Barbara Ellen Corkey

Expertise includes: Metabolic regulation; pancreatic ß-cell metabolism and signal transduction; adipocyte metabolism and metabolic signal transduction; mitochondrial metabolism; cellular imaging of cations; reactive oxygen species; membrane potential and lipids; branched chain amino acid metabolism; inborn errors of mitochondrial metabolism; and acyl CoA regulation. Current focus on redox regulation of signaling in liver, fat and ß-cells and basal insulin hyper secretion as a cause of obesity and diabetes.