Publications

  1. Rubin, A.H., M. Terasaki and H. Sanui. 1978. Magnesium reverses inhibitory effects of calcium deprivation on coordinate response of 3T3 cells to serum. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 75 4379-4384.
  2. Rubin, A.H., M. Terasaki and H. Sanui. 1979. Major intracellular cations and growth control: Correspondence among magnesium content, protein synthesis, and the onset of DNA synthesis in Balb/c 3T3 cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 76 3917-3922.
  3. Terasaki, M., J. Song, J.R. Wong, M.J. Weiss and L.B. Chen. 1984. Localization of endoplasmic reticulum in living and glutaraldehyde fixed cells with fluorescent dyes. Cell 38 101-108.
  4. Terasaki, M. and H. Rubin. 1985. Evidence that intracellular magnesium is present in cells at a regulatory concentration for protein synthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82 7324-7326.
  5. Terasaki, M., L.B. Chen, and K. Fujiwara. 1986. Microtubules and the endoplasmic reticulum are highly interdependent structures. J. Cell Biology 103 1557-1568.
  6. Henson, J.H., D.A. Begg, S.M. Beaulieu, D.J. Fishkind, E.M. Bonder, M. Terasaki and B. Kaminer. 1989. A calsequestrin-like protein in the endoplasmic reticulum of the sea urchin: Localization and dynamics in the egg and first cell cycle embryo. J. Cell Biology 109 149-161.
  7. Flucher, B.E., Terasaki, M., Chin, H., Beeler, T.J., and Daniels, M.P. 1991. Biogenesis of transverse tubules in skeletal muscle in vitro. Dev. Biology 145: 77-90.
  8. Terasaki, M. and L.A. Jaffe. 1991. Organization of the sea urchin egg endoplasmic reticulum and its reorganization at fertilization. J. Cell Biology 114 929-940.
  9. Terasaki, M., J. Henson, D. Begg, B. Kaminer, and C. Sardet. 1991. Characterization of sea urchin egg endoplasmic reticulum in cortical preparations. Dev. Biology 148 398-401.
  10. Terasaki, M., and Sardet, C. 1991. Demonstration of calcium uptake and release by sea urchin egg cortical endoplasmic reticulum. J. Cell Biology 115 1031-1037.
  11. Terasaki, M. and T.S. Reese. 1992. Characterization of endoplasmic reticulum by co-localization of BiP and dicarbocyanine dyes. J. Cell Science 101:315-322.
  12. Sardet, C., J.E. Speksnijder, M. Terasaki and P. Chang. 1992. Polarity of the ascidian egg cortex before fertilization. Development 115: 221-237.
  13. Jaffe, L.A., and M. Terasaki. 1993. Structural changes of the endoplasmic reticulum of sea urchin eggs during fertilization. Dev. Biology 156:556-573.
  14. Speksnijder, J.E., M. Terasaki, W.J. Hage, L.F. Jaffe, and C. Sardet. 1993 Polarity and reorganization of the endoplasmic reticulum during fertilization and ooplasmic segregation in the ascidian egg. J. Cell Biology 120: 1337-1346.
  15. Wright, B.D., M. Terasaki, and J.M. Scholey. 1993. Roles of kinesin and kinesin-like proteins in sea urchin embryonic cell division: evaluation using antibody microinjection. J. Cell Biology 123: 681-689.
  16. Tamm, S.L., and M. Terasaki. 1994. Imaging of calcium transients controlling orientation of ciliary beat. J. Cell Biology 125: 1227-1136.
  17. >Terasaki, M. 1994. Redistribution of cytoplasmic components during germinal vesicle breakdown in starfish oocytes. J. Cell Science 107: 1797-1805.
  18. Terasaki, M., N.T. Slater, A. Fein, A. Schmidek and T.S. Reese. 1994. A continuous cellular network of endoplasmic reticulum in cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91: 7510-7514.
  19. Terasaki, M. and Reese, T.S. Interactions among endoplasmic reticulum, microtubules and retrograde movement of the cell surface. Cell Motil. and Cytoskel. 29:291-300.
  20. Jaffe, L.A. and M. Terasaki. 1994. Structural changes in the endoplasmic reticulum of starfish oocytes during meiotic maturation and fertilization. Dev. Biology 164: 579-587.
  21. Terasaki, M. 1995. Visualization of exocytosis during sea urchin egg fertilization using confocal microscopy. J. Cell Science 108: 2293-2300.
  22. Mehlmann, L.M., Terasaki, M., Jaffe, L.A., and Kline, D. 1995. Reorganization of the endoplasmic reticulum during meiotic maturation of the mouse oocyte. Dev. Biology 170: 607-615.
  23. Henson, J.H., Cole, D.G., Terasaki, M., Rashid, D., and Scholey, J.M. 1995. Immunolocalization of the heterotrimeric kinesin related protein KRP(85/95) in the mitotic apparatus of sea urchin embryos. Dev. Biology 171:182-194.
  24. Whalley, T., Terasaki, M., Cho, M.-S., and Vogel, S.S. 1995. Rapid membrane retrieval following exocytosis in sea urchin eggs. J. Cell Biol. 131: 1183-1192.
  25. Terasaki, M., Schmidek, A., Galbraith, J.A., Gallant, P.E., and Reese, T.S. 1995. Transport of cytoskeletal elements in the squid giant axon. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 92: 11500-11503.
  26. Terasaki, M. 1996. Actin filament translocations in sea urchin eggs. Cell Mot. and Cytoskel. 34: 48-56.
  27. Cole, N., Smith, C., Sciaky, N., Terasaki, M., Edidin, M., and Lippincott-Schwartz, J. 1996. Lateral diffusion of Golgi proteins in Golgi and ER membranes of living cells. Science 273: 797-801.
  28. Terasaki, M., Jaffe, L.A., Hunnicutt, G.R., and Hammer, III, J.A. 1996. Structural change of the endoplasmic reticulum during fertilization: evidence for loss of membrane continuity using the green fluorescent protein. Dev. Biol. 179: 320-328.
  29. Carroll, D.J., Ramarao, C.S., Mehlmann, L.M., Roche, S., Terasaki, M., and Jaffe, L.A. 1997. Calcium Release at Fertilization in Starfish Eggs Is Mediated by Phospholipase C. J. Cell Biol. 138: 1303-1311. Full text at JCB web site
  30. Terasaki, M., Miyake, K., and McNeil, P.L. 1997. Large plasma membrane disruptions are rapidly re-sealed by Ca2+-dependent vesicle-vesicle fusion events. J. Cell Biol. 139:63-74. Full text at JCB web site.
  31. Sciaky, N., Presley, J., Smith, C., Zaal, K.J.M, Cole, N., Moreira, J.E., Terasaki, M., Siggia, E., and Lippincott-Schwartz, J. 1997. Golgi tubule traffic and the effects of brefeldin A visualized in living cells. J. Cell Biol. 139: 1137-1156.
  32. Terasaki, M. 1998. Imaging of echinoderm fertilization. Mol. Biol. Cell 9:1609-1612.
  33. Carroll, D.J., Albay, D.T., Terasaki, M., Jaffe, L.A., and Foltz, K.R. 1998. Identification of PLCg-dependent and independent events during fertilization of sea urchin eggs. Dev. Biol. (in press).

