Current Positions

• Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
• Director, Metabolomics Core Facility, F.O.E. Diabetes Research Center

Education

• BS in Exercise Physiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States
• PhD in Physiology/Biochemistry/Metabolism, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States
• Postdoctoral Fellow in Skeletal Muscle Signaling, Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Metabolism, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Graduate Program Affiliations

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Biomedical Science (Cancer Biology)
• Biomedical Science (Cell and Developmental Biology)
• Biomedical Science (Molecular Medicine)
• Biomedical Science (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)
• Medical Scientist Training Program
• Neuroscience

Center, Program and Institute Affiliations

• Cardiovascular Research Center
• Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center
• Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Obesity Research and Education Initiative

Research Interests

The Taylor Lab investigates mechanisms regulating mitochondrial function in health and disease. We use genetic and chemical methods to illuminate metabolic networks and the mechanisms by which they regulate cellular function. We address problems in diabetes, cancer, and neurological disease, in cell culture and mouse models in vivo. We have two major interests in neuroscience: 1) The molecular and metabolic mechanisms by which the ketogenic diet prevents seizures in epilepsy, and 2) Interactions between neurogenesis and mitochondrial function in the hippocampus.

Recent publications