Tara Ann Teslaa

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
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    UCLA, Los Angeles, CAPhD2017Molecular Biology
    Princeton University, Princeton, NJPostdoc2022Metabolism
    UCLA, Los AngelesMS2008Biomedical Engineering
    St. Peter's University, Jersey City, NJBS2007Mathematics, Biochemistry

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    Building a map of cell type specific nutrient use across mammalian tissues
    NIH DP2AT014320Sep 10, 2026 - Aug 31, 2031
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Quantitative measurement of whole-body glycogen metabolism and gluconeogenic flux
    NIH F32DK118856May 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2022
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Mitochondrial membrane lipid cardiolipin controls fiber-type adaptations in aging muscle via estrogen-related receptor γ. Nat Aging. 2026 Sep 29. Finger F, Frost M, Watanabe S, Ma T, Kang T, Biswas D, Zapata-Perez R, Anton V, Dollet L, Markussen LK, Senoo N, Karavaeva I, Basse AL, Dmytriyeva O, TeSlaa T, Havelund JF, Ehrlich AM, Moreno-Torres M, Yonamine CY, Andersen NR, Blom I, Garcia-Carrizo F, Siripoksup P, Asping M, Nielsen TS, Nygård M, Klein AB, Tvardovskiy A, Nicolaisen TS, Durantez-Fernández C, Qvortrup K, Prats C, Rabinowitz JD, Clemmensen C, Sylow L, Zierath JR, Treebak JT, Schulz TJ, Grevengoed TJ, Claypool SM, Prudent J, Wüst RCI, Mandrup S, Houtkooper RH, Sakamoto K, Færgeman NJ, Larsen MR, Funai K, Larsen S, Gerhart-Hines Z. PMID: 42811121.
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    2. Disrupted glucocorticoid rhythms selectively induce severe skeletal muscle insulin resistance and uncouple obesity from hepatic steatosis. Cell Rep. 2026 Sep 22; 45(9):117926. Agas A, Sharma S, Narciso A, Jacinto Saavedra LP, Wilson J, Lungstrum J, Yammine L, Arzeno AS, Lantier L, Kilkenny E, Uddin A, Echeverria CE, Ferrick KR, Nathoo I, Gao J, Kapelczak ED, Jacobo R, Patel R, TeSlaa T, Goncalves MD, McGraw TE, Teruel MN. PMID: 42715103.
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    3. Illuminating spatial dynamics of glutamine metabolism with a sensitive genetically encoded biosensor. RSC Chem Biol. 2026 Sep 02; 7(9):1839-1855. Scully JM, Sun MJ, Das S, Arias NJ, Kapelczak ED, Robinson TD, Vineall KG, Dean TS, TeSlaa T, Divakaruni AS, Schmitt DL. PMID: 42564856; PMCID: PMC13446454.
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    4. The ULK1-NCOA3 axis restrains de novo lipogenesis and prevents diet-induced steatohepatitis and fibrosis in mice. J Clin Invest. 2026 Jun 01; 136(11). Koo YD, Castillo RT, Sukumaran Nair A, Garneau M, Gochee C, Campbell ZV, Vakil TS, Ha J, Marti A, Soto J, Das D, Martinez-Lopez N, Sharma S, Delgado Y, Phung C, Ashley IA, Kapelczak ED, Jacobo R, Weatherford ET, Dai DF, Benhammou JN, Marshall AG, Hinton A, Yang L, Pereira RO, TeSlaa T, Bouhaddou M, Singh R, Abel ED. PMID: 41926189; PMCID: PMC13221236.
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    5. Illuminating spatial dynamics of glutamine metabolism with a sensitive genetically encoded biosensor. bioRxiv. 2026 Jan 16. Scully JM, Sun MJ, Das S, Arias NJ, Kapelczak ED, Robinson TD, Vineall KG, Dean TS, TeSlaa T, Divakaruni AS, Schmitt DL. PMID: 41648179; PMCID: PMC12871246.
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    6. The complex role of nutrients in cancer spread. Nature. 2026 Jan; 649(8099):1116-1118. Yadav S, TeSlaa T. PMID: 41501272.
