Research Bio

José Pablo Vázquez-Medina is an associate professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley.  He studies mechanisms of adaptation to natural and anthropogenic stressors in marine vertebrates and the role of oxidative stress and redox signaling in pre-clinical models of disease at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels. His research group aims to understand the physiological mechanisms that drive extreme adaptation in marine vertebrates and the contributions of redox biology to the progression of several diseases. Current projects include 1) the physiological consequences of chronic stress exposure in marine mammals, 2) cellular mechanisms underlying the diving response, and 3) the regulation of the antioxidant protein peroxiredoxin 6.

Research Expertise and Interest

marine mammals, pre-clinical models of disease