Taylor Simonian

Email: ts953@cam.ac.uk

Current Role: Visiting Student 

Past Role: Master of Philosophy in Obesity, Endocrinology and Metabolism 

 

Taylor Simonian completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California with a major in Human Biology and minor in Health Care studies. Taylor has spent several years as a research assistant studying sex-specific differences in obesity, polycystic kidney disease and end stage renal disease, and the gene regulatory network of neural crest cells. She is now completing her MPhil in Obesity, Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Cambridge in the TVP laboratory. 

 

Research Interests

Taylor is currently studying novel treatments for obesity, with a specific focus on sex-specific hormones and their relation to brown adipose tissue. She is interested in understanding the mechanisms leading to the formation and activation of brown fat.

 

Publications:

Simonian TL, Meyer AS, Guo J, Sha J, Wohlschlegel JA, Droujinine IA, Perrimon N, McMahon AP. Sex and Depot Specific Adipocyte Proteome Profiling In Vivo via Intracellular Proximity Labeling. Compr Physiol. 2025;15(2):e70007. doi:10.1002/cph4.70007

 

Cheng SY, Koppitch K, Guo J, Moy N, Simonian TL, Wilson PC, & McMahon AP. Nfkb1 Removal from Proximal Tubule Cells Improves Renal Tubular Outcomes Following Ischemia Reperfusion Injury. Kidney360, 10.34067/KID.0000000868. https://doi.org/10.34067/KID.0000000868

 

Simonian TL and Simonian PT. Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2, Polymerase Chain Reaction Positive Preoperative Patients: Female Predominance. Ann Orthop Musculoskelet Disord. 2021; 4(1): 1027