Michael Coleman
Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition
About
Michael Coleman is an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition who has studied cancer metabolism over the last 7+ years. His work seeks to understand how metabolism shapes tumor growth and response to therapy.
Representative Courses
NUTR 845
Research Activities
- Cancer
- Metabolism
- Antitumor immunity
- Obesity
- Immunotherapy
Key Publications
Calorie restriction outperforms bariatric surgery in a murine model of obesity and triple-negative breast cancer. . JCI Insight (2024).
Hypoxia-mediated suppression of pyruvate carboxylase drives tumor microenvironment immunosuppression. . (2022). BioRxiv.
β-Hydroxy-β-Methylbutyrate Supplementation Promotes Antitumor Immunity in an Obesity Responsive Mouse Model of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. . (2021). Cancers (Basel).
Education
- PhD, Biochemistry, University College Cork (Ireland), 2017
