
Paul Grimsrud is an Assistant professor of Medicine—in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition—and Proteomics Section Leader at the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute. He completed a PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research combines mass spectrometry-based proteomics with complementary biochemical approaches to characterize the regulation of metabolism and signaling by protein post-translational modifications (PTMs). He is particularly interested in mechanisms that link altered mitochondrial function to metabolic diseases, such as heart failure, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. He works with colleagues to apply quantitative PTM measurements to relevant model systems, leverage bioinformatics tools to develop testable hypotheses from large-scale data, and characterize mechanisms of PTM-mediated metabolic control.
Education and Training
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2008
Grants
- Novel roles of PDK4 in regulating mitochondrial protein phosphorylation, carbon flux and metabolic resilience
- The Role of ChREBP in Fructose Induced Metabolic Disease
- Mechanisms of lipid-induced bioenergetic stress in muscle
- Probing the Role of Mitochondrial Short-chain Carbon Homeostasis in the Hypertrophied and Failing Heart
- Post-Translational and Epigenetic Control of Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolism