Norris Lab News Archive
2008
16-Sep-2008 The Fraternal Order of Eagles have impressively pledged $25 million to support a Diabetes Research Center at the University of Iowa.
02-May-2008 Brandon Menke receives ICRU Scholar Assistant and Summer Research Fellow awards.
2007
05-Nov-2007 Brandon Menke receives IREU grant.
28-Aug-2007 This website is now hosted by a very energy efficient server!
23-Jun-2007 Dr. Yao presents his abstract “PPARγ1 Stimulates Uptake and Oxidation of Fatty Acid in Myocytes” at the American Diabetes Association annual scientific meeting.
01-Jun-2007 Summer Students: welcome Dan Hogan and welcome back Alex Howe and Brandon Menke!!
05-May-2007 We presented collaborative work, performed with the Segar and Scholz labs, at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting in Toronto.
01-Mar-2007 Publication of a review of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids, including discussion of their action on PPARs. This manuscript is primarily by Art Spector with contributions from us.
27-Feb-2007 PET tracer of unilateral uterine artery infusion!
2006
21-Dec-2006 Our lab is featured in the new talent section of Advances and Emerging Opportunities in Type 1 Diabetes Research: A Strategic Plan, a publication from the NIDDK.
16-Nov-2006 Brandon Menke is reliably differentiating 3T3-L1 adipocytes in response to insulin, glucocorticoids, and phosphodiesterase inhibition.
23-Aug-2006 Alex Howe successfully recombines an XhoI linker into pSV-PPARγ1 using blunt ligation.
15-Apr-2006 We completed a series of euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamps, confirming insulin resistance in offspring exposed to gestational diabetes.
22-Mar-2006 Shanming Hu joins the lab.
09-Jan-2006 Our bioinformatics work is published in PNAS.
2005
29-Aug-2005 Start of our lab.
