Email

gorelick@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Center for Precision Environmental Health
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Editor in Chief, Biology Open

The Company of Biologists
Cambridge, UK

Addresses

Alkek Tower (Office)

Room: ALKT-N1317.07
Houston, TX 77030
United States
gorelick@bcm.edu

Education

BA from University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

PhD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Cellular & Molecular Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellowship at US Department of State

08/2009 - Washington, DC

AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Carnegie Institution for Science

08/2012 - Baltimore, MD

Developmental Biology, Endocrinology

Professional Interests

• Cell signaling
• Environmental influence on organ formation & function
• Zebrafish genetics

Professional Statement

Using genetic tools in zebrafish, we study how endogenous and environmental hormones influence the development and function of the heart, brain, gonad and other tissues.

Selected Publications

• Robert M Cabrera, Ahmed Mohamed, Ryoko Minowa, Katheryn A Neugebauer, Daniel A Gorelick "Dolutegravir Developmental Toxicity is Mitigated by Magnesium and Folate in Zebrafish Embryos." bioRxiv. 2025; Pubmed PMID: 40666986
• Shayan Shahriar, Tajhal D Patel, Manjula Nakka, Sandra L Grimm, Cristian Coarfa, Daniel A Gorelick "Functional genomic analysis of non-canonical DNA regulatory elements of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor." Toxicological Sciences. 2025; Pubmed PMID: 41128614
• Vahid Zadmajid, Shayan Shahriar, Daniel A Gorelick "Testosterone acts through the membrane protein GPRC6A to cause cardiac edema in zebrafish embryos." Development. 2024; Pubmed PMID: 39479956
• HE Edwards, MJ Elizalde, JP Souder, DA Gorelick "Hemato-vascular specification requires arnt1 and arnt2 genes in zebrafish embryos." Development. 2023; Pubmed PMID: 37039097

Memberships

Society of Toxicology

Nominating Committee

Society for Developmental Biology

AAAS

Funding

Investigating aryl hydrocarbon receptor-cofactor interactions that mediate toxicity

Grant funding from NIH/NIEHS

Plausible Causative Mechanism for Dolutegravir Developmental Toxicity

Grant funding from NIH/NICHD