Postdoctoral Fellow - Ann Arbor, Michigan

The fellow will participate in research on how hormones and diet regulate protein synthesis and the growth of the pancreas.  For recent research in this area from our lab see:

  1.  Crozier SJ, MD Sans, CH Lang, LG D’Alecy, SA Ernst, JA Williams. CCK-induced pancreatic growth is not limited by mitogenic capacity in mice. Am J Physiol, 294:G1148-   G1157, 2008.
  2. Crozier SJ, LG D’Alecy, SA Ernst, LE Ginsberg, and JA Williams. Molecular mechanisms of pancreatic dysfunction induced by protein malnutrition.  Gastroenterology, 137:1093-1101, 2009.  PMCID:  2739082
  3. Gurda GT, Crozier SJ, Ji B, Ernst SA, Logsdon CD, Rothermel BA, and JA Williams.  Regulator of calcineurin 1 (Rcan1) controls growth plasticity of adult pancreas.     Gastroenterology,  139:609-619, 2010.  PMCID: PMC2929702
  4. Crozier SJ, Sans MD, Wang JY, Lentz SI, Ernst SA, Williams JA. CCK-independent  mTORC1 activation during dietary protein-induced exocrine pancreatic growth. Am J Physiol:GI & L Physiology, 299:G1154-G1163, 2010.