SIR-2.1/SIRT1 collaborate to regulate DAF-16/FOXO. PLoS Genet. 2011 Sep;7(9):e1002235. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002235. Epub 2011 Sep 1. PubMed PMID: 21909281; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3164695.  

3: Li J, Ebata A, Dong Y, Rizki G, Iwata T, Lee SS. Caenorhabditis elegans HCF-1  functions in longevity maintenance as a DAF-16 regulator. PLoS Biol. 2008 Sep 30;6(9):e233. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060233. PubMed PMID: 18828672; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2553839.  

4: Han L, Dias Figueiredo M, Berghorn KA, Iwata TN, Clark-Campbell PA, Welsh IC,  Wang W, O'brien TP, Lin DM, Roberson MS. Analysis of the gene regulatory program  induced by the homeobox transcription factor distal-less 3 in mouse placenta. Endocrinology. 2007 Mar;148(3):1246-54. Epub 2006 Nov 16. PubMed PMID: 17110422.