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Employment (3)

University of California, Los Angeles: Los Angeles, US

2024-07-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Integrative Biology and Physiology, Institute for Society and Genetics)
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Valerie Tornini

Yale University: New Haven, CT, US

2017-02-16 to 2024-06-30 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Genetics)
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Valerie Tornini

Duke University: Durham, North Carolina, US

2011 to 2016 | Graduate Research Fellow (Cell Biology)
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Valerie Tornini

Education and qualifications (1)

Duke University: Durham, NC, US

2010-08 to 2016-12 | Graduate Student (Cell Biology)
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Valerie Tornini

Professional activities (3)

Society for Developmental Biology: Bethesda, MD, US

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Valerie Tornini

Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science: Santa Cruz, California, US

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Valerie Tornini

Genetics Society of America: Bethesda, MD, US

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Funding (4)

Functional analysis of histone modifier Autism Spectrum Disorders risk genes in vertebrate development

2022-09-01 to 2024-08-31 | Grant
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Bethesda, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.12963490
GRANT_NUMBER: K99HD105001
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Valerie Tornini via DimensionsWizard

Roles of Autism Risk Genes on Vertebrate Brain Development

2018-07 to 2020-06 | Award
Hartwell Foundation (TN, TN, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

19-001572
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Valerie Tornini

Jo Rae Wright Fellowship for Outstanding Women in Science

2015 to 2016 | Award
Graduate School, Duke University (NC, NC, US)
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Valerie Tornini

Defining cellular sources of bone during zebrafish fin regeneration

2012 to 2015 | Award
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

1106401
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Valerie Tornini

Works (17)

Grand roles for microproteins

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41580-024-00806-z
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4771409

PMID: 39543246
Part of ISSN: 1471-0072
WOSUID:

WOS:001354808400001
Contributors: Valerie Tornini
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University of California Publication Management System

DEI infrastructures required for the best science and medicine

The Lancet
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)00697-4
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4624598

PMID: 38823984
Part of ISSN: 0140-6736
WOSUID:

WOS:001249276800001
Contributors: Valerie Tornini; Robert W Fernandez; Olivia V Goldman; Joanne Suarez
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Small protein plays with big networks

Trends in Genetics
2024-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.10.008
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4677427

PMID: 37879968
PMC: PMC10847964
Part of ISSN: 0168-9525
WOSUID:

WOS:001159180700001
Contributors: Valerie Tornini
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Maximizing biomedical research impacts through bioethical considerations

Disease Models & Mechanisms
2023-04-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.050046
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4772033

PMID: 37092345
PMC: PMC10163322
Part of ISSN: 1754-8403
WOSUID:

WOS:000994470200004
Contributors: Valerie Tornini; Santiago Peregalli Politi; Lori Bruce; Stephen R Latham
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Control of osteoblast regeneration by a train of Erk activity waves.

Nature
2021-01-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-03085-8
PMID: 33408418
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Valerie Tornini
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Vitamin D Stimulates Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Controls Organ Size and Regeneration in Zebrafish

Developmental Cell
2019-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.01.001
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4772024

PMC: PMC6435404
PMID: 30713073
Part of ISSN: 1534-5807
WOSUID:

WOS:000462154900013
Contributors: Yanchao Han; Anzhi Chen; Kfir-Baruch Umansky; Kelsey A Oonk; Wen-Yee Choi; Amy L Dickson; Jianhong Ou; Valentina Cigliola; Oren Yifa; Jingli Cao et al.
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In Toto Imaging of Dynamic Osteoblast Behaviors in Regenerating Skeletal Bone

Current Biology
2018-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.052
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4772026

PMC: PMC6298855
PMID: 30503623
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
WOSUID:

WOS:000453543800022
Contributors: Ben D Cox; Alessandro De Simone; Valerie Tornini; Sumeet P Singh; Stefano Di Talia; Kenneth D Poss
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Live fate-mapping of joint-associated fibroblasts visualizes expansion of cell contributions during zebrafish fin regeneration

Development
2017-08-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1242/dev.155655
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4772025

PMC: PMC5592816
PMID: 28811310
Part of ISSN: 0950-1991
WOSUID:

