Matthew Gentry, Ph.D.

K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
photo of Matthew Gentry
Institution
University of California, San Diego, CA
Awarded Project
Use of Novel Model Systems Link Floridean Starch Metabolism to Lafora Disease

NINDS K99/R00 Awardee – Oct 2006

Independent Position: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky

Matthew Gentry was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California, San Diego. In the lab of Dr. Jack Dixon, Matthew worked to determine how laforin, the only phosphatase in Kingdom Animalia with a carbohydrate-binding domain, regulates changes in glycogen metabolism in vertebrates and invertebrates. Matthew earned his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Syracuse University and his B.S. in Biology from the University of Evansville. Currently, Dr. Gentry is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at the University of Kentucky.