Reviews

  1. Terasaki, M. 1989. Fluorescent labeling of endoplasmic reticulum. In Fluorescence Microscopy of Living Cells in Culture, Methods in Cell Biology, Vol. 29, ed. Y.L. Wang and D.L. Taylor, Acad. Press, Inc., p. 125-135.
  2. Terasaki, M. 1990. Recent progress on structural interactions of the endoplasmic reticulum. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 15: 71-75.
  3. Terasaki, M. and K. Fujiwara. 1992. Methods for staining membranes with fluorescent dyes: Special emphasis on ER staining. Seitai no Kagaku 43: 632-637.
  4. Terasaki, M. 1993. Probes for endoplasmic reticulum. In Fluorescent probes of living cells: A practical manual. W.T. Mason, ed. Academic Press, London p. 120-123.
  5. Terasaki, M., and L.A. Jaffe. 1993. Imaging of the endoplasmic reticulum in living marine eggs. In Cell Biological Applications of Confocal Microscopy. ed. B. Matsumoto. Academic Press, Orlando. Methods in Cell Biology, Vol. 38, 211-220.
  6. Jaffe, L.A., and M. Terasaki. 1993. Egg activation at fertilization: structural changes in the endoplasmic reticulum. In Meiosis II: Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Meiosis, F. Haseltine and S. Heyner, eds., AAAS, Washington, D.C, p. 167-174.
  7. Terasaki, M. 1994. Labeling of endoplasmic reticulum with DiOC6(3). In Cell Biology: A Laboratory Handbook, J. Celis, ed. Academic Press, Orlando, FL, vol. 2, pp. 381-386.
  8. Terasaki, M., and Dailey, M.E. 1995. Confocal microscopy of living cells. In Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy, 2nd edition, J. Pawley ed. pp. 327-246.
  9. Terasaki, M. 1998. Labeling of endoplasmic reticulum with DiOC6(3). In Cell Biology: A Laboratory Handbook, 2nd edition, J. Celis, ed. Academic Press, Orlando, FL, vol. 2, pp. 501-506.
  10. Terasaki, M. 1998. Fluorescent staining of the ER. In Current Protocols in Cell Biology, K. Morgan, ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, NY, (in press).

     

     

Education

 

University of California, Los Angeles B.S. 1975. Physics

University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. 1983. Biophysics

 

Professional experience

 

1983-84, Post Doc, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

1984-86, Post Doc, Dept. Anatomy & Cell Biology, Harvard Med School

1986-94, Staff Fellow, Lab of Neurobiology, NINDS. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

1995- , Assistant Professor of Physiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT

 

Other

 

1995-97, Instructor, MBL Summer Neurobiology Course, Woods Hole

1996 Instructor, MBL Summer Physiology Course, Woods Hole Home Page

1997 Editorial Board, Biology of the Cell