Research Interests
Amino acid metabolism in mammals, especially that of glutamine, glutamate, glycine, serine, citrulline, arginine, the branched-chain amino acids and the sulfur-containing amino acids.
Regulation of Metabolism.
Nutritional Biochemistry.
Metabolic functions of mitochondria.
Metabolic response to infection.
Diabetes.
Homocysteine metabolism.
Nutrient-gene interactions.
Creatine.
Hepatic Zonation.
Current Collaborations
Dr. Brian Sykes, University of Alberta "Metabolomics of Vitamin B12deficiency"
Drs Dennis Vance and Rene Jacobs, University of Alberta "Homocysteine andmethylation reactions"
Dr. Olivier Levillain, University of Lyon "Hepatic Zoanation"
Dr. Milton Finegold, Texas Children's Hospital "Gene expression in perivenoushepatocytes"