WOS:000407567200004
Contributors: Valerie Tornini; John D Thompson; Raymond L Allen; Kenneth D Poss
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Live Monitoring of Blastemal Cell Contributions during Appendage Regeneration

Current Biology
2016-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.072
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4772027

PMC: PMC5121098
PMID: 27839971
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
WOSUID:

WOS:000388545900016
Contributors: Valerie Tornini; Alberto Puliafito; Leslie A Slota; John D Thompson; Gregory Nachtrab; Anna-Lila Kaushik; Marika Kapsimali; Luca Primo; Stefano Di Talia; Kenneth D Poss
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Modulation of tissue repair by regeneration enhancer elements

Nature: New biology
2016-04-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/nature17644
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

1588046

PMC: PMC4844022
PMID: 27049946
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
WOSUID:

WOS:000374415100032
Contributors: Junsu Kang; Jianxin Hu; Ravi Karra; Amy L Dickson; Valerie Tornini; Gregory Nachtrab; Matthew Gemberling; Joseph A Goldman; Brian L Black; Kenneth D Poss
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Multicolor mapping of the cardiomyocyte proliferation dynamics that construct the atrium

Development
2016-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1242/dev.136606
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4772029

PMC: PMC4874486
PMID: 26989176
Part of ISSN: 0950-1991
WOSUID:

WOS:000389588300009
Contributors: Matthew J Foglia; Jingli Cao; Valerie Tornini; Kenneth D Poss
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Keeping at Arm’s Length during Regeneration

Developmental Cell
2014-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.04.007
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4772028

PMC: PMC4052447
PMID: 24780734
Part of ISSN: 1534-5807
WOSUID:

WOS:000335422500005
Contributors: Valerie Tornini; Kenneth D Poss
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Transcriptional components of anteroposterior positional information during zebrafish fin regeneration

Development
2013-09-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1242/dev.098798
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4772030

PMC: PMC3754474
PMID: 23924636
Part of ISSN: 0950-1991
WOSUID:

WOS:000323698100005
Contributors: Gregory Nachtrab; Kazu Kikuchi; Valerie Tornini; Kenneth D Poss
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β-Arrestin2 mediates the initiation and progression of myeloid leukemia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2012-07-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209815109
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

1074209

PMC: PMC3411976
PMID: 22773819
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
WOSUID:

WOS:000307538200056
Contributors: Mark Fereshteh; Takahiro Ito; Jeffrey J Kovacs; Chen Zhao; Hyog Young Kwon; Valerie Tornini; Takaaki Konuma; Minyong Chen; Robert J Lefkowitz; Tannishtha Reya
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linc-mipep and linc-wrb encode micropeptides that regulate chromatin accessibility in vertebrate-specific neural cells

Other
DOI: 10.1101/2022.07.21.501032
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4772032

Part of ISSN: 2692-8205
Contributors: Valerie Tornini; Ho-Joon Lee; Liyun Miao; Yin Tang; Sarah E Dube; Timothy Gerson; Valeria J Schmidt; Katherine Du; Manik Kuchroo; François Kroll et al.
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linc-mipep and linc-wrb encode micropeptides that regulate chromatin accessibility in vertebrate-specific neural cells

eLife
Journal article
DOI: 10.7554/elife.82249
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4772034

PMID: 37191016
PMC: PMC10188112
Part of ISSN: 2050-084X
Contributors: Valerie Tornini; Liyun Miao; Ho-Joon Lee; Timothy Gerson; Sarah E Dube; Valeria Schmidt; François Kroll; Yin Tang; Katherine Du; Manik Kuchroo et al.
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Novel cell states arise in embryonic cells devoid of key reprogramming factors

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DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.13.593729
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

4772031

PMID: 38798464
PMC: PMC11118305
Part of ISSN: 2692-8205
Contributors: Scott E Youlten; Liyun Miao; Caroline Hoppe; Curtis W Boswell; Damir Musaev; Mario Abdelmessih; Smita Krishnaswamy; Valerie Tornini; Antonio J Giraldez
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Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Cell reports. (2)
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