Zinc networks: the cell-specific compartmentalization of zinc for specialized functions
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Stephen R. Hennigar
Stephen R. Hennigar received his MS in Nutritional Sciences at the University of New Hampshire. His Master’s thesis investigated the effects of environmental pollutants on immune function. During his studies, he gained an appreciation for metal metabolism while working in the laboratory of Dr. James McClung at the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. Stephen is currently a PhD student in Dr. Kelleher’s laboratory in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University. Stephen’s research aims to understand how zinc regulates mammary gland involution. More specifically, his research focuses on how zinc regulates programmed cell death in the mammary gland and how factors such as cytokines regulate this process.
Dr. Shannon L. Kelleher received her PhD from the Department of Nutrition at the University of California Davis and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Surgery and Cell and Molecular Physiology at The Pennsylvania State University. Her background is in the fields of maternal and infant health, nutrition, and mammary gland biology with an emphasis in trace element biology and human health. She has a broad background and specific research training in nutritional biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, and lactation physiology. Dr. Kelleher’s research program aims to understand how the mammary gland regulates zinc metabolism to optimize mammary gland function. Specifically, her research explores the function, regulation, and integration of the mechanisms through which the mammary gland regulates the acquisition, sequestration, and secretion of zinc during lactation and the contribution of zinc dysregulation to breast disease and cancer.
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