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Stay Updated with Dr. Bernal-Mizrachi’s lab!

Dr. Bernal-Mizrachi's Lab is a research group associated with the University of Miami located in Miami, FL. The main research goal of our laboratory is to make strides in beta signaling

 
β Cells switch from mTORC1 to AMPK-dependent signaling during postnatal maturation.

β Cells switch from mTORC1 to AMPK-dependent signaling during postnatal maturation.

mTORC1-to-AMPK switching underlies β cell metabolic plasticity during maturation and diabetes

Hypothalamic astrogliosis in aged high-fat diet (HFD)-fed offspring

Hypothalamic astrogliosis in aged high-fat diet (HFD)-fed offspring

Sexual dimorphism in hypothalamic inflammation in the offspring of dams exposed to a diet rich in high fat and branched-chain amino acids

Research Day at University of Miami!

Click link below to see our projects and posters for research day on March 13th 2019


Elements of the mTORC1 signaling pathway

Elements of the mTORC1 signaling pathway

University of Miami Inventum Article - Study Illuminates How Nutrients Control Glucagon and Sheds Light on Future Diabetes Therapies

From left, Manuel Blandino Rosano, Ph.D., with Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi, M.D.

From left, Manuel Blandino Rosano, Ph.D., with Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi, M.D.

Research Illuminates Potential Pathway to Type 2 Diabetes

Loss of Raptor and mTORC1 activity in α cells of αRaptorKO mice.

Loss of Raptor and mTORC1 activity in α cells of αRaptorKO mice.

Loss of mTORC1 signaling alters pancreatic α cell mass and impairs glucagon secretion