Research Interests
Transcriptional mechanism of brown adipose tissue function
Publications
Bethea M, Liu Y, Wade AK, Mullen R, Gupta R, Gelfanov V, DiMarchi R, Bhatnagar S, Behringer R, Habegger KM, Hunter CS. The islet-expressed Lhx1 transcription factor interacts with Islet-1 and contributes to glucose homeostasis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Mar 1;316(3):E397-E409.
Wade AK, Liu Y, Bethea MM, Toren E, Tse HM, Hunter CS. LIM-domain transcription complexes interact with ring-finger ubiquitin ligases and thereby impact islet β-cell function. J Biol Chem. 2019 Aug 2;294(31):11728-11740.
Undergraduate Institution
BS, Millersville University
BS, West Chester University
Awards and Honors
2021 Maria Del Carmen Vitery Graduate Student Award
2014 Undergraduate Summer research Fellowship
2014 Anton K. Fontes Award in Health Professions
2012-2015 Academic Distinction
2015 Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers Society Student Spotlight
Research Interests
My largest interest would have to be extreme organism physiology. I’m fascinated with how living creatures manage to evolve when faced with the many, seemingly unendurable, stressors of life.