Peter Oelkers

Peter Oelkers is an Associate Professor of Biology and Chair of the Biochemistry Program in the Department of Natural Sciences at the University of Michigan - Dearborn. Peter collaborates with undergraduates to examine how cells allocate acyl chains (i.e. fatty acids esterified with the coenzyme A). Newer projects are examining how phospholipid composition influences membrane structure and function. S. cerevisiae is primarily used as a model system with the aim of examining precedents in human homologs.