Stephanie Palacio, PhD

Dr. Palacio

Academic Coordinator, IMSD Program

  • College of Biological Sciences
she/her/hers
Briggs Hall Rm. 196
Education and Degree(s)
  • 2015 Ph.D. in Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Medical Science Campus (MSC)
  • 2007 B.S. in Biology, University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Mayagüez Campus
Courses
  • Adjunct Professor: Human Anatomy Biol 0005, Sierra College, Rocklin Campus
  • Adjunct Professor: Human Anatomy and Physiology course, Biol 431, Los Rios CCD, CRC
Publications
  • O'Dwyer SC, Palacio S, Matsumoto C, Guarina L, Klug NR, Tajada S, Rosati B, McKinnon D, Trimmer JS, Santana LF. Kv2.1 channels play opposing roles in regulating membrane potential, Ca2+ channel function, and myogenic tone in arterial smooth muscle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Feb 3. pii: 201917879.
  • Dong JX, Lee Y, Kirmiz M, Palacio S, Dumitras C, Moreno CM, Sando R, Santana LF, Südhof TC, Gong B, Murray KD, Trimmer JS. A toolbox of nanobodies developed and validated for use as intrabodies and nanoscale immunolabels in mammalian brain neurons. Elife. 2019 Sep 30;8. pii: e48750.
  • Kirmiz M, Palacio S, Thapa P, King AN, Sack JT, Trimmer JS. Remodeling neuronal ER-PM junctions is a conserved nonconducting function of Kv2 plasma membrane ion channels. Mol Biol Cell. 2018 Oct 1;29(20):2410-2432.
  • Kirmiz M, Vierra NC, Palacio S, Trimmer JS. Identification of VAPA and VAPB as Kv2 ChannelInteracting Proteins Defining Endoplasmic Reticulum-Plasma Membrane Junctions in Mammalian Brain Neurons. J Neurosci. 2018 Aug 29;38(35):7562-7584.
  • Palacio S, Chevaleyre V, Brann DH, Murray KD, Piskorowski RA, Trimmer JS, Heterogeneity in Kv2 Channel Expression Shapes Action Potential Characteristics and Firing Patterns in CA1 versus CA2 Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons. eNeuro. 2017 Aug 24;4(4). pii: ENEURO.026717.2017
  • Velázquez-Marrero C, Burgos A, García JO, Palacio S, Marrero HG, Bernardo A, Pérez-Laspiur J, Rivera-Oliver M, Seale G, Treistman SN. Alcohol Regulates BK Surface Expression via Wnt/βCatenin Signaling, J. Neurosci. 12 October 2016, 36 (41) 10625-10639
  • Palacio S, Velázquez-Marrero C, Marrero HG, Seale GE, Yudowski GA, Treistman SN. TimeDependent Effects of Ethanol on BK Channel Expression and Trafficking in Hippocampal Neurons, Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2015 Sep;39(9):1619-31