
Rafael Romero, Ph.D.
Titles
Lecturer, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Contact Information
Email
raromer@ucla.edu Phone
Office Phone Number:
(310) 825-8922
Address
Office Address:
Gonda, Ste 1320695 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Publications
A selected list of publications:
Lichtenberg Nina T, Thompson Andrew B, Iguchi Martin Y, Evans Christopher J, Romero-Calderón Rafael
An Undergraduate Student-Led Neuroscience Outreach Program Shows
Promise in Shifting Teen Attitudes About Drugs
Mind, brain and education : the official journal of the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society,
2020; 14(4):
387-399.
Saravanapandian Vidya, Sparck Erin M, Cheng Karen Y, Yu Fei, Yaeger Courtney, Hu Terry, Suthana Nanthia, Romero-Calderón Rafael, Ghiani Cristina A, Evans Christopher J, Carpenter Ellen M, Ge Weihong
Quantitative assessments reveal improved neuroscience engagement and
learning through outreach
Journal of neuroscience research,
2019; 97(9):
1153-1162.
Romero-Calderón Rafael, O'Hare Elizabeth D, Suthana Nanthia A, Scott-Van Zeeland Ashley A, Rizk-Jackson Angela, Attar Aida, Madsen Sarah K, Ghiani Cristina A, Evans Christopher J, Watson Joseph B
Project brainstorm: using neuroscience to connect college students with local schools
PLoS biology,
2012; 10(4):
e1001310.
Brooks Elizabeth S, Greer Christina L, Romero-Calderón Rafael, Serway Christine N, Grygoruk Anna, Haimovitz Jasmine M, Nguyen Bac T, Najibi Rod, Tabone Christopher J, de Belle J Steven, Krantz David E
A putative vesicular transporter expressed in Drosophila mushroom bodies that mediates sexual behavior may define a neurotransmitter system
Neuron,
2011; 72(2):
316-29.
Fei Hao, Chow Dawnis M, Chen Audrey, Romero-Calderón Rafael, Ong Wei S, Ackerson Larry C, Maidment Nigel T, Simpson Julie H, Frye Mark A, Krantz David E
Mutation of the Drosophila vesicular GABA transporter disrupts visual figure detection
The Journal of experimental biology,
2010; 213(Pt 10):
1717-30.
Clark Ira E, Romero-Calderón Rafael, Olson John M, Jaworski Leslie, Lopatto David, Banerjee Utpal
"Deconstructing" scientific research: a practical and scalable pedagogical tool to provide evidence-based science instruction
PLoS biology,
2009; 7(12):
e1000264.
Simon Anne F, Daniels Richard, Romero-Calderón Rafael, Grygoruk Anna, Chang Hui-Yun, Najibi Rod, Shamouelian David, Salazar Evelyn, Solomon Mordecai, Ackerson Larry C, Maidment Nigel T, Diantonio Aaron, Krantz David E
Drosophila vesicular monoamine transporter mutants can adapt to reduced or eliminated vesicular stores of dopamine and serotonin
Genetics,
2009; 181(2):
525-41.
Romero-Calderón Rafael, Uhlenbrock Guido, Borycz Jolanta, Simon Anne F, Grygoruk Anna, Yee Susan K, Shyer Amy, Ackerson Larry C, Maidment Nigel T, Meinertzhagen Ian A, Hovemann Bernhard T, Krantz David E
A glial variant of the vesicular monoamine transporter is required to store histamine in the Drosophila visual system
PLoS genetics,
2008; 4(11):
e1000245.
Romero-Calderón Rafael, Shome Ratula M, Simon Anne F, Daniels Richard W, DiAntonio Aaron, Krantz David E
A screen for neurotransmitter transporters expressed in the visual system of Drosophila melanogaster identifies three novel genes
Developmental neurobiology,
2007; 67(5):
550-69.
Falcón-Pérez Juan M, Romero-Calderón Rafael, Brooks Elizabeth S, Krantz David E, Dell'Angelica Esteban C
The Drosophila pigmentation gene pink (p) encodes a homologue of human Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome 5 (HPS5)
Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark),
2007; 8(2):
154-68.
Romero-Calderón Rafael, Krantz David E
Transport of polyamines in Drosophila S2 cells: kinetics, pharmacology and dependence on the plasma membrane proton gradient
The Biochemical journal,
2006; 393(Pt 2):
583-9.
Greer Christina L, Grygoruk Anna, Patton David E, Ley Brett, Romero-Calderón Rafael, Chang Hui-Yun, Houshyar Roozbeh, Bainton Roland J, Diantonio Aaron, Krantz David E
A splice variant of the Drosophila vesicular monoamine transporter contains a conserved trafficking domain and functions in the storage of dopamine, serotonin, and octopamine
Journal of neurobiology,
2005; 64(3):
239-58.