Moulun Luo, PhD
Associate Research Professor, Medicine
Dr. Luo oversees a research laboratory focused on insulin resistance in the liver. His work facilitates characterization of novel key proteins using techniques including glucose clamps (in human, mouse and rat), proteomics by mass spectrometry, and gene knockouts in cell lines by CRISPR.
Degree(s)
- PhD: Peking University Health Science Center – Beijing, China, 1999
Fellowship
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Diabetes, 1999-2004
Research Interests
mechanisms of insulin resistance in liver, NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease), role of mitochondria in insulin resistance, tumor cell invasion and metastasis in melanoma and colon cancer