Isin Cakir, PhD
Research Investigator, Life Sciences Institute
Areas of Expertise:
Obesity, diabetes, drug discovery
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Brian Callaghan, MD, MS
Fovette E. Dush Early Career Professor
Associate Professor of Neurology, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Diabetic complications, neuropathy, metabolic syndrome
Gregory Cartee, PhD
Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Movement Science, School of Kinesiology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Research Professor, Institute of Gerontology, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Exercise physiology, glucose transport, insulin signaling
Christin Carter-Su, PhD
Anita H. Payne Distinguished University Professor of Physiology
Henry Sewall Collegiate Professor of Physiology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Associate Director, Michigan Diabetes Research Center
Areas of Expertise:
Regulation of energy expenditure, growth hormone receptors and actions, JAK/Stat signaling
Xuequn Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University
Areas of Expertise:
Quantitative proteomics, proinsulin ER export, beta cell ER homeostasis
Tae-Hwa Chun, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Extracellular matrix, matrix metalloproteinase, adipose tissue, adipocytes, obesity, diabetes
Charles S. Chung, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University
Areas of Expertise:
Cardiac, striated muscle, titin
Roger Cone, PhD
Asa Gray Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences
Mary Sue Coleman Director of the Life Sciences Institute
Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Role of neural circuits in obesity, disease cachexia, development of small molecule compounds for the treatment of obesity, central nervous system control of energy homeostasis
Corentin Cras-Méneur, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Developmental biology, insulin signaling, diabetes