Affiliations
Senior Research Associate, Monell Chemical Senses Center
Education
Ph.D., Physiology; Virginia Commonwealth University
Laboratory Of
Dr. Robert Margolskee
Research Summary
My research interest is in taste mechanisms, utilizing various methods (i.e., immunohistochemistry) to identify novel pathways in mammalian and human taste cells. Findings will provide additional knowledge about which components help modify taste sensitivity and function and their roles in gustatory function, appetite, satiety, diabetes and obesity. Another research interest is in the plasticity of mammalian olfactory system.
Keywords
taste, cellular mechanisms, histology, olfactory
Representative Publications
Sukumaran, S. K.; Yee, K. K.; Iwata, S.; Kotha, R.; Quezada-Calvillo, R.; Nichols, B. L. et al. (2016) Taste cell-expressed alpha-glucosidase enzymes contribute to gustatory responses to disaccharides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 113, 6035-6040.
Yee, K. K.; Craven, B. A.; Wysocki, C. J.; Van, V. B. (2016) Comparative Morphology and Histology of the Nasal Fossa in Four Mammals: Gray Squirrel, Bobcat, Coyote, and White-Tailed Deer. Anatomical Records, 299, 840-852.
Pang, B.; Yee, K. K.; Lischka, F. W.; Rawson, N. E.; Haskins, M. E.; Wysocki, C. J. et al. (2016) The influence of nasal airflow on respiratory and olfactory epithelial distribution in felids. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219, 1866-1874.
