Rick Eisenstein
food science and nutrition
Nutrition
Greece
Biography
2004-08 J.H. & E.M. Billings-Bascom Professorship in Nutrition 1999 J.H. & E.M. Billings-Bascom Professorship in Nutrition 1998 Mead Johnson Award,
Research Interest
Our research is aimed at elucidating the mechanisms by which mammalian iron homeostasis is maintained in response to specific physiological and pathological situations. Iron is crucial to cell viability because it is a component of proteins that function in a number of physiological processes including respiration and cell division. However, excess iron can be toxic because it participated in the production of potentially lethal oxidizing agents. Mammals use a number of specific proteins to promote the specific and safe transport, uptake and storage of iron.
