EMPLOYMENT

Since December 2010
Deputy Head of Joint Research Division Molecular Metabolic Control
Joint Research Division Molecular Metabolic Control
German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) University Heidelberg
University Hospital Heidelberg

August 2005 - November 2010
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research Group Molecular Metabolic Control
German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

February 2005 - July 2005
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research Group Regulation of Body Weight
Max-Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim

EDUCATION

2000-2004

PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Department of Biology/ Animal Physiology
Philipps University Marburg

1999

Diploma in Biology
Philipps University Marburg


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Rose AJ, Berriel Díaz M, Reimann A, Klement J, Walcher T, Krones-Herzig A, Strobel O, Werner J, Peters A, Kleyman A, Tuckermann JP, Vegiopoulos A, Herzig S. Molecular control of systemic bile Acid homeostasis by the liver glucocorticoid receptor. Cell Metab. 2011 Jul 6; 14(1):123-30.

• Kulozik P, Jones A, Mattijssen F, Rose AJ, Reimann A, Strzoda D, Kleinsorg S, Raupp C, Kleinschmidt J, Müller-Decker K, Wahli W, Sticht C, Gretz N, von Loeffelholz C, Stockmann M, Pfeiffer A, Stöhr S, Dallinga-Thie GM, Nawroth PP, Berriel Diaz M, Herzig S. Hepatic deficiency in transcriptional cofactor TBL1 promotes liver steatosis and hypertriglyceridemia. Cell Metab. 2011 Apr 6; 13(4):389-400.

• Ostertag A, Jones A, Rose AJ, Liebert M, Kleinsorg S, Reimann A, Vegiopoulos A, Berriel Diaz M, Strzoda D, Yamamoto M, Satoh T, Akira S, Herzig S. Control of adipose tissue inflammation through TRB1. Diabetes. 2010 Aug; 59 (8):1991-2000. Epub 2010 Jun 3.

• Vegiopoulos A, Müller-Decker K, Strzoda D, Schmitt I, Chichelnitskiy E, Ostertag A, Berriel Diaz M, Rozman J, Hrabe de Angelis M, Nüsing RM, Meyer CW, Wahli W, Klingenspor M, and Herzig S. COX-2 Controls Energy Homeostasis in Mice by de Novo Recruitment of Brown Adipocytes. Science, 2010 May 28; 328(5982): 1158-61. Epub 2010 May 6.

• Chichelnitskiy E, Vegiopoulos A, Berriel Diaz M, Ziegler A, Kleiman A, Rauch A, Tuckermann J, Herzig S. In vivo phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase promoter mapping identifies disrupted hormonal synergism as a target of inflammation during sepsis in mice. Hepatology. 2009 Dec; 50(6):1963-71.

• Narvekar P, Berriel Diaz M, Krones-Herzig A, Hardeland U, Strzoda D, Stöhr S, Frohme M, Herzig S.. Liver-specific loss of lipolysis-stimulated lipoprotein receptor triggers systemic hyperlipidemia in mice. Diabetes. 2009 May; 58(5):1040-9. Epub 2009 Feb 2.

• Berriel Diaz M, Krones-Herzig A, Metzger D, Ziegler A, Vegiopoulos A, Klingenspor M, Müller-Decker K, Herzig S. Nuclear receptor cofactor receptor interacting protein 140 controls hepatic triglyceride metabolism during wasting in mice.; Hepatology. 2008 Sep; 48(3):782-91.

• Lemke U, Krones-Herzig A, Berriel Diaz M, Narvekar P, Ziegler A, Vegiopoulos A, Cato AC, Bohl S, Klingmüller U, Screaton RA, Müller-Decker K, Kersten S, Herzig S. The glucocorticoid receptor controls hepatic dyslipidemia through Hes1. Cell Metab. 2008 Sep; 8(3):212-23.

• Zschiedrich I, Hardeland U, Krones-Herzig A, Berriel Diaz M, Vegiopoulos A, Müggenburg J, Sombroek D, Hofmann TG, Zawatzky R, Yu X, Gretz N, Christian M, White R, Parker MG, Herzig S. Coactivator function of RIP140 for NFkappaB/RelA-dependent cytokine gene expression. Blood. 2008 Jul 15; 112(2):264-76. Epub 2008 May 9.

• Berriel Díaz M, Eiden S, Daniel C, Steinbrück A, Schmidt I. Effects of periodic intake of a high-caloric diet on body mass and leptin resistance. Physiol Behav. 2006 Jun 15;88(1-2):191-200.

• Berriel Diaz M, Lange M, Heldmaier G, Klingenspor M. Depression of transcription and translation during daily torpor in the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus). J Comp Physiol B. 2004 Aug; 174(6):495-502.