Post-Doc: Rudel Saunders, PhD.

Summary: Dr. Saunders is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. R. Mark Wooten's lab and joins us from The University of Toledo, health science campus, Department of Physio Pharm Meta Cardio, Toledo, Ohio.

Publications: 1. Warner JD, Peters CG, Saunders R, Won JH, Betzenhauser MJ, Gunning WT 3rd, Yule DI, Giovannucci DR. Visualizing form and function in organotypic slices of the adult mouse parotid gland. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2008 Sep; 295(3):G629-40. Epub 2008 Jul 31. 2. Qasem A*, Saunders RA*, Szkudlarek M, Chin AJB, Bosio RM, Wu Q, Alabanza L, Fujii K, Shapiro J, Najjar S, Chin K-V. Dual mechanistic anorexigenic and anti-adipogenic therapeutic for the treatment of obesity. Manuscript in preparation. *Co-first authors 3. Wu Q, Saunders RA, de la Serna I, and Chin KV. The obesity-associated Fto gene is an endonuclease and a transcriptional coactivator. Manuscript in preparation. 4. Saunders RA, Fujii K, Alabanza L., Ravatn R, Kita T, Kudoh K, and Chin KV. Induction of the phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) gene expression by topoisomerase I inhibitors. Manuscript in preparation.