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    7. Single-Cell Metabolic Imaging Reveals Glycogen-Driven Adaptations in Endothelial Cells. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2026 Feb; 13(7):e08517. Chadha RS, Yang B, Yuan D, Kapelczak ED, Kocheril PA, Tapia A, Mahajan S, Colazo A, Malhi NK, Ambarian JA, Liu X, TeSlaa TA, Chen ZB, Wei L. PMID: 41298232; PMCID: PMC12866687.
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    8. Spatial regulation of AMPK activity under oxidative stress requires LKB1. bioRxiv. 2025 Nov 17. Parks K, Jhawar A, Andrikopoulos A, Winters DM, Dean TS, Kapelczak ED, TeSlaa T, Bouhaddou M, Schmitt DL. PMID: 41332539; PMCID: PMC12667911.
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    9. Species-specific serine metabolism differentially controls natural killer cell functions. Nat Metab. 2025 Sep; 7(9):1905-1923. Li JH, Feng Q, Ball AB, Lee CD, Wallerius ML, Bormin JG, Kapelczak ED, Armstrong WR, Hermans L, Krall A, Matulionis N, TeSlaa T, Christofk HR, Divakaruni AS, O'Sullivan TE. PMID: 40813920; PMCID: PMC12861115.
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    10. Lactate homeostasis is maintained through regulation of glycolysis and lipolysis. Cell Metab. 2025 Mar 04; 37(3):758-771.e8. Lee WD, Weilandt DR, Liang L, MacArthur MR, Jaiswal N, Ong O, Mann CG, Chu Q, Hunter CJ, Ryseck RP, Lu W, Oschmann AM, Cowan AJ, TeSlaa TA, Bartman CR, Jang C, Baur JA, Titchenell PM, Rabinowitz JD. PMID: 39889702; PMCID: PMC11926601.
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    11. A Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensor for Intracellular Measurement of Malonyl-CoA. ACS Bio Med Chem Au. 2025 Feb 19; 5(1):184-193. Ranzau BL, Robinson TD, Scully JM, Kapelczak ED, Dean TS, TeSlaa T, Schmitt DL. PMID: 39990938; PMCID: PMC11843332.
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    12. Quantification of nutrient fluxes during acute exercise in mice. Cell Metab. 2024 Dec 03; 36(12):2560-2579.e5. Axsom J, TeSlaa T, Lee WD, Chu Q, Cowan A, Bornstein MR, Neinast MD, Bartman CR, Blair MC, Li K, Thorsheim C, Rabinowitz JD, Arany Z. PMID: 39413791; PMCID: PMC11620932.
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    13. A Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensor for Intracellular Measurement of Malonyl-CoA. bioRxiv. 2024 Sep 28. Ranzau BL, Robinson TD, Scully JM, Kapelczack ED, Dean TS, TeSlaa T, Schmitt DL. PMID: 39386450; PMCID: PMC11463626.
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    14. Metformin induces a Lac-Phe gut-brain signalling axis. Nat Metab. 2024 Apr; 6(4):603-605. TeSlaa T. PMID: 38499764.
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    15. Glycine homeostasis requires reverse SHMT flux. Cell Metab. 2024 01 02; 36(1):103-115.e4. McBride MJ, Hunter CJ, Zhang Z, TeSlaa T, Xu X, Ducker GS, Rabinowitz JD. PMID: 38171330; PMCID: PMC11892390.
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    16. Acidic Methanol Treatment Facilitates Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Energy Metabolism. Anal Chem. 2023 10 10; 95(40):14879-14888. Lu W, Park NR, TeSlaa T, Jankowski CSR, Samarah L, McReynolds M, Xing X, Schembri J, Woolf MT, Rabinowitz JD, Davidson SM. PMID: 37756255; PMCID: PMC10568533.
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    17. The pentose phosphate pathway in health and disease. Nat Metab. 2023 08; 5(8):1275-1289. TeSlaa T, Ralser M, Fan J, Rabinowitz JD. PMID: 37612403; PMCID: PMC11251397.
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    18. Reply to: revisiting the role of serine metabolism in hepatic lipogenesis. Nat Metab. 2023 05; 5(5):762-764. Zhang Z, TeSlaa T, Rabinowitz JD. PMID: 37169877.
