Thomas Aguiar Vallim
Associate Professor, Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
Associate Professor, Biological Chemistry, University of California Los Angeles
Laboratory Address:
675 Charles E Young Drive South
MRL Receiving
Room 3240
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Mailing Address:
650 Charles E. Young Drive South
A2-237 CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Affiliations
Biography:
Dr. Vallim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry and in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at UCLA. Dr. Vallim was born in Brazil and emigrated to England as a teenager. In England, Dr. Vallim received his M.Sci and Ph.D from the University of Nottingham. As an undergraduate Ph.D student, Dr. Vallim’s research focused was on the transcriptional regulation of genes in lipid metabolism by dietary factors. Dr. Vallim came to UCLA for his post-doctoral studies in the laboratory of Peter Edwards, and later joined the faculty. Dr. Vallim is an Associate Professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology and the Department of Biological Chemistry. Dr. Vallim’s research involves the identification of molecular mechanisms that control lipid metabolism, with a focus on transcriptional regulation by nuclear receptors.
Publications
- Zhang H, de Aguiar Vallim TQ, Martel C, Early Career Committee. Translational and Therapeutic Approaches to the Understanding and Treatment of Dyslipidemia.. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2016.
- de Aguiar Vallim TQ, Tarling EJ, Ahn H, Hagey LR, Romanoski CE, Lee RG, Graham MJ, Motohashi H, Yamamoto M, Edwards PA. MAFG is a transcriptional repressor of bile acid synthesis and metabolism.. Cell metabolism, 2015.
- de Aguiar Vallim TQ, Tarling EJ, Kim T, Civelek M, Bald?n ?, Esau C, Edwards PA. MicroRNA-144 regulates hepatic ATP binding cassette transporter A1 and plasma high-density lipoprotein after activation of the nuclear receptor farnesoid X receptor.. Circulation research, 2013.