Jorge Torres
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles
jorget@ucla.edu
Education and Training
| Genentech Inc. | Postdoctoral | 2009 | Cancer Biology |
| Stanford University | Postdoctoral | 2006 | Cancer Biology |
| Princeton University | PhD | 2004 | Molecular Biology |
Publications
- Abdusamad M, Guo X, Ramirez I, Velasquez EF, Cohn W, Gholkar AA, Ashley IA, Delgado Y, Bouhaddou M, Whitelegge JP, Damoiseaux R, Torres JZ. DUSP12 promotes cell cycle progression and protects cells from ZNF622 mediated apoptosis.. Cell death & disease, 2026.
- Gholkar AA, Cherry C, Gimeno TV, Nocon C, Zhu C, Gomperts BN, Torres JZ. MI-181 enhances ciliation and cilia length in a cigarette smoke exposed airway epithelial model.. Scientific reports, 2026.
- Ünal E, Torres JZ. Ensuring fidelity of chromosome segregation.. Molecular biology of the cell, 2018.
- Torres JZ, Summers MK, Peterson D, Brauer MJ, Lee J, Senese S, Gholkar AA, Lo YC, Lei X, Jung K, Anderson DC, Davis DP, Belmont L, Jackson PK. The STARD9/Kif16a kinesin associates with mitotic microtubules and regulates spindle pole assembly.. Cell, 2011.
- Torres JZ, Ban KH, Jackson PK. A specific form of phospho protein phosphatase 2 regulates anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome association with spindle poles.. Molecular biology of the cell, 2010.