Washington University in St. Louis (WU)
My research interests revolve around the investigation of citrate and its plasma-membrane transporter, SLC13A5. Utilizing murine models, my lab will study the role of SLC13A5-mediated citrate import in bone mineralization throughout growth and aging, while also investigating the systemic implications of altered citrate partitioning in skeletal tissues by targeting osteogenic citrate metabolism. In addition, I’m also interested in elucidating the molecular mechanisms behind SLC13A5 epilepsy, a rare human disease with loss-of-function mutations in SLC13A5, causing childhood epilepsy, developmental delays, hypotonic muscles and amelogenesis imperfecta.