Juan Mercado Del Valle

Gerber lab

A graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Juan earned a bachelor's degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Currently he is a Graduate Diversity Fellow of the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, a RISE scholar and a Ryan Fellow studying in the Department of Molecular and Systems Biology. In the Gerber lab, Juan uses the auxin-inducible degron (AID) technology as a means to rapidly and specifically degrade endogenously degron-tagged Plk2, in conjunction with quantitative phosphoproteomics to identify potential substrates of Plk2 and decipher its signaling in basic biology and disease. Outside the lab, Juan follows economic news and can be found playing board games. 

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Selected Publications

  • Quesada O, Gonzalez-Freire, C, Ferrer M, Colon-Saez J, Fernandez-Garcia E, Mercado J, Davila A, Morales R, Lasalde-Dominicci  JA. Uncovering the Lipidic Basis for the Preparation of Functional Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Detergent Complexes for Structural Studies. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 19;6:32766. doi: 10.1038/srep32766