Metabolism Research
Faculty in this focus area investigate the regulation of glucose, glutamine and lipid metabolism, protein turnover, and musculoskeletal diseases, obesity and diabetes.
Faculty in Metabolism
Kenneth G. D. Allen
Professor (Food Science & Human Nutrition); Ph.D. Montana 1973. Omega-3 fatty acids; gene expression; nutrition and eicosanoids.
Debbie C. Crans
Professor (Chemistry); Ph.D. Harvard 1985. Biological chemistry; vanadium and transition metal chemistry relating to insulin mimetic effects; vanadium compounds with bone stimulating activities; enzyme mechanisms; phosphorus metabolism.
Norman P. Curthoys
Professor (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); Ph.D. California (Berkeley) 1970. Effect of acidosis on renal gene expression; mRNA stability; structure of glutaminase.
Gregory L. Florant
Professor (Biology); Ph.D. Stanford 1978. Mammalian physiology; lipid metabolism and energetics.
David D. Frisbie
Associate Professor (Clinical Sciences); Ph.D.; Colorado State University, 1999. In vitro and in vivo approaches to diagnostic and therapeutic musculoskeletal disease with an emphasis on molecular and surgical techniques.
Charles S. Henry
Associate Professor (Chemistry); Ph.D., Arkansas, 1998. Bioanalytical chemistry; chemical separations and chemical nature of disease.
Donald L. Mykles
Professor (Biology); Ph.D. California (Berkeley) 1979. Regulation of protein turnover; calcium-dependent and ATP/ubiquitin-dependent proteinases; myofibrillar proteins.
Michael J. Pagliassotti
Professor (Food Science & Human Nutrition); Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1988. Nutrient regulation of hepatic glucose metabolism and gene expression.
Kenneth Reardon
Professor & Associate Department Head (Chemical Engineering); Ph.D. California Institute of Technology 1988. Proteomics, systems biology, metabolic engineering, and enzyme-based biosensors.
Henry J. Thompson
Professor (Horticulture & Landscape Architecture and Head of the Cancer Prevention Laboratory); Ph.D. Rutgers 1975. Biochemical and molecular approaches to cancer prevention; preclinical models and clinical investigations.