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    19. Slow TCA flux and ATP production in primary solid tumours but not metastases. Nature. 2023 02; 614(7947):349-357. Bartman CR, Weilandt DR, Shen Y, Lee WD, Han Y, TeSlaa T, Jankowski CSR, Samarah L, Park NR, da Silva-Diz V, Aleksandrova M, Gultekin Y, Marishta A, Wang L, Yang L, Roichman A, Bhatt V, Lan T, Hu Z, Xing X, Lu W, Davidson S, Wühr M, Vander Heiden MG, Herranz D, Guo JY, Kang Y, Rabinowitz JD. PMID: 36725930; PMCID: PMC10288502.
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    20. Ketogenic diet and chemotherapy combine to disrupt pancreatic cancer metabolism and growth. Med. 2022 02 11; 3(2):119-136. Yang L, TeSlaa T, Ng S, Nofal M, Wang L, Lan T, Zeng X, Cowan A, McBride M, Lu W, Davidson S, Liang G, Oh TG, Downes M, Evans R, Von Hoff D, Guo JY, Han H, Rabinowitz JD. PMID: 35425930; PMCID: PMC9004683.
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    21. Spatially resolved isotope tracing reveals tissue metabolic activity. Nat Methods. 2022 02; 19(2):223-230. Wang L, Xing X, Zeng X, Jackson SR, TeSlaa T, Al-Dalahmah O, Samarah LZ, Goodwin K, Yang L, McReynolds MR, Li X, Wolff JJ, Rabinowitz JD, Davidson SM. PMID: 35132243; PMCID: PMC10926149.
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    22. Serine catabolism generates liver NADPH and supports hepatic lipogenesis. Nat Metab. 2021 12; 3(12):1608-1620. Zhang Z, TeSlaa T, Xu X, Zeng X, Yang L, Xing G, Tesz GJ, Clasquin MF, Rabinowitz JD. PMID: 34845393; PMCID: PMC8721747.
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    23. Quantitative flux analysis in mammals. Nat Metab. 2021 07; 3(7):896-908. Bartman CR, TeSlaa T, Rabinowitz JD. PMID: 34211182; PMCID: PMC9289955.
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    24. The Source of Glycolytic Intermediates in Mammalian Tissues. Cell Metab. 2021 02 02; 33(2):367-378.e5. TeSlaa T, Bartman CR, Jankowski CSR, Zhang Z, Xu X, Xing X, Wang L, Lu W, Hui S, Rabinowitz JD. PMID: 33472024; PMCID: PMC8088818.
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    25. Lactate Limits T Cell Proliferation via the NAD(H) Redox State. Cell Rep. 2020 12 15; 33(11):108500. Quinn WJ, Jiao J, TeSlaa T, Stadanlick J, Wang Z, Wang L, Akimova T, Angelin A, Schäfer PM, Cully MD, Perry C, Kopinski PK, Guo L, Blair IA, Ghanem LR, Leibowitz MS, Hancock WW, Moon EK, Levine MH, Eruslanov EB, Wallace DC, Baur JA, Beier UH. PMID: 33326785; PMCID: PMC7830708.
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    26. Quantitative Fluxomics of Circulating Metabolites. Cell Metab. 2020 10 06; 32(4):676-688.e4. Hui S, Cowan AJ, Zeng X, Yang L, TeSlaa T, Li X, Bartman C, Zhang Z, Jang C, Wang L, Lu W, Rojas J, Baur J, Rabinowitz JD. PMID: 32791100; PMCID: PMC7544659.
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    27. A small molecule G6PD inhibitor reveals immune dependence on pentose phosphate pathway. Nat Chem Biol. 2020 07; 16(7):731-739. Ghergurovich JM, García-Cañaveras JC, Wang J, Schmidt E, Zhang Z, TeSlaa T, Patel H, Chen L, Britt EC, Piqueras-Nebot M, Gomez-Cabrera MC, Lahoz A, Fan J, Beier UH, Kim H, Rabinowitz JD. PMID: 32393898; PMCID: PMC7311271.
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    28. PRDM16 Maintains Homeostasis of the Intestinal Epithelium by Controlling Region-Specific Metabolism. Cell Stem Cell. 2019 12 05; 25(6):830-845.e8. Stine RR, Sakers AP, TeSlaa T, Kissig M, Stine ZE, Kwon CW, Cheng L, Lim HW, Kaestner KH, Rabinowitz JD, Seale P. PMID: 31564549; PMCID: PMC6898778.
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    29. PNPase knockout results in mtDNA loss and an altered metabolic gene expression program. PLoS One. 2018; 13(7):e0200925. Shimada E, Ahsan FM, Nili M, Huang D, Atamdede S, TeSlaa T, Case D, Yu X, Gregory BD, Perrin BJ, Koehler CM, Teitell MA. PMID: 30024931; PMCID: PMC6053217.
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    30. α-Ketoglutarate Accelerates the Initial Differentiation of Primed Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell Metab. 2016 09 13; 24(3):485-493. TeSlaa T, Chaikovsky AC, Lipchina I, Escobar SL, Hochedlinger K, Huang J, Graeber TG, Braas D, Teitell MA. PMID: 27476976; PMCID: PMC5023506.
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    31. Mitochondrial Transfer by Photothermal Nanoblade Restores Metabolite Profile in Mammalian Cells. Cell Metab. 2016 05 10; 23(5):921-9. Wu TH, Sagullo E, Case D, Zheng X, Li Y, Hong JS, TeSlaa T, Patananan AN, McCaffery JM, Niazi K, Braas D, Koehler CM, Graeber TG, Chiou PY, Teitell MA. PMID: 27166949; PMCID: PMC5062745.
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    32. Mitochondria in human pluripotent stem cell apoptosis. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2016 Apr; 52:76-83. TeSlaa T, Setoguchi K, Teitell MA. PMID: 26828436; PMCID: PMC4805448.
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    33. P53 Regulates Rapid Apoptosis in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. J Mol Biol. 2016 Apr 10; 428(7):1465-75. Setoguchi K, TeSlaa T, Koehler CM, Teitell MA. PMID: 26239243; PMCID: PMC4733597.
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    34. Pluripotent stem cell energy metabolism: an update. EMBO J. 2015 Jan 13; 34(2):138-53. Teslaa T, Teitell MA. PMID: 25476451; PMCID: PMC4337063.
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    35. Wnt signaling directs a metabolic program of glycolysis and angiogenesis in colon cancer. EMBO J. 2014 Jul 01; 33(13):1454-73. Pate KT, Stringari C, Sprowl-Tanio S, Wang K, TeSlaa T, Hoverter NP, McQuade MM, Garner C, Digman MA, Teitell MA, Edwards RA, Gratton E, Waterman ML. PMID: 24825347; PMCID: PMC4194089.
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    36. Techniques to monitor glycolysis. Methods Enzymol. 2014; 542:91-114. TeSlaa T, Teitell MA. PMID: 24862262; PMCID: PMC4276425.
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    37. Nanoblade delivery and incorporation of quantum dot conjugates into tubulin networks in live cells. Nano Lett. 2012 Nov 14; 12(11):5669-72. Xu J, Teslaa T, Wu TH, Chiou PY, Teitell MA, Weiss S. PMID: 23094784; PMCID: PMC3500567.
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    38. Pulsed laser triggered high speed microfluidic fluorescence activated cell sorter. Lab Chip. 2012 Apr 07; 12(7):1378-83. Wu TH, Chen Y, Park SY, Hong J, Teslaa T, Zhong JF, Di Carlo D, Teitell MA, Chiou PY. PMID: 22361780; PMCID: PMC3965373.
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    39. Dissection of the Burkholderia intracellular life cycle using a photothermal nanoblade. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jul 19; 108(29):12095-100. French CT, Toesca IJ, Wu TH, Teslaa T, Beaty SM, Wong W, Liu M, Schröder I, Chiou PY, Teitell MA, Miller JF. PMID: 21730143; PMCID: PMC3141958.
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    40. Photothermal nanoblade for large cargo delivery into mammalian cells. Anal Chem. 2011 Feb 15; 83(4):1321-7. Wu TH, Teslaa T, Kalim S, French CT, Moghadam S, Wall R, Miller JF, Witte ON, Teitell MA, Chiou PY. PMID: 21247066; PMCID: PMC3166650.
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    41. Photothermal nanoblade for patterned cell membrane cutting. Opt Express. 2010 Oct 25; 18(22):23153-60. Wu TH, Teslaa T, Teitell MA, Chiou PY. PMID: 21164656; PMCID: PMC3408933.
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