Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

This series is jointly sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics and the Department of Food Science and Nutrition

Dr. Evan D. Rosen
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

"Interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4): a critical transcriptional regulator of adipose tissue biology and muscle dysfunction"

Background

LaVell Henderson made important scientific and administrative contributions to nutritional science and biochemistry over a long and productive career. In particular, he contributed substantially to understanding of the metabolism of two vitamins, niacin and vitamin B-6, the amino acids tryptophan, lysine and hydroxylysine, and the elucidation of carnitine biosynthesis in mammalian cells.

He chaired the Departments of Biochemistry, St. Paul, at the University of Minnesota and Oklahoma State University. He was an active member of the American Institute of Nutrition over much of this career; he was elected a member of the AIN in 1958, a councilor in 1973 and president-elect in 1976, serving as president in 1977–1978. In 1970 he received the society’s Borden Award and was made a fellow of the society in 1986.

Biographical sketch: Swan, P.B. and Mehansho, H. (2003) "LaVell Merl Henderson (1917–1999)." J Nutr. 133:4067-4070 (PubMed)

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