Rebecca Berdeaux

Dr. Berdeaux is an expert in cell signaling, energy metabolism, and skeletal muscle regeneration. Prior to joining CellChorus, she focused on research and medical education as a tenured Associate Professor of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, where she retains a faculty position and laboratory. She previously served as the Director of the Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Cell Biology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and as Adjunct Faculty at the Diabetes Research Center in the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.

Dr. Berdeaux conducted postdoctoral studies in Molecular Physiology at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies. She earned a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley; and a BS in Biology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.