Phillip Dumesic, MD, PhD

Dumesic
Assistant Professor
Diabetes Center

We study how genes determine cellular decisions in energy metabolism, how organisms coordinate such decisions to maintain energy balance, and how new therapies might modulate these processes to treat diseases such as obesity, diabetes, sarcopenia, and cachexia. We apply genetics, biochemistry, and physiology—all driven by individual curiosity and diverse ways of thought.

Faculty Type
Affiliate Faculty

Publications

Remodeling p38 signaling in muscle controls locomotor activity via IL-15.

Science advances

Folgueira C, Herrera-Melle L, López JA, Galvan-Alvarez V, Martin-Rincon M, Cuartero MI, García-Culebras A, Dumesic PA, Rodríguez E, Leiva-Vega L, León M, Porteiro B, Iglesias C, Torres JL, Hernández-Cosido L, Bonacasa C, Marcos M, Moro MÁ, Vázquez J, Calbet JAL, Spiegelman BM, Mora A, Sabio G

Ers1 links HP1 to RNAi.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Rougemaille M, Braun S, Coyle S, Dumesic PA, Garcia JF, Isaac RS, Libri D, Narlikar GJ, Madhani HD

Address

513 Parnassus Avenue, HSW, Rm 1118
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States