Skip to main content
Department of Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics
  1. HOME
  2. Research
  3. Faculty Labs
  4. Nizet Lab
  5. People
  6. Consuelo Sauceda

Consuelo Sauceda

Postdoctoral Fellow

Interests

Research Interests

  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Proteomic Profiling of Disease
  • Patient Sample Based Biomarker ID

At the Bench

Consuelo Sauceda is a San Diego native earning her BS in Biochemistry from neighboring institution, California State University San Marcos (CSUM). As a NIGMS-RISE scholar, she conducted undergraduate thesis studies on the identification of secondary metabolites against Mycobacterium marinum using analytical technologies such as ¹H NMR. During this time, she completed two summer internships- one at the University of Colorado, Denver the Anschutz Medical Campus, and the other at her now alma mater, the University of California, San Diego, focused on cellular signaling in Type II Diabetes and breast cancer models, respectively. Thereafter, she acquired a position as a Research Associate II in the laboratory of Drs. Nicholas Webster and interventional radiologist Isabel Gala Newton. Here, she performed preclinical studies focused on liver and breast cancer intervention studies. After completing 4 years in the lab, she gained entrance into UC San Diego’s Biomedical Sciences (BMS) program and joined the laboratory of Dr. David J Gonzalez within the School of Medicine.

Outside of Lab

Consuelo enjoys taking dance classes and, when the weather and waves permit, snorkeling around La Jolla Cove. One of Consuelo’s side hobbies all entail being a foodie, so exploring the food cuisine around San Diego (Convoy, specifically) are a must.

Background and Education

Academic Appointments

Year Position
2016-2020 Student Research Assistant I/II, University of California San Diego

 Education

University Degree Year Field
University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA Ph.D. 2025 Pharmacology
California State University, San Marcos CA B.S. 2016 Marine Chemistry
University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA Internship 2014 Pharmacology
University of Colorado, Denver CO Internship 2013 Metabolism, Obesity, Diabetes

 

Honors and Publications

Honors

Year Honor
2025 NICHD Clinical Pharmacology T32 Fellowship
2025 UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship (UCPPPFP)
2025 SD IRACDA Program Fellowship
2025 GEPA Certificate of Appreciation for Advancing Equity
2024 Best Oral Presentation at SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference
2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology Editor’s 2023; Award for Outstanding Laboratory Investigation
2023 Achievement Reward for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
2022 UCSD’s 2022 Student Inclusive Excellence Award Recipient
2021 GI T32 Fellowship
2020 Strategic Enhancement of Excellence through Diversity (SEED) Fellowship
2020 Marion B. Sewer Memorial Achievement Award

Publications

Gu L, Zhu Y, Nandi SP, Lee M, Watari K, Bareng B, Ohira M, Liu Y, Sakane S, Carlessi R, Sauceda C, Dhar D, Ganguly S, Teneche MG, Adams PD, Gonzalez DJ, Hosseini M, Kisseleva T, The Liver Cancer Collaborative, Tirnitz-Parker JEE, Simon MC, Alexandrov LB, Karin M. FBP1 Controls Liver Cancer Evolution from Senescent MASH Hepatocytes. Nature. 2025 January. PMC12168545 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08317-9

Das M, Kumar D, Sauceda C, Oberg A, Ellies LG, Zeng L, Jih LJ, Newton IG, Webster NJG. Time-Restricted Feeding Attenuates Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Obese Male Mice. Cancers. 2024; 16(8):1513. PMC11048121 https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16081513

Sauceda C, Gonzalez CG, Knight R, & Gonzalez DJ. Stool Multi-omics for the Study of Host-Microbe Interactions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gut Microbes. 14(1):2154092. PMC9746627 December 2022. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2022.2154092

Gonzalez, C.G., Mills, R.H., Zhu, Q, Sauceda, C. et al. Location-specific signatures of Crohn’s disease at a multi-omics scale. Microbiome 10, 133 (2022). PMC9400277 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01331-x

Gonzalez CG, Mills RH, Kordahi MC, Carrillo-Terrazas M, Secaira-Morocho H, Widjaja CE, Tsai MS, Mittal Y, Yee BA, Vargas F, Weldon K, Gauglitz JM, Delaroque C, Sauceda C, Rossitto LA, Ackermann G, Humphrey G, Swafford AD, Siegel CA, Buckey Jr JC, Raffals LE, Sadler C, Lindholm P, Fisch KM, Valaseck M, Suriawinata A, Yeo GW, Ghosh P, Chang JT, Chu H, Dorrestein PC, Zhu Q, Chassaing B, Knight R, Gonzalez DJ, Dulai PS. The Host-Microbiome Response to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Ulcerative Colitis Patients. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology.14:35-53. April 2022. PMC9117812 Doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2022.03.008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmgh.2022.03.008

Mills RH, Dulai PS, Vázquez-Baeza Y, Sauceda C, Daniel N, Gerner RR, Batachari LE, Malfavon M, Zhu Q, Weldon K, Humphrey G, Carrillo-Terrazas M, Goldasich LD, Bryant M, Raffatellu M, Quinn RA, Gewirtz AT, Chassaing B, Chu H, Sandborn WJ, Dorrestein PC, Knight R, Gonzalez DJ. Multi-omics analyses of the Ulcerative Colitis gut microbiome link Bacteroides vulgatus proteases with disease severity. Nature Microbiology. 7:262-276. February 2022. PMC8852248 Doi: 10.1038/s41564-021-01050-3 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-01050-3

Campeau A, Uchiyama S, Sanchez C, Sauceda C, Nizet V, Gonzalez DJ. The S protein of group B Streptococcus is a critical virulence determinant that impacts the cell surface virulome. PMC8551713 Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:729308. Oct 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.729308

Das M, Ellies LG, Kumar D, Sauceda C, Oberg A, Gross E, Mandt T, Newton I, Kaur M, Sears D, and Webster NJG. Time-restricted feeding normalizes hyperinsulinemia to inhibit breast cancer in obese postmenopausal mouse models. Nature Communications. 12:565. January 2021. PMC7835248 Doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20743-7 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20743-7