Expertise

Dr. Elmendorf’s primary research is in the field of insulin action and glucose transport. His laboratory has pioneered the discovery of membrane and cytoskeletal aspects of insulin resistance. A major novel finding of his laboratory is that excess plasma membrane cholesterol critically impairs glucose transporter GLUT4/glucose transport regulation by insulin. Ongoing studies are asking novel questions about cellular cholesterol accumulation and GLUT4 dysregulation, what mechanisms are involved, and the impact of targeting this toxicity on preventing and/or improving insulin resistance.


Research: Cellular and Molecular Metabolism

Past Affiliations

Executive Committee, Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Centers and Institutes, Indiana University School of Medicine

Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Assistant Professor, Cell Signaling and Communication

Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University (past)

Communities
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biochemistry, Molecular Biochemistry, Human Anatomy, Cell Biology
Degrees
PhD, Albany Medical College, Physiology and Cell Biology, 1996
MS, Albany Medical College, Physiology and Cell Biology, 1995
BS, State University of New York College at Oneonta, Chemistry, 1991