Tag: Deepak Nagrath
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Unlocking the Metabolic Code of Brain Cancer: U-M BME’s Deepak Nagrath on Groundbreaking Tumor Nutrition Research
The researchers achieved a scientific first: mapping the precise fate of glucose-derived carbon atoms in both tumor and neighboring healthy brain (cortex) tissue using advanced mass spectrometry and metabolic modeling.
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Deepak Nagrath Honored with Departmental Faculty Award
BME nominated Dr. Nagrath in light of recent recognitions for his research program investigating cancer cell metabolism and his national leadership in transcriptional medicine.
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U-M BME’s Deepak Nagrath is the Metabolic Transcriptome Leader for the Multi-Institutional Center for Transcriptional Medicine
The goal is to bring together this interdisciplinary team of experts to foster collaborations and accelerate the development of exciting findings into clinical populations.
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Deepak Nagrath Receives Rogel Scholar Award
Rogel Scholar Awards provide recognition and discretionary funds to support exceptional Rogel Cancer Center faculty members dedicated to the pursuit of research to advance understanding of the origins and behaviors of cancer.
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Deepak Nagrath’s Lab Highlighted in Rogel Cancer Center’s “Illuminate” Magazine
Story highlights ways the tumor microenvironment communicates with and fuels cancer cells.
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Shutting down backup genes leads to cancer remission, in mice
Cancer cells delete DNA when they go to the dark side, so a team of doctors and engineers targeted the “backup plans” running critical cell functions.
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Study Suggests Method to Starve Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Rather than attacking cancer cells directly, new cell-model research probes weaknesses in pancreatic cancer’s interactions with other cells to obtain nutrients needed for tumor growth.
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Identifying New Targets in Cancer Metabolism and Treatment
Nagrath takes a systems biology approach, combining a metabolic isotope tracing technique with a computational framework, together known as 13C-based metabolic flux analysis.
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Meet the new BME faculty
On January 2, 2017, five new faculty started at U-M Biomedical Engineering. Each brings their own expertise in diverse areas, adding to U-M BME’s many strengths.