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Driving Along the Zinc Road.
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Annual review of nutrition [Annu Rev Nutr] 2016 Jul 17; Vol. 36, pp. 1-15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Apr 18. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- After having written hundreds of research articles, reviews, and book chapters, I find it awkward to pen an autobiography. I still do use a pen. As stated by others in the nutrition field who have written of their own experiences in a perspective article for the Annual Review of Nutrition, my course through this field of science has been serendipitous. My interest in nutrition developed during my experiences with horses and then Angus cattle and entry into an animal science degree program. As the age of molecular biology was unfolding, I pursued a PhD in nutritional biochemistry with Hamilton Eaton at the University of Connecticut followed by postdoctoral work with Hector DeLuca at the University of Wisconsin, working on vitamins A and D, respectively. At Rutgers University, one of the two institutions where I have served on the faculty, I started my research program on trace elements with a focus on cadmium toxicity but soon thereafter began my research on zinc metabolism and function. I moved to the University of Florida in 1982 for an endowed position and have been a Florida Gator ever since. At the University of Florida, research expanded to include identification of zinc-responsive genes and physiological outcomes of zinc transport influencing health and disease, particularly as related to inflammation. I had the opportunity to contribute national science policy as president of both the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology and the American Society for Nutrition. As the time of this writing, I maintain an active laboratory.
- Subjects :
- Animal Nutrition Sciences history
Animal Nutrition Sciences methods
Animal Nutrition Sciences trends
Animals
Awards and Prizes
Biochemistry methods
Biochemistry trends
Biological Transport
Biomedical Research economics
Biomedical Research legislation & jurisprudence
Cadmium toxicity
Cation Transport Proteins genetics
Cation Transport Proteins metabolism
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Leadership
National Academy of Sciences, U.S.
Nutritional Sciences methods
Nutritional Sciences trends
Periodicals as Topic
Public Policy history
Research Support as Topic legislation & jurisprudence
Societies, Scientific history
United States
Biochemistry history
Nutrition Policy history
Nutritional Sciences history
Zinc metabolism
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1545-4312
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Annual review of nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27090747
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-nutr-071